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"can u help" :: Howto win at Friend-Tech-Support-Roulette
"can u help" :: Howto win at Friend-Tech-Support-Roulette
22 November 2012
Being a techie isn't always easy. The technology, yeah, that's easy, but the social implications can sometimes be tough. I recently got a rather flashy camera and, seeing it round my neck, a guy at an event asked, "Can I ask you something about cameras?" It was, of course, a rhetorical question – there was […]
How does free software take over the world? What happens now?
How does free software take over the world? What happens now?
18 November 2012
I love free software, I owe a lot to the free software communities and I care deeply about them. However, I am a realist and a pragmatist, so I'd like to ask a question that's been bothering me. Free Software has proven itself technologically, and proven itself in terms of creating an efficient working environment for developers, […]
Problem: How long will it take to fix it?
Problem: How long will it take to fix it?
5 February 2012
As a geek, one generally gets good at fixing things. An interesting thing about technology, as opposed to say, carpentry, is that generally it's very very small things that have significant implications. Frequently you spend a lot more time looking for the problem than you do actually implementing the solution. Example: The symptoms: your website […]
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