About once a month, i post a mixtape here of recent music videos that i have discovered and enjoy. Dna lounge follows announcement of financial troubles with. Also check out the typing injury faq, which he links to. The most important thing is that you dont ignore it. You know, these open source and free software types are all radical anarchists or marxist hippies. This was our contribution to the proof of the law of software envelopment.
Around 1998 i pushed for netscape to open source both the 3. It was created by jamie zawinski in 1992 and is still maintained by him the free software and open source unixlike operating systems running the x window system such as linux and freebsd use xscreensaver almost exclusively. Electionguard available today to enable secure, verifiable. If you want to do something thats going to change the world, build software that people want to use instead of software that managers want to buy. James werner zawinski born november 3, 1968, commonly known as jwz, is an american computer programmer with contributions to the free software. End users icons have been modernised to fit in with current versions of outlook. They live and the secret history of the mozilla logo.
Turns out it was the enthought epd package i used to install everything. She doesnt know how computers work and doesnt care. Frank hecker is perhaps most wellknown in open source circles for his role in opensourcing netscapes code. In may, microsoft ceo satya nadella announced electionguard, a free open source software development kit sdk from our defending democracy program. We spend countless hours researching various file formats and software that can open, convert, create or otherwise work with those files. The free software and open source unixlike operating systems running the x window system such as linux and freebsd use xscreensaver almost exclusively. The drawer and small cabinet beneath have been extremely useful, as is the open. Look like an expert right from the start with awardwinning templates for your blog. This concept and these notes are entirely obsoleted by dmcrypt, if you want a complete encryption solution. I know im having a ton of fun writing open broadcaster and am learning much in the process.
Secondly, no one really wants to spend their free time digging through cruft in order to figure out how to contribute. Recently he added to the site a description of what it takes to broadcast music over the internet. Electionguard is accessible by design and will make voting more secure, verifiable and efficient anywhere its used in the united states or in democratic nations around the world. A port of jwz s xmatrix module for xscreensaver to win32. Jan 21, 2015 posts about open source software written by lukaseder. Source of the famous now you have two problems quote. Apr 06, 2000 for my day job, im the cofounder and ceo of stack overflow, the largest online community for programmers to learn, share their knowledge, and level up. And so, i did and open broadcaster software evolved into somewhat of a monster of a project. I would like debian to stop shipping xscreensaver jwz. The goal is to provide a windows version of this excellent screensaver for those of us unfortunate to have to deal with windows during the day but still want a. Its apparently quite well known, so it floors me that this is the first ive seen it. There is a small genre of posts around reinventing the interfaces of popular open source software.
I respect jwz, but this is very much a step backwards, and while i appreciate his complaint about breaking existing apis, this would be for programs near 20 years old targeted at a different platform. Ive previously thought of jamie zawinski not just as an excellent hacker but also as a marketing talent, creator of the original brand. Obviously, that depends on which century youre talking about. Xscreensaver is a free and open source collection of 232 screensavers for unixlike, macos, ios and android operating systems. However, this does not mean that open and closed source cannot coexist. In the ultracompetitive, ultracrowded vpn market, it isnt easy for a new entrant to distinguish itself. From september 2007 through march 2009, i posted a weekly audio mixtape here. Jan 28, 2009 shawnee mission, ks december 11, 2008. Get found in search by more people with powerful seo tools. Quite a few most popular emacs packages are like that. The program will blend with an existing background or be drawn overtop of it and does not impede normal desktop operations.
Each month, more than 40 million professional and aspiring programmers visit stack overflow to ask and answer questions and find better jobs. The interesting part in pivotals announcement is this one. The jws division of command alkon introduces scale watcher ii. At present, he is a systems engineering manager for collabnet, which is hosting for sun microsystems. It works with terminal settings up to 2x300 and can scroll lines all at the same rate or asynchronously and at a userdefined speed. Choose from a selection of easytouse templates all with flexible layouts and hundreds of background images or design something new. Or, statistically, most of emacs packages on melpa. The postnetscape mozilla logo after they went oss but before firefox was drawn by shepard fairey, the guy who did the obama hope poster and the obey giant logo the latter gets its name from they lives iconic obey signs there, saved you some time and eye strain. But instead im stuck inside under fluorescent lights, pushing bits around inside a computer in ways that are only interesting to other nerds.
And there is no argument more evergreen than the timeless debate between tabs and spaces. You can read all about it on my nowmorethanadecadelong blog. Both open source software and open source hardware which often runs open source software have a steep learning curve, compared to offtheshelf options. It is small, easy to use and highly customizable via theming engine and blazor components. Like many blogs, this one is 5% personal, 95% shit i saw on the interweb that entertained or horrified me. James werner zawinski born november 3, 1968, commonly known as jwz, is an american computer programmer with contributions to the free software projects mozilla and xemacs, and early versions of the netscape navigator web browser. Cmatrix simulates the display from the matrix and is based on the screensaver from the movies website. So, with some credentials out of the way, heres my impressions. Im sure that jwz s mother has more computer smarts than mine.
Dozens of free, customizable, mobileready designs and themes. Dna lounge follows announcement of financial troubles with a call to action. Frank hecker is perhaps most wellknown in open source circles for his role in open sourcing netscapes code. Having had a scare a couple weeks ago, i can testify to the truth behind this. Every single layer of software involved in this process conspires to. Zawinski was a major proponent of opening the source code of the mozilla browser and. Thats pretty much the open broadcaster software story. I hope people can make use of open broadcaster or learn something from it. He maintains the xscreensaver project which provides screenblanking for mac os x and for unix and unixlike computer operating. I thought id collect some of them for future reference. Mar 17, 2019 fastestvpn is a hot upandcomer in the vpn game and it can protect up to 10 devices now.
Get a free domain or buy a custom domain with just a few clicks. In my free hours i develop allround software from administrative tools to game apps, which are free to use. Squarespace is the allinone platform to build a beautiful online presence. The bulk materials division of command alkon, a global leader in integrated solutions for the construction materials industry, is pleased to announce the. Zen software blog software distribution for it support. Zmatrix is a desktop enhancement tool which creates the streaming character effect out of the matrix on your desktop. At least it is for those whom, the computer is a tool for getting work done, instead of an end in and of itself. The blog s thread has lots of people going on about ways to fix this particular problem, but frankly im on jwz s side. Software which everyone requires such as an operating system makes a very good candidate for an open source project. Software that is only used by a small niche market eg video editing software is a much less viable candidate for an oss project. Dont miss to download the new release and find out yourself.
Firstly, open source projects dont happen unless people contribute. Fast, powerful searching over massive volumes of log data helps you fix problems before they become critical. With each passing day the rate we acquire digital media increases we dont even bother unpacking our cds when we move anymore. Create a free website or build a blog with ease on wordpress. A theorist and analyst of open source, frank has continued to write on the evolving open source environment. Makes for an interesting read, and a good summary of the dpra, dmca, their relationship with the riaa, and other issues involving.
Xscreensaverwin becomes paidware from jwzs free opensource. The century from 1891 to 1990 turned a decade or so ago. He has already ditched a free open platform before, but he seems a lot angrier this time. If you were involved in the opengl es specification, you.
The apache openoffice project announces the official release of version 4. Heres just one example of how micros1 loves open source. Netscape and, and have been involved in the free software and open source community since the mid80s. On defaultlyconfigured unix systems, and on ancient dumb. Things you should never do, part i joel on software. One thing that struck me in reading all the resulting comments was the several different copies of an apparently famous quote that goes something like. Blogifier is simple, beautiful, lightweight open source. Wayland is a protocol to define the communication between a display server the compositor and a client, i. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features.
That is, grouping messages together in parentchild relationships based on which messages are replies to which others. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. He has been involved in the free software and open source community since. Major open source project revokes access to companies that. In the release notes you can read about all new features, functions and languages. Jwz considered disruptive 7 minute read ive previously thought of jamie zawinski not just as an excellent hacker but also as a marketing talent, creator of the original brand.
I doubt most people using or talking about open source software have read all. Myspace lost all the music its users uploaded between 2003. Like most of the computer using world, she does email eudora and occasionally uses a browser or an office application. Dec 31, 2002 so when i read this story of jwz s mom always misplacing her documents, i thought of my mom. Supports widescreen setups, and can be run on windows, mac osx, linux, bsd and many other unix. Opengl is a terrible, awful, crufty api, and the reason those methods were removed is that they are comically suboptimal. Fulfilling the maxim write what you know, argentine fabulist jorge luis borges penned one of his most extraordinary and bewildering stories, the library of babel, while employed as an assistant librarian. Salon on jwzemacsmozillaaol and nightclubs slashdot. Customize the design to fit your personal style and professional needs. The bulk materials division of command alkon, a global leader in integrated solutions for the construction materials industry, is. Blogifier is a singleuser personal blog written in asp. Kodi writes jamie zawinski has put an interesting page on his site describing his fight with wrist pain. The decision to conclude its sponsorship of groovy and grails is part of pivotals larger strategy to concentrate resources on accelerating both commercial and open source projects that support its growing traction in platformasaservice, data, and agile development.
If you are looking for a multiuser angular version of blogifier, please find it. Like open source software users well know, linux is only free if your time has no value zawinski, 1998. Indeed, twisted by the dark side of the source, young zawinski has become. Large publishers have started moving away from drm, which means. First, movable type is archaic, even with the new 3. The postnetscape mozilla logo after they went oss but before firefox was drawn by shepard fairey, the guy who did the obama hope poster and the obey giant logo the latter gets its name from they lives iconic obey signs. A 3d matrix screensaver based on the matrix reloaded.
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