March 26, 2010
March 15, 2010
Tell the copyright czar how US enforcement should work: 9 days left! – Boing Boing
Tell the copyright czar how US enforcement should work: 9 days left! – Boing Boing. Make your voice heard. Some say the best enforcement is less enforcement when it comes to the DMCA copyright law.
March 14, 2010
FOSS Legal Services for Low-Income Communities – An answer for “Missoula BarCamp 2010 Session Suggestions” at Grupthink
FOSS Legal Services for Low-Income Communities – An answer for “Missoula BarCamp 2010 Session Suggestions” at Grupthink. Should nonprofits invest grant funds in teaching their client communities to use free and open source software and then hire those same community members? Or should nonprofits continue to throw away money on proprietary licenses, costly upgrades and vendor support contracts? Vote on this and other pressing matters to discuss at the Missoula BarCamp 2010 this May 1st.
March 13, 2010
6 Steps to Secure Your Home Wireless Network
6 Steps to Secure Your Home Wireless Network. Totally clear, totally easy instructions for configuring that router from Best Buy by awesome Ramesh Natarajan.
Bash Scripting Introduction Tutorial with 5 Practical Examples
Bash Scripting Introduction Tutorial with 5 Practical Examples. Rock the command line old school with Sasikala’s primer.
Americans: Test your broadband speed, help the FCC keep ISPs honest – Boing Boing
Americans: Test your broadband speed, help the FCC keep ISPs honest – Boing Boing. Try it out! Easy and pie and fun too.
March 8, 2010
Senate Democrats Unwilling To Fight Widely-Opposed GOP Nominee To Legal Services Corporation
Senate Democrats Unwilling To Fight Widely-Opposed GOP Nominee To Legal Services Corporation. Lawyers for conservative evangelical groups have never been bolder, and their ideological brethren dominate the U.S. Supreme Court. Where are the lawyers and social workers who fight the War on Poverty? Why won’t Congress free the Legal Services Corporation from the onerous regulations that stop them from helping economically disadantaged communities?
March 4, 2010
Jon Stewart Exposes Fox News ‘Balance,’ Goes After Sarah Palin And Megyn Kelly VIDEO
Jon Stewart Exposes Fox News ‘Balance,’ Goes After Sarah Palin And Megyn Kelly VIDEO. Fox News inserts brazen and shameless corporate propaganda into the “news” portion of its programming day. Jon Stewart’s segment shines light on the “fair and balanced” lies about health care reform polling, the position of the American Medical Association and endless repetition of talking points. Laugh so you don’t cry.
March 2, 2010
Cyberwar Hype Intended to Destroy the Open Internet | Threat Level | Wired.com
Cyberwar Hype Intended to Destroy the Open Internet | Threat Level | Wired.com. <from the article> There is no cyberwar and we are not losing it. The only war going on is one for the soul of the internet. But if journalists, bloggers and the security industry continue to let self-interested exaggerators dominate our nation’s discourse about online security, we will lose that war — and the open internet will be its biggest casualty.
March 1, 2010
Open Source Law Office | LSNTAP
Open Source Law Office | LSNTAP. Okay! Here is the updated announcement about our open source law office on the Legal Services National Technology Assistance Project. These are folks committed to using free code to make the economy and the justice system more fair. I’m paraphrasing their mission I expect, but I’ve done so in the spirit of charity!