February 25, 2010

Django – An Ethnographic Study of an Open Source Software Project

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Django is a Python web framework – a collection of tools for developing web applications. Django was originally developed at World Online, the web department of a newspaper in Lawrence, Kansas, as “The CMS ”. The development team comprised of Adrian Holovaty, Simon Willison, and later Jacob Kaplan-Moss and Wilson Miner. Now [...]

November 5, 2009

Web Architecture and URIs: Recommendation versus Reality

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The goals of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), according to its website w3c.org, include “[developing] interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential.” With any set of guidelines or “good practices” there is often a gap between idealistic theory and reality. In exploring some recommendations of the [...]

January 28, 2009

Ubuntu: No sound after suspend to RAM fix

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aka an example of the magic of open source software!

September 2, 2007

Disable Skype Mic Auto-adjustment in Ubuntu

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and avoid this annoying behavior.

April 6, 2007

Keep Your Programs Updated with File Hippo

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Windows Only: You probably fall into one of two categories: a) you are constantly checking the websites of your favorite freeware programs for the latest and great updates OR b) you update your software only when prompted or when you get a new computer. File Hippo makes checking for and installing updates simple. [...]

December 29, 2006

Cobian Backup 8: Backup Bliss!

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I’ve been looking for a good freeware backup utility for some time now and I think I’ve finally found something great. With Cobian Backup 8, not only can I backup from my hard drive to hard drive and hard drive to FTP, but FTP to hard drive or FTP to FTP! This is [...]