Category: µ-blog

Entries in µ-blogs platforms that I manage to integrate. Er… I just don’t delete this entire thing because, well, too much work.

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Identi.ca Updates for 2010-01-27

  • «The EPC also plans to remove the patentability exception to computer programs, so as to be consistent with the provisions of TRIPs.» WTF? #
  • @zoobab did you read that in the PDF? EPC is being revised in order to allow #swpat ! http://i5.be/aoK #
  • @jwildeboer why does the date matter so much? Is there a later document which contradicts it? #
  • ♺ @rcweir: “OLPC for Haiti” (My two are on the way) http://bit.ly/dozehZ #
  • I haven’t given a really good use of my OLPC CM1, I’ll be sad to see it go, but glad to contribute this way. Total OLPC donations from me: 2 #
  • ♺ @webmink: Excellent rationale on Firefox lack of H.264 draws on GIF and MP3 lessons. http://bit.ly/dBBcZ6 #
  • ♺ @schestowitz: Former #Microsoft employee announces that #Canonical will send #Ubuntu users to Microsoft’s datacentres http://ur1.ca/ktdj #
  • ♺ @notmyfuckingidentica: Hey !foss supporters, here’s a nifty !HTML5 OGG Theora YouTube petition: http://ur1.ca/ktmu !playogg !gnu #
  • @jwildeboer if there’s any doubt why we need Neelie, the latest EDRi GRAM says it all! http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number8.2 #
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Identi.ca Updates for 2010-01-26

  • ♺ @fsfe: FSFE awarded Theodor-Heuss-Medal – “trendsetting organisation” http://tr.im/LCQG !fsfe !fsfs !gnu #freesoftware #
  • @support pt for “redent” or “repeat” is “repetição” and not “repetência”. #
  • @zoobab Agreed, it could be made stronger by explicitly talking about swpat but it seemed clear to me that’s what they were talking about. #
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Identi.ca Updates for 2010-01-25

  • ♺ @rcweir: ODF 1.2 Part 1 now out for public review. This is the core part, 838 pp. We’re in sight of shore now. http://bit.ly/932b0k #
  • So, was #Avatar rendered with #Ubuntu or #RedHat? Reports vary… important thing is: Not Windows, Not Macintosh. GNU/Linux did it! #
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Identi.ca Updates for 2010-01-24

  • !Ubuntu NBR 9.10 made a serious effort to be hard to install when you have no CD drive unless you use ubuntu or Windows. #fail #
  • The easiest solution was to install !ubuntu nbr 9.04 and upgrade. #
  • @rafaelwv it didn’t. I tried it, didn’t boot *once* #
  • Yes, I tried Unetbootin. It didn’t boot *once*. #
  • Novo autor no http://blog.softwarelivre.sapo.pt: @brunomiguel 🙂 #
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Identi.ca Updates for 2010-01-23

  • ♺ @lutzgh: Ask YouTube for Ogg support! http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/youtube-ogg !gnu !playogg !fsf #
  • More #swpat minefield ♺@zoobab: Motorola asks ITC to ban the Blackberry ouf of the US market for the violation of 5 patents http://i5.be/amK #
  • ♺ @zoobab: Activists kicked out and the public had to sign NDA in order to talk about ACTA: http://i5.be/amL #
  • Since the governments arrange #ACTA with media corporations behind closed doors, we citizens should create an independent TA. #
  • WRT to #ACTA I cite RadioHead: «they don’t, they don’t speak for us» #
  • Another “%&#$ you Google for imposing patent encumbered H264 in tag thus polluting the #html5 standard. Thanks a lot, buddy! #
  • “%#$&” you Vimeo, just as well. #
  • Ask YouTube for Ogg support! Ask YouTube for Ogg support! http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/youtube-ogg #
  • I say ask Vimeo as well! http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/youtube-ogg #
  • @pietercolpaert because of reconvert issues. But they could allow people to post in Ogg/Theora and play that. But noo…. #
  • ♺ @schestowitz: #Microsoft Takes a Hit at #Linux with More #FAT Patents; #McKool et al Assist Some More Patent Trolling http://ur1.ca/kix7 #
  • @jacerdeira: it´s #swpat so it´s just as bad and trivial. #
  • this nice pseudo Italian restaurant has free wifi for the customers. love it already. food is good but not memorably so. #
  • @brunomiguel: optimo , e certamente bem vinda a participacao de mais autores. trato disso mal chegue a casa . muito obrigado ! #
  • @JMF1957: a TSA bem que pedia uma boa desculpa para despir miudas giras nos aeroportos hehe #
  • today´s messages powered by !elmdentica. so happy to have written a nice program that happens to work with my !freerunner #
  • @brunomiguel: por favor regista um utilizador no blog e manda-me um mail a dizer qual e. #
  • @jwildeboer congratulations! #
  • Wondering if I’ll meet with enough of my friends at FOSDEM’10 for some #needbeer at night 🙂 #
  • ♺ @gnufs: Sourceforge & Google are blocking more than 170 million people from accessing #freesoftware: http://ur1.ca/kizj #
  • #freesoftware This http://ur1.ca/kizj reminds me that I must move !elmdentica from google code. gotta talk with the e17 people… #
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Identi.ca Updates for 2010-01-22

  • ♺ @BreakingNews: China says U.S. calls for greater Internet freedom are harmful to bilateral ties in response to speech by Hillary Clinton #
  • Regarding internet freedom, the US are not exactly going in the right direction thanks to copyright and software patents, though. #
  • ♺ @mind_booster: Liked “Microsoft Learned of IE Zero-Day Flaw Last September” http://ff.im/eFCgU #
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Identi.ca Updates for 2010-01-20

  • ♺ @jwildeboer: Some (german) conservatives still try to remove Kroes from Open Standards. Guess who is loving that? #
  • Já repararam que a Microsoft tem o poder de escolher quem é a empresa que ganha o concurso para o “Magalhães 2” ? #
  • Quando o concurso público obriga a instalação do Microsoft Windows e do Microsoft Office, a MS pode dizer que a JP Sá Couto vende-os a 1¢! #
  • Meus senhores, isto não é, sei lá… ilegal, pergunto eu? #