Monthly Archives: July 2006

esr was wrong….

One of the things I got thinking about during my weekend away at the fantastic LugRadio Live! was the question of how to attract users to Linux / OSS. This was a question that was put out to the audience … Continue reading

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Been there, done that, got the t-shirt

Well, LugRadio Live 2006 is over – roll on 2007 I promise that this will be the last post that only talks about LRL for at least 6 months. (Probably). In last year’s review I said that LRL06 “will probably … Continue reading

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So I’m a fanboy…..

OK, one final blog post about the extavaganza that is LUGRadio Live 2006, happening this weekend – the 22nd and 23rd July in Wolverhampton, England. Its going to be one heck of an event, with a bunch of speakers: Mark … Continue reading

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More pimpage

The LugRadio guys have provided some eye candy for continued pimpage of LugRadio Live (did I mention this already?), so I thought I’d better add them to the site……   This year, not only am I attending, but I running … Continue reading

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Bemoaning YouTube, Labi rocks and Darius is the man?

Aye, okay. I’m willing to accept that there’s some cool stuff on YouTube. The Gnarls Barkley link I posted earlier. Loads of cool live stuff by Frank Zappa. But it is filled with a wealth of crap. Still, if it … Continue reading

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Being a Community Hero

For the last 12 months, I have been given the inflated title of ‘LugRadio Community Hero’ after being given the aware at LugRadio Live 2005 – there’s a video of the live show here. As this years event comes arround … Continue reading

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Pimpathalon

It now being only 18 days until the mighty LugRadio Live 2006, Jono has asked on the forums that we pimp LRL06 in as many places as possible. It’s already on The Register, and Digg, but I didn’t think it … Continue reading

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24

Well – the season finale of 24 was on last night. And it was _good_. I was, however, thoroughly disappointed at the cliffhanger-style ending. 24 has always impressed me by ending at least on a semi-happy note (at least, that’s … Continue reading

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Hacked, but back

To those of you blissfully unaware, Jedimoose.org got hacked over the weekend. The damage wasn’t particularly vicious, but it was widespread. Essentially many of the PHP files across a couple of the subdomains had been altered at 2315 on Friday … Continue reading

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