by Jono Bacon | Apr 10, 2004 | Uncategorized
I have decided to set up one cool machine. On this machine I am going to run the cutting edge in free software. For a start this machine is based on Debian Unstable and I will be compiling CVS KDE and GNOME. In addition to this I plan on compiling OpenOffice.org,...
by Jono Bacon | Apr 9, 2004 | Uncategorized
I have been thinking about advocacy a fair bit recently. I tend to think about it quite a bit and write about it in my Linux Format column Spreading The Word. There is no doubt that advocacy can be done in right and wrong ways. Their is a fine line between an...
by Jono Bacon | Apr 9, 2004 | Uncategorized
If you are reading this from my RSS feed or are living under a stone, you may not have noticed that I have changed the design to my site. Those of you who are actually reading this (or can’t read it due to some horrific bug that I have not fixed) will see the...
by Jono Bacon | Apr 8, 2004 | Uncategorized
Yes folks, there is no new site up here yet. I was planning on doing it last night but I was exhausted and needed sleep. This was partially due to having very little sleep recently and the additional excuse that we had a new mattress delivered and I had been out to...
by Jono Bacon | Apr 7, 2004 | Uncategorized
I have been hacking my new site design again, and last night I got most of it completed. It is looking cool now. It does not really look that much different in terms of visual appeal, but it contains a stack of new little extras that make the site easier to use. I...
by Jono Bacon | Apr 6, 2004 | Uncategorized
I woke up today to be greeted by yet another email that made me chuckle. I had the pleasure of receiving a (stink) nugget of hilarity from Traitors F. Torrance with the subject Jono, need drugs? Oh, and while I think of it, I am interested in helping a Nigerian doctor...
by Jono Bacon | Apr 5, 2004 | Uncategorized
You know, although I hate spam with a kind of hatred that even outdoes my hatred for cats, spam does make me chuckle sometimes. Today I got an email from someone called Brightens T. Haddock. I laughed myself silly for quite some time. What a stupid name. I can’t...
by Jono Bacon | Apr 5, 2004 | Uncategorized
I wrote an article last night about Mozilla and the potential for interaction for the O’Reilly Network. I have seen some interesting responses to this and thanks go to Gerald Bauer for the link to the XUL Alliance. Let me know your thoughts. It is great to see...
by Jono Bacon | Apr 3, 2004 | Uncategorized
I have tried to try and avoid this whole mess regarding usability of free software, but I think I need to chuck in my ten penneth. For those who are not aware of this saga you should first go and read Eric Raymond’s rant, then read John Gruber’s rant and...
by Jono Bacon | Apr 2, 2004 | Uncategorized
I worked on the site re-design a lot more last night. I re-worked some of the sections and they seem much more integrated. I wrote a few of the sidebars and I have moved some of the content around to make it easier to access. I also added a blogroll to the new site....
