Mac Mojo : Get converted
Microsoft today released beta 1 of a docx converter for Mac Office 2004. This converter allows a ONE-WAY conversion of docx files to Mac .doc format so you can open them. You cannot save them as docx from the Mac, nor send it back. That’s to “protect your [...]
Slashdot | Congress May Outlaw ‘Attempted Piracy’
Clearly, efforts to shake Congressmen awake to the insanity that is the DMCA is not working. It’s getting worse. Life imprisonment for attempted piracy? Does this go too far? Absolutely. It’s not like piracy is committing murder or stealing millions from working America.
What in [...]
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I have an idea up my sleeve for a new approach to this multiple Wordpress install thing. WPMU isn’t working out for me, it’s resulting in some spam blogs showing up on this site. I can’t have that. It makes me feel dirty.
There’s a good chance this will result in you having [...]
Microsoft claims software like Linux violates its patents - May 28, 2007
Here it comes, folks. This enlightening article serves up a dose of reality in the coming patent war. It’s scary stuff: Microsoft names/counts the infringing patents; Microsoft wants patent royalties from the USERS of FOSS; Microsoft might become a distributor of Linux [...]
So while BunBun took his nap and the wife took to exercising, I tuned in to TWiT.TV Live and watched Leo Laporte’s last hour or so of the KFI radio show that is done on weekends. Leo has hooked up a webcam and broadcasts a stream via Stickam to all interested parties. During [...]
So, Jaiku is just like Twitter… it’s a miniblog that you use to communicate up-to-the-minute blurbs of what you’re doing. You can use it from a Quicksilver plugin or via your cell phone (which I’ve not tried yet). I prefer it over Twitter simply because… well, because Twitter is the current trend and [...]
So I woke up this morning and was pounced upon by Guinevere (hey, I still like using your old handle, okie?) to let me know that she and her sister have started a non-profit organization named Pencils for Peace. Pencils for Peace is an organization dedicated to providing schoolbooks, supplies and anything else to [...]
When you are going to hear a Microsoft employee dance around your the answer to your question, they will always begin the sentence with a pause… and then a little stutter… then: “So…”
Just saying.
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Tonight we decided that BunBun was feeling well enough for a babysitter, so we asked Auntie Lynda to come over so we could head out to catch Spider-Man 3.
Awesome flick. Nuff said. I hope they stay away from 4, 5 and 6 - 3 just wraps up the whole set of films into [...]
That’s a loss for Microsoft - OSS Ramblings
Congratulations to Tony, who has succeeded in migrating his company off of Microsoft Exchange an onto an open source replacement. Check out his blog to see how it was pulled off.
Granted, they probably aren’t using shared calendaring much - but still, an interesting project for any small [...]