http://fakir.blogsome.com Not just another WordPress weblog Thu, 01 May 2008 21:17:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Read the announcement here: http://fakir.blogsome.com/2008/05/01/adobe-removes-restrictions-on-use-of-the-swf-and-flvf4v-specification/ It seems like the Los Angeles Fire Department does it all Web 2.0 style. Experimenting with and utilising new modes and tools for public information work. From using lafd.blogspot.com and feedburner.com/LAFD, to publishing pictures on flickr.com/photos/lafdr, videos on youtube.com/LAFD, using google.com/group/LAFD_ALERT and twitter.com/lafd for communication. If it prevents more fires or ... http://fakir.blogsome.com/2008/04/24/los-angeles-fire-dept-web-20-style/ “Bestemor og folk flest. Velkommen til fremtiden. Lykke til” Les om fortreffeligheten på nrkbeta: http://nrkbeta.no/kryptering-er-lite-brukervennlig http://fakir.blogsome.com/2007/11/05/velkommen-til-fremtiden/ Met.no skriver: “Fra og med 1. september blir alle norske meteorologiske data gratis tilgjengelig for alle. 0-prispolitikken gjør at kommersielle værleverandører kan bruke ressursene på annet enn datakjøp. For “Hvermannsen” betyr frislippet bedre værtjenester på Internett.” Disse dataene vil bli tilgjengelige gjennom nettstedet http://yr.no . Videre skrives det at: “Hovedregel i Norge er at ... http://fakir.blogsome.com/2007/09/03/gratis-meteorologiske-data-fra-metno/ NOAM COHEN writes: “More than 100 judicial rulings have relied on Wikipedia, beginning in 2004, including 13 from circuit courts of appeal, one step below the Supreme Court. (The Supreme Court thus far has never cited Wikipedia.)” Read the complete article in the New York Times. (If you don’t have a login bugmenot ... http://fakir.blogsome.com/2007/01/29/wikipedia-is-being-used-in-us-courts/ Today the gNewSense team released version 1.1 of their “cleaned” Ubuntu Linux version. Basically, they take Ubuntu Linux and strips it for all non-free packages (applications, drivers etc.), making it a ‘Linux for Human Beings’ that appreciate Freedom in every aspects of the word. The result it a Linux distribution ... http://fakir.blogsome.com/2007/01/22/gnewsense-a-totally-free-ubuntu-linux/ Håkon Wium Lie at Opera Software got himself an OLPC and hurried on to install the Opera web browser on it. Read all about it here: http://people.opera.com/howcome/2006/olpc/ http://fakir.blogsome.com/2006/12/19/hkon-instals-opera-on-the-green-machine/ The free[1] multi-platform open source office suite OpenOffice.org has released its version 2.1. This time it seems like they are focusing on how it is possible to make extensions for the suite. The list of extensions is small but growing and something I will follow (I have to check out ... http://fakir.blogsome.com/2006/12/13/openoffice-21-released/ Seems like SUN will set Java free. Beginning with ME and SE. This is great news for all digital freedom fighters. One more thing. We got a new kid on the block. Welcome tengil http://fakir.blogsome.com/2006/11/09/sun-to-opensource-some-java-tm/ Well done Newsweek! Source: http://rising-hegemon.blogspot.com http://fakir.blogsome.com/2006/09/29/newsweek-a-true-supporter-of-ignorance-is-bliss/