Still unemployed, I have begun working on a new web site that will at least enhance my resume if it doesn’t make me any money. Since I’ve got no boss telling me what to do, I can use the latest and greatest open source tools. This site will be up in no time at all because no wheels will have to be reinvented. If only that where the case. As I really started to get my hands dirty, I began to realize just how many of the great tools out there are in an unusable state. Read more…
Apreche Technology open source
Here’s just a quick bit about open source on the iPhone. We all know that the iPhone development kit agreement prevents developers from making open source iPhone applications. This means that every iPhone application has to be developed by a company, or individual. You can’t have a team of people around the world collaborate openly to make an amazing iPhone application.
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Apreche Technology Apple, iPhone, mobile, open source
If you give me a new hammer, I will suddenly have a strong urge to hit nails with it. As I walk around a hardware store, the tools sing out to me as if they are all Excalibur. They so desperately want me to use all of them. I do not think I am the only person who experiences these feelings. Read more…
Apreche Technology open source, programming
Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron Beta is out. I’ve installed it on my laptop, and I can definitely say this is the best Ubuntu yet. There are many changes I am very happy about. There are a few things that didn’t get changed which I am upset about. Best of all, none of the changes made anything worse. Typical awesome Ubuntu action.
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Apreche Technology Linux, open source, Ubuntu
I am against IceWeasel. Debian and related distributions are going to setback Linux on the desktop in the name of ideology. The few people who are actually pro-IceWeasel will stick around, and the normal users will either find greener pastures or replace IceWeasel with the real Firefox. Personally, I’m uninstalling the Firefox on my Ubuntu and installing the real Mozilla version.
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Apreche Technology, Uncategorized Debian, Firefox, Linux, open source, Ubuntu
There have been lots of developments lately in the music industry. More accurately, there are developments in the lack of a music industry. The old ways of charging for albums and having a controlled radio are going away. Mp3 download services and podcasts are out in full force. Despite this important and beneficial shift in models there is still a major problem that needs to be rectified. Music is still a one way street.
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Apreche Entertainment music, open source
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