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deusx : Cross-Browser.com - Wow, "X" - what an unsearchably-named framework. "X is a collection of loosely-bound, cross-browser, Javascript functions and objects. It is intended to be a resource from which you pick and choose - you do not have to include the entire l
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7 days ago
deusx : quilt - Summary [Savannah] - "The scripts allow to manage a series of patches by keeping track of the changes each patch makes. Patches can be applied, un-applied, refreshed, etc." Checkpoint and maintain floating uncommitted work-in-progress changes as a stack of patches
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7 days ago
deusx : Ma.gnolia Blog: The Open Road Ahead - For awhile, I thought something like this would have been a good idea for Delicious, but I never took much time to think it through or make a case to anyone. It'll be interesting to see where and how far this goes: "As we develop M2, it means
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1 month ago
Linkorama : No Secret Software! - It’s simple: when data is gathered and used for the people as part of civic processes (voting is a good example), processing it using secret software, especially if it’s a private-sector secret, should be totally out of bounds.
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1 month ago
Linkorama : Why MediaWiki is not the right product for my clients - This experience matched with reviewing most client capabilities has led me to the belief that MediaWiki requires far too much technical awareness to recommend as a platform for clients. I have found applications such as SocialText to be a far more attract
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2 month ago
wearehugh : Ma.tt » iPhone-native WordPress Client - on open source iphone apps (read comments too)
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2 month ago
nelson : Browser sync open source - Google puts their discontinued Firefox syncer out open source.
Jeremy Zawodny : Open Sourcing Browser Sync - Open Sourcing Browser Sync: cool!
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2 month ago
Linkorama : The Economics of Software - As Keynes famously pointed out, "in the long run, we are all dead" -- so don't count on any less sighing or groaning or check writing in the immediate future...
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2 month ago
nelson : Protocol buffers - Google's internal IDL gets released. It's pretty good as these things go.
Simon Willison : Protocol Buffers: Google's Data Interchange Format - Protocol Buffers: Google’s Data Interchange Format. Open sourced today. Highly efficient binary protocol for storing and transmitting structured data between C++, Java and Python. Uses a .proto file describing the data structure which is compiled to c
Rod Begbie : Protocol Buffers: Google's Data Interchange Format - A smidgen of Google's secret sauce -- a lighter-weight-than-XML data interchange format, with heavily optimized cross-language serialization routines. Just the thing for shuttling and persisting data. [via] #
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2 month ago
Rod Begbie : reddit goes open source - Reddit release (most of) the source for the site, allowing anyone to host their own reddit. Excellent video announcement from the mascot too. #
factoryjoe : blog.reddit -- what's new on reddit: reddit goes open source - reddit goes open source! Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: open source, reddit
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wearehugh : mjg59: Things in your computer that you do not have the source code for
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Linkorama : Microsoft Open Sources Podcasting Software - Open souce hackery isn't a bad way to get through the in-between releases dead period for Sharepoint
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3 month ago
Rod Begbie : TypePad AntiSpam - SixApart launch an Akismet-compatible anti-comment-spam system, with a GPL'd open-source backend available for customized installs. I've tweaked my blog to run it, so we'll see how it does. [via] #
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3 month ago
nelson : Debian/OpenSSL analysis - A very detailed examination of how the bug happened
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4 month ago
nelson : How to not steal software - Simple essay about how to avoid being a pirate
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4 month ago
wearehugh : Linux.com :: The iPhone SDK and free software: not a match
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4 month ago
wearehugh : Slashdot | iPhone SDK and Free Software Don't Match
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5 month ago
nelson : Quake family tree - Liberally licensed game engine has an impact
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5 month ago
deusx : Accton Mini-Router - Open-Mesh Web Store - "Our small mini-router comes pre-flashed with RO.B.IN open-source mesh firmware and is ready to plug in and use. No configuration is necessary."
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5 month ago
deusx : An Amazing Mind: The REAL reason we use Linux - "Let me say that again. It's fun to use the command line."
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Linkorama : A Platform is AJAR - Open Until It's Not - Ross has hit on something which I think will be happening more and more. There is a lot of lip service to open social and the concept of open data mobility but we all know that this type of digital level-playing-field is very far away from reality.
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Linkorama : Free! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business - Over the past decade, however, a different sort of free has emerged. The new model is based not on cross-subsidies — the shifting of costs from one product to another — but on the fact that the cost of products themselves is falling fast.
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Linkorama : The Pulse of Open Source - Welcome to The Pulse of Open Source. This is the stream of collective consciousness from the open source community on Twitter.
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