davblogIn which someone you've never heard of writes about things you have no interest inPointless Battles For Geeks- May 15, 2008 Geeks invented the internet. And for many years it was inhabited solely by geeks and academics. Over those years a number of unwritten rules arose which controlled the way people used the internet. The unwritten rules were passed on to newcomers who saw the wisdom of the rules and continued to follow them. Everyone followed the rules and all was well with the world.But in the mid-90s the rest of the world discovered the internet and suddenly everything changed. The companies who were providing..http://blog.dave.org.uk/2008/05/pointless-battles-for-geeks.html Opentech 2008- May 14, 2008 The full schedule for Opentech has been announced. There are three tracks of talks and it looks like that I'll need a couple of clones in order to see everything that I want to see.The previous Opentech conference (was it really three years ago) was a lot of fun and I fully expect this one to be just as good. Registration is already open (you reserve a place and then pay a fiver on the door) and if previous experience is anything to go by, places will be booked up pretty quickly. I didn't post..http://blog.dave.org.uk/2008/05/opentech-2008.html Blog Fixed (Hopefully)- May 13, 2008 Regular readers will know that this blog has experienced some problems over the last few months. Since I last moved to new hardware this blog has been running really slowly and more often than not any attempt to publish content (whether a blog entry or a comment) has ended with a server error. This has made me less likely to write here and has made you far less likely to comment. Which is sad.When the problem first arose I prodded at it a bit, but nothing I did made any difference. So I decided.http://blog.dave.org.uk/2008/05/blog-fixed-hopefully.html Books I Read in April 2008- May 5, 2008 A lot of books this month. But you might think that there was a bit of cheating going on.The Bible: The Biography - Karen ArmstrongThis is a book I've wanted to read ever since I saw it published in hardback last year. Actually, it wasn't quite what I expected. I was expecting a lot more about the writing of the bible, but that was all covered in the first couple of chapters. Most of the book was about the history of the interpretation of the bible. It was all very interesting stuff. I...http://blog.dave.org.uk/2008/05/books-i-read-in-april-2008.html Blogging Nonsense- May 2, 2008 One of the joys of MPs having blogs is that you often get to see what they are really like without their utterances going through the filter of the party spin machine. And it's amazing how often so many of them make complete fools of themselves. Today's example is Nadine Dorries. Of course as a Tory she's very happy about the results of yesterday's council elections. I can't really blame her for that. But does she channel that happiness into a well-researched and interesting article about why...http://blog.dave.org.uk/2008/05/blogging-nonsense.html Understatement- May 2, 2008 From a geek mailing list where they are currently retreading the endless arguments about why there aren't more women in Open Source.Now arguably, "chick" is a bit derogatory.It's not even ironic British understatement - the writer isn't British. But it's a good indication of just how far we still have to go.http://blog.dave.org.uk/2008/05/understatement.html |