Eat Bulaga! An example most broadcasters should follow

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I do not watch much broadcast TV. Quite frankly, most broadcast TV sucks. I’ve been in The Philippines for almost four years and have given up on HBO Asia, HBO seems to assume that most people living in Asia are criminals who will ‘pirate’ all broadcasts, so they feed us 20 year old B movies. [...]

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What is a computer, really?

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I received a very interesting e-mail from the FSF today, sent via its announcement mailing list. The FSF (and numerous others) are very concerned about the IPhone being out of reach of free software due to its locking restrictions and the Apple developer NDA.
I began to wonder, in this day and age, what is a [...]

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Why I hack at new operating systems

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I have been asked several times why I prefer to work on HelenOS instead of the Linux kernel or GNU programs.
The answer is simple, working on something new is more fun and I don’t like assigning my copyright to the FSF. Today I have been working on porting my brain dead shell to HelenOS, which [...]

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The .ing domain has landed

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If you are a user of OpenNIC, there’s a brand new top level domain available. You can register your own .ing domain completely free now at register.ing.
A while back, I was chatting with Tim Groeneveld who had recently been approved as a domain maintainer / registrar for OpenNIC. He asked me to come up with [...]

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Facebook is whining

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Facebook is suing this site, claiming the site to be a ‘Facebook Knockoff’.
If your business model entails some kind of global monopoly that allows you to decide how people can meet other people, your business is untenable.
Please stop using Facebook. If this lawsuit goes through it will set precedence that can be regurgitated to say [...]

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What a week (and its only Tuesday)

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Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong. What a crazy week this has been and its only Tuesday!
As a present, my wife got me a little hibachi grill that is safe to use on our concrete balcony. She also got me some charcoal and tongs! I began drooling while thinking about grilled burgers and chicken.
Monday, [...]

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Echoreply turns 200!

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No, not 200 years, 200 posts. Apparently this is some kind of milestone for a personal blog. This is post #201!
Thanks to all who read, especially those who comment and put up with my antics. Hopefully I have provided something interesting and useful.
Cheers!
–Tim

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Software licenses are not for linguists

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There was a journal entry recently published on Slashdot which sparked several reactions. I think that it is safe to say most geeks realize that our lives will shortly depend entirely on computer software (much more than they do now). Most smart people realize the need to ensure that we keep software development as free, [...]

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