Archive for October, 2010

Strictly open source

Sunday, October 31st, 2010

My mum was in hospital for a couple of weeks, and she was annoyed that she’d miss out on Strictly Come Dancing. As it’s a BBC programme, it’s available on iPlayer, but only for a short period of time. The iPlayer route would also mean playing it to her on my laptop via a wireless [...]

I’m gonna be (500 towns)

Thursday, October 28th, 2010

Various family priorities have kept me away from blogging for a time, but I felt I had to note the passing of the Fairtrade 500 Miles for 500 Towns Bike Ride through Kendal. The three hardy souls who arrived at Janet’s house on Tuesday looked remarkably unscathed despite some truly appalling weather as they came [...]

“Breaking up is never easy to do…”

Thursday, October 7th, 2010

(Damn, I’m going to be singing Abba all day now…) From their official reaction, it looks as though Oracle haven’t yet decided how to respond to their adult child leaving home unilaterally. It’s a bit naive to expect them to be wildly enthusiastic. However, having an active community is what makes OpenOffice.org special, and Oracle [...]