Proprietary versus Copyleft

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Free, libre, OpenSource. The names are confusing. I use copyleft because it applies to all information; software and content.

With that out of the way, the point of the graph is to show to my colleague Janos, that copyleft software is gaining ground on proprietary software. The numbers are taken …

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Personal Genome Project

Just registered my interest to participate in the Personal Genome Project.

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Lily Allen: The Fear

I heard Lily Allen on Scott Mills; her quick wit won me as a fan. I've also fallen for The Fear.

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Persepolis

On the Sunday after Christmas, we went for a walk along the Canal to the Mad Hatter for high tea. The plan was to then go back to my house to see a film. It was between Persepolis, Eyes Wide Shut and the English patient. I cut the Gordian Knot …

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Own-Id featured on Asus Eee site

Hey, I've just noticed that Own-Id is featured on the Asus Eee site! They're missing a few fields in the directory, so I'll send those in...

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Okay, here's me Tue 30 December 2008

Okay, here's me talking about badminton.

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Badminton

Tatiana asked about badminton:

Tell me about badminton in the UK

Fair enough, I do list it on my profile. I'm not great at badminton, but I love playing. I organize the badminton club at work, every week we play at Bath Uni. It's good for keeping fit because you …

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Tell me about badminton in the UK

Tell me about badminton in the UK

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Israel, withdraw now!

I'm lying in bed with a temperature. All day I've heard about the latest Israeli onslaught against the Palastinians, and it makes me angry.

Israel should end its occupation of Palastine, and withdraw to within its own borders. Israel should withdraw regardless of what the Palastinians are doing. The Israeli …

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Hi Chaz6! Good question. If your OpenId provider t...

Hi Chaz6! Good question. If your OpenId provider turned bad, how would you log in to Own-Id to make it use another provider?

Well, it would be handled like this:

  1. You'd update the DNS to stop your host name pointing to www.own-id.com.

  2. Then your entry in Own-Id could …

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