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To The Australia Day Hypocrite

February 9, 2009 in Uncategorized by Scott | No comments

ProgrammableWeb - Mashups, APIs, and the Web as Platform

January 16, 2009 in Uncategorized by Scott | No comments

hpfm BLOG gets mashed. well a bit of mash mashup on the way… a mashup can be any way of presenting information in a concise way. It could be from multiple sources or one source presented in multiple ways. we’ve added some google tech news on the sidebar and some open source news articles as well so that you can get a lot of info in the one page and save your finger clicking RSI. hpfmBlogs has just updated to wordpress 2.7, for those who know wordpress will understand how good that is!  hpfm is also the sponsor of free blogs using wordpress on pagesforevertry it out for yourself

Keeping you up to date with mashups, APIs and the Web as platform.

ProgrammableWeb - Mashups, APIs, and the Web as Platform

Getup Action

December 22, 2008 in Uncategorized by Scott | No comments

GetUp! in the News

Protesters Hit the Streets Over Australian Internet Censorship Proposals

Australian digital rights organizations are applauding the high turnout in a country-wide demonstration against…
- ZeroPaid

Aussie Gov’t to Pilot Nationwide ‘Net Filter

The Australian government is moving forward with plans to implement a nationwide online filter of objectionable…
- Marketing Vox

Controlling pornography

The federal government is about to begin a trial of its controversial mandatory internet filter. Rear Vision traces…
- ABC Radio National

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    Introduction Moore's Law, Disk Law, and Fiber Law have created an economic engine for growth, promising exponentially improving computing, storage, and networking performance for the foreseeable future. And yet according to a 2003 UNCTAD report, "there has been no Moore's Law for software," and indeed it is because of software t […]
  • Time To Rebut The IIPA's FUD Against Open Source
    A recent blog posting at The Guardian about the US "Special 301" rules has generated deep concern around the global open source community.read more
  • I signed the Public Domain Manifesto
    You can read about it here and then decide for yourself whether to sign it as well.
  • Exporting Open Source from the US
    If you distribute Open Source software containing encryption from the United States, you are subject to US export controls, yes. But are there any real restrictions? The only thing that the law requires you to do (for Open Source) is send an email to crypt@bxa.doc.gov with the URL. So why do SourceForge and Google impose greater restrictions than the law req […]
  • WordPress Foundation
    Yesterday Matt Mullenweg announced the establishment of the WordPress Foundation. It's goals, among others, are "to further the mission of the WordPress open source project: to democratize publishing through Open Source, GPL software". He further elaborates: The point of the foundation is to ensure free access, in perpetu […]
  • Magic Lantern firmware makes Canon EOS 5D Mark II the camera Canon should have released
    I love stories of user-driven innovation. Here's one I just discovered: the Magic Lantern firmware upgrade for the Canon EOS 5D Mark II camera. Trammel Hudson tells the story of his elegant and vital hacks: Magic Lantern introduction from Trammell Hudson on Vimeo. read more
  • Open Street Map helps Haiti relief projects
    This afternoon I heard this story on NPR. It's not the first time OpenStreetMap was mentioned as an asset in the relief effort. It was also mentioned three days ago in a story sourced from the Associated Press.read more
  • Sahana 2010 Haiti Disaster Relief Portal
    On January 12, 2010, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti 15 miles from its capital, Port-au-Prince. On January 14th, the Sahana team, based largely in Sri Lanka, launched its Haiti 2010 Disaster Relief Portal, including a Situation Map, an Organizations Registry, and an Activities Report. read more
  • Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.
    "There is nothing more tragic than to sleep through a revolution." - from the Commencement Address for Oberlin College given by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., June 1965, Oberlin Ohio
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    Thanks to Greg DeKoenigsberg, I now know about Gource. You should, too. Watch this movie, which speaks for itself: read more