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Holier-Than-Thou

Now that the World Cup is over, I want to take this opportunity to tell you about two things that have royally pissed me off about this otherwise great sporting event: The first is people who complain about “armchair coaching”. I get this a lot because I like to critique stuff while I watch it1, [...]
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Language Use

Since I read Bradley’s blog post last week, I’ve been again thinking about terminology in the technology world, especially in the free software / open source corner. Bradley is of course right on everything he writes. But he’s also fundamentally wrong. If there is one thing I have learned from my studies of history, linguistics and [...]
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Linux Tag Report

Hello everyone, greetings from Linux Tag in Berlin. I’ve been in Germany all week and I wanted to post updates each day, but to be honest it’s been far too hectic for that. Nevertheless, I figured I should take the chance to fill you in a bit while I sit propped in bed at the [...]
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Linux Tag, Podcast Schedule & Classical Guitar

Hey, everyone! I’m back with an update concerning the next few weeks and some very cool news. As we have mentioned a lot on the show already, Dan will be flying down to Germany on Saturday and we will spend most of the next week in Berlin at Linux Tag. We wil record a regular [...]
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Happy Holidays!

Just a quick note wishing you all a happy holiday and a good start into the new year. I am leaving for my parents’ place in Duisburg tomorrow and after a quick stopover back home to release the final episode for 2008, I will be on my way to the Netherlands to spend the “time [...]
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Outlaws@CeBIT

As I’ve mentioned on the show before, I will be attending CeBIT, the world’s biggest technology tradeshow, which takes place in Hannover March 4 – 9. They were so kind to provide me with a press pass for the whole show and I’m looking to get some Linux and F/OSS related interviews as well as [...]
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Berlin Trip

As I mentioned on the show, I visited Berlin over the weekend — which is my excuse for being way too late with the show notes this week. I also promised to link to some photos of the trip, so here they are. I do have to admit that I have used Lightroom to process [...]
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Behind the Scenes

Dan and I recorded Episode 3 yesterday. While Dan was in his usual place at his home in Merseyside, things were a bit more complicated on my end. Here’s a little glimpse behind the scenes of the chaos that I call “producing a podcast”: I am currently staying at my parent’s place in Duisburg and [...]
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