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Chasing Quick Fixes To Sustainability

http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2019/05/23/github-sponsors.html
Created
Thu, 23/05/2019 - 22:00

This post is co-authored with my colleague, Karen M. Sandler, and is crossposted from Software Freedom Conservancy's website.

Various companies and trade associations have now launched their own tweak on answers to the question of “FOSS sustainability”. We commented in March on Linux Foundation's Community Bridge, and Bradley's talk at SCALE 2019 focused on this issue (video). Assuring that developers are funded to continue to maintain and improve FOSS is the focus of many organizations in our community, including charities like ourselves, the Free Software Foundation, the GNOME Foundation, Software in the Public Interest, and others.

New game goes to the virtual edge of time

http://dwca.org.au/new-game-goes-to-the-virtual-edge-of-time/
Created
Thu, 23/05/2019 - 14:14
The Doctor Who virtual universe is set to expand, with a new cinematic feature-length Doctor Who VR video game due for release in September. The new “mission”, Doctor Who: The Edge of Time, follows hot on the heels of the recently released The Runaway – a short animated VR experience. Published by PlayStack and developed by immersive entertainment studio Maze Theory, Doctor Who: The Edge Of Time will allow fans to embark on a brand-new and fully-interactive adventure, inspired by the show’s 55-year history and starring the Doctor’s current incarnation, played by Jodie Whittaker. BBC Studios Digital Entertainment and Games… Continue reading

Delta Airlines Crosses One Line Too Far in Union Busting

http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2019/05/10/delta-union-busting.html
Created
Fri, 10/05/2019 - 23:45

We create, develop, document and collaborate as users of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) from around the globe, usually by working remotely on the Internet. However, human beings have many millennia of evolution that makes us predisposed to communicate most effectively via in-person interaction. We don't just rely on the content of communication, but its manner of expression, the body language of the communicator, and thousands of different non-verbal cues and subtle communication mechanisms. In fact, I believe something that's quite radical for a software freedom activist to believe: meeting in person to discuss something is always better than some form of online communication. And this belief is why I attend so many FOSS events, and encourage (and work in my day job to support) programs and policies that financially assist others in FOSS to attend such events.

From The House (2018)

https://sydneyanthology.wordpress.com/2019/05/06/from-the-house-2018/
Created
Mon, 06/05/2019 - 17:48
Danish architect Jørn Utzon’s design won the 1957 competition for the Sydney Opera House. In July, he set foot in Australia for the first time, accompanied by his business partner, Swedish architect Erik Andersson. When they first saw the Bennelong Point site they were accompanied by Gavin Souter, features writer for the Sydney Morning Herald: […]

6 things we love about the new release of The Macra Terror

http://dwca.org.au/6-things-we-love-about-the-new-release-of-the-macra-terror/
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Thu, 02/05/2019 - 22:01
Second Doctor lost story The Macra Terror was finally released on DVD and Blu-ray last month, almost 52 years after its original broadcast and five months after it was announced that surviving audio recordings of the serial would be combined with brand new animation. But while it may not feature the Daleks (like The Power of the Daleks) or be written by Douglas Adams (like Shada), there’s still plenty to love about this long-awaited release of an underrated gem. The dystopian plot The Macra Terror was originally broadcast as part of Doctor Who’s fourth season – an unusual and often… Continue reading

All Media is Social

https://failedestate.com/all-media-is-social/
Created
Wed, 24/04/2019 - 13:51
With much of Australia’s ‘mainstream’ media at war with its critics on ‘social’ media, it’s worth reflecting on an observation from a journalist who was at the vanguard of breaking down the distinction between the two. In ‘Breaking News: The Remaking of Journalism and Why It Matters Now’, Alan Rusbridger […]

Ride Number #1

https://tregeagle.com/ride-number-1.html
Created
Tue, 16/04/2019 - 14:29

I used to occaisonally run along the grassy lane after school. I ran to create warmth against the winter sleet and rain. I ran to avoid the drudgery of walking. I was in a hurry to get home to be warm, to eat and to watch television. As soon as …

Tree

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Created
Mon, 15/04/2019 - 06:30

On Friday I finished an essay for Uni. It was a routine piece of rigmarole. I submitted the file to the University system without a reread. I have no pride. My weekend was free. That was a joke. My weekend is never free. There is a cost for everything.

We …

Sport

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Created
Mon, 04/03/2019 - 01:15

Ask me any sport related question. I could not give a toss about it. Invite me to hit, kick or throw a ball and you’ll regret it. Despite my tragic failure to care about any sports I do love people who do.

I discovered a Gabriel Garcia Marquez article …

Peaceable publicity

https://www.oblomovka.com/wp/2019/02/21/peaceable-publicity/
Created
Fri, 22/02/2019 - 18:14
I know the world is going to hell in a futuristic handbasket — I know this because All Media Tells Me So, and who am I to question all the signals. But I can’t help but note that I’m really happy at the moment. I guess I’m always fairly countercyclical in my weltanschaung vs the […]

Sounds

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Created
Wed, 20/02/2019 - 05:16
A picture of our dog Winnie taken by my Dad
Winnie, taken by my Dad

Back home in suburbia, it is a Tuesday morning. Pre dawn I was awoken by three metallic taps. In conversation with Re we realise the same three taps disturb our sleep at the same hour every morning. Comforting in their regularity, like all the other …