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Chris Walden's thoughts and adventures as an open-source kind of guy. The ideas stated here are his own and don't necessarily represent the positions, strategies or opinions of IBM or its partners.
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    I was reading your email the other day...

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    Today I was reading an interesting Wired article today called " How Joe Biden Accidentally Helped Us All E-Mail in Private ".  I remember tinkering with PGP during that time and some of the controversy surrounding encryption, especially good encryption.  The encryption battle of that time... [More]

    Tags:  biden key pgp hacking cracking gpg snooping zimmerman wired email encryption spying

    Deluge of diverse data

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    Lots of random things today. Today's silly email From: Scam Mail DO YOU NEED A LOAN, IF YES REPLY FOR MORE INFO. At least they are honest about scamming you. IBM Linux on POWER I think Linux and the POWER architecture are an outstanding combination.  I would really like to see a new POWER laptop to... [More]

    Tags:  article wiki phone opensource funny developerworks software steve open_source alternatives voltdb open-source power linux southworth camera

    I love it when someone creates the future!

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    As you probably remember, I work for IBM.  We're a big company and a lot of my work, while satisfying on many levels, is... well... work!  I probably deal with many of the same mysteries of the corporate world that you do.  From time to time I wonder if I know the people being satirized in Dilbert... [More]

    Tags:  ibm nanophotonics future integrated ic chip electronic-photonic

    Happy anniversary, Creative Commons; supporting free

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    This month Creative Commons marks it's tenth year as an alternative to traditional copyright.  You've probably seen this license marked by the phrase "some rights reserved" on photos, music and other works on the Internet.  The logo I created for the Real World Open Source group is... [More]

    Tags:  donations limesurvey creativecommons cc10

    Ready for your TV to watch you back?

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    OK.  I have some mixed feelings about this one.  Let's see what you think.  Verizon has filed for a patent for technology that will allow their set-top boxes to monitor a room and use that information to select appropriate advertising. The device will monitor audio, some level of visual and mobile... [More]

    Tags:  surveilance technology privacy data

    Who controls the Interwebs?

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    More and more people are living portion of their life in the virtual world of the Internet.  (Some, a very large portion .  Please don't forget your hygiene.)  Not surprisingly, this is creating an atmosphere where people want to exert controls in the community to protect children, promote the... [More]

    Tags:  rules internet laws web facebook

    Rootkits happen. Are you paying attention?

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    I caught an article today: " Linux users targeted by mystery drive-by rootkit ".  I stand by my believe that Linux is the most secure environment that I have used and I enjoy the freedom from many of the security issues that friends experience.  However, it would be ridiculous to imagine... [More]

    Tags:  chkrootkit rootkit linux rkhunter security clamav

    Is it open?

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    Today I got another one of those InfoWorld articles with one of those sensational titles called " Beware these open source lock-in schemes ".  I had to take a look.  The open-source world has really come a long way.  I remember when telling people a product was open-source would be a cause... [More]

    Tags:  open_source software opensource open-source gpl

    GIMP surprise in the wild...

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    I was at an event this weekend.  It was a non-technical event with a group of artists.  One of them had designed something which could be customized and had a DVD showing exactly how to recreate what he was doing.  On the DVD he included a PhotoShop template that would automatically remix an image... [More]

    Tags:  gimp open_source open-source opensource

    developerWorks author has new book

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        I just got a note from one of our authors, Hazem Saleh. Hello Mr. Christopher, Please be informed that my "JavaScript Unit Testing" book is published:  http://www.packtpub.com/javascript-unit-testing/book This book covers all the techniques that are needed by the web architects,... [More]

    Openness, Twitter Storm

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    Do you smell that burning?  That's all of the passion of people on a US Presidential election day.  Pardon us if everyone is a little weird today.  Of course, one of the discussions that I find pretty interesting is the "Vote, but only vote for someone who matters" discussion.  It contains... [More]

    Tags:  open twitter storm

    Silly error, Ubuntu update and updated PDF article

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    I got a message when I tried to run a browser-based application that was truly out of Dilbert: XXXXXXXXXX is temporarily unavailable at this time for any of the following reasons: Scheduled maintenance Network problems System problems Status and additional information are posted on the  XXXXXXXXXX... [More]

    Tags:  erros 12.10 pdf messages ubuntu linux update developerworks

    Stupid SPAM of the day...

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    I receive a lot of SPAM in my email.  Some of it is fairly entertaining.  Here his one I got today: ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC)                                            #15 AWOLOWO ROAD,                                         IKOYI, LAGOS.... [More]

    Tags:  spam scam email humor

    Haunted techie projects for Halloween

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    Halloween comes only once a year, but you can carry it in your heart all year round.  I've always enjoyed the spooky stuff and there are those who really go all out to celebrate that season.  As it turns out, people are applying a lot of do-it-yourself technology to make their own spooky effects. ... [More]

    Tags:  arduino techie diy projects halloween

    Look and leap

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    On Sunday, October 14, 2012, my family watched Felix Baumgartner plummet from more than 120,000 feet into history.  If you missed this fascinating event, here is the video.  Interestingly it comes in at just about the same time that we tuned in, so you get to see the same thing that I saw.  At 12:16... [More]

    Tags:  media social systemz vlc freefall felix mainframe porting smaphores redbull posix bash baumgartner

    Be curious

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    Clearly people did not get as excited as I did about the Bossies, the Open Source Software awards, that I wrote about in my last entry .  Perhaps it's just not very compelling, or perhaps there is just a general lack of curiosity in such things. I've had my world shaken and stirred a little with... [More]

    Tags:  security mainframe hacking exploration computing systemz byod technology curiosity

    Free malware, and the BOSSies.

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    Before I get to the BOSSies (Best Open Source Software awards), I saw this article today: " Brand-new hardware -- now with malware pre-installed! "  That's a terrific time saver!  Imagine being able to participate in denial of service (DoS) attacks and SPAM profligation without all the... [More]

    Tags:  oss malware security software opensource bossies open-source

    Fixing the Linux desktop

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    Today I was pointed to the article " How would you fix the Linux desktop? " through slashdot .  (Yes, another one of those articles.)  I am quite comfortable using a Linux desktop and have been for nearly a decade, so it's not very mysterious to me.  My family also uses Linux as a desktop... [More]

    Tags:  desktop linux open-source opensource productivity

    Oddball scam today...

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    I get a lot of oddball mail through my ibm.com address. Today I got the following note: UNITED STATES HOMELAND SECURITY CARGO ANALYSES AND INSPECTION UNIT Chautauqua County Office Of The Sheriff 15 E. Chautauqua Street P.O. Box 128 Mayville, New York, NY 14757, USA. OUR REF:... [More]

    Tags:  scam nigeria

    Spring Roo series, ridiculous email, other stuff

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    Have you followed the Spring Roo series?  As an editor I don't always have the opportunity to recreate the labs and examples in articles that I publish.  I get sufficient information to see that they should work and then let them go.  With the Spring Roo articles I found myself playing with the... [More]

    Tags:  studies nonsense roo spring email stupid
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