I've been asked enough times today that I thought I better comment: the videos from FSOSS (keyed to agenda) are all being released under a CC license.  Yes, you can mirror them, put them on your favourite video site, whatever.  When we get a minute we'll do a proper page…

I'm in between things on day 2 of FSOSS, and carrying around an assortment of this and that I thought I'd share. First, there's a great write-up on IT World Canada about Facebook's Thrift talk yesterday by Mark and David. Second, the videos continue to go on-line.  Dean Jansen from…

FSOSS is rocking and I just got mail from our AV gurus to say that some talks from the morning are already available for download.  Looks like they did .ogg files.  Please don't email me and ask why they aren't in .myfavouriteencodingnowrightnow.  This is raw video that we'll do more…

It's early, way early, and I'm totally pumped for today to start.  FSOSS is going to be amazing, and I can't wait to get it all rolling in a few hours. As is always the case, there are the last minute changes and snags.  In this case, we've lost one…

21:09 < luser> dave: you win 21:09 < luser> http://blog.mozilla.com/ted/ 21:09 * luser goes to bed So before he wakes up and changes his mind, someone get this man and his shiny new blog added to planet.…

Yesterday we welcomed Mark Finkle to Seneca.  He came to give a lecture on Firefox Extensions.  I've been looking forward to this for a number of reasons.  First, Mark's knowledge of extensions is really pretty amazing; however, in learning all he has, he hasn't forgotten about what it's like for…

To the gentleman (I can only assume) in the pickup truck that drove in front of me for an hour this morning, the one with the stylized metallic testicals dangling (yes dangling) from his trailer hitch: don't.  Really.  Don't.…

We're home from a weekend away in Kingston, where the weather was postcard beautiful.  I hadn't really been there before, so it was good to tour around and see places I've heard friends describe many times.  One such place was called  Pan Chancho.  This is a little great-big-why-don't-I-have-one-of-these-where-I-live bakery with…

We're within throwing distance of the Free Software and Open Source Symposium (FSOSS) now, and if you haven't registered yet, well, click here, here, or here (all roads lead to Rome), and do it! Registration is $40 on-line, or $60 at the door. And, in case you needed another reason…

It's not every day that I have a story this positive to share, and I hope you won't mind if I name names. A month ago, I ordered some CDs from Amazon.ca.  I waited for weeks for them to arrive, and every day the disappointment at the mailbox was…