Sean’s Mental Walkabout

downloads @ liferain.com
Prim Composer gives you a nice offline build tool for opensim and secondlife. Great to see so much ecosystem building out there.

Help - Commands - Hiveminder
I don’t know why, but im interfaces for todo list just makes me very happy

DevilsPie - GNOME Live!
The devils pie document that I should have had before. Finally was able to get all my configs working nicely again.

Groklaw - IBM Announces New Policy on Standards - Updated
It used to be the custom that a wronged knight challenged the accuser by
throwing down his mail plated glove on the floor in front of the person making
the wrongful accusation. If it was picked it up, then the challenge was accepted
and trial by combat was the result.

Sir IBM has not only perceived a wrong has been committed, he has very firmly
thrown his glove in challenge. But I cannot help feeling he deliberately missed
the floor and hit the wrong doer firmly in the mouth.

A romantic interpretation ? Probably…..but humour to one side, if this is
what I perceive it to be, it is an excellent move towards open standards that
are kept fully in the open at all times……. and all rules correctly applied
and obeyed by all participants.

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Virtual Worlds News: Video: IBM Takes Lotus Sametime into 3D with OpenSim
Now public, even with a you tube video

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5 reasons to avoid iPhone 3G - Free Software Foundation
Good things to highlight. I’ve never been an apple fan because of their really strong DRM push.

An introduction to git-svn for Subversion/SVK users and deserters
Really extensive write up on git-svn usage patterns

Git - SVN Crash Course
git for svn users

David Silverman - About Typo
Sent to me by a friend of a friend. I need to check out some of the excerpts this weekend.

Scramblings
doing C# bindings on Linux

KODAK Theatre HD Player Features and Benefits
This could be cool, except if they fully did away with an IR remote. I don’t care out innovative your remote is, if I can’t use my logitech harmony your device is useless to me.

BBC hires IBM guru for its foray into virtual worlds | Technology | guardian.co.uk
Roo has been a great pleasure to work with, the BBC is very luck to have snagged him from us.

Slashdot | RHN Bind Update Brings Down RHEL Named
Ah, it’s going to be a funny day on the internet

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IBM Moves Into the Virtual World
OpenSim gets a mention in a Motley Fool article. Nice.

‘At home Manekshaw was far away from an Army chief’ - ExpressIndia.Com
My friend Jehan features promiently in this article about the passing of his grandfather, India’s first 5 star general.

Uncertain Principles: Sizzle: A Global Warming Comedy, by Randy Olson
Going to need to check this out

Larry Lessig says the law is strangling creativity | Video on TED.com
Really great talk

Slashdot | Second Life Faces Open Source Challenges
Nifty, OpenSim made slashdot

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