Category Archives: Internet

An aesthetic Origami card sleeve

In the coming months at OpenCD we’ll be making it easier for everybody to produce quality discs for themselves and others, so naturally one of the things we’re looking at are covers and disc art. Various people during the history … Continue reading

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The OpenCD 4.0 Released

After what seems like an eternity (and with a back-story too long for this weblog) OpenCD 4.0 has been released just in time for Christmas. This time around there’s a bevy of new programs and an simpler, streamlined interface for … Continue reading

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My Tern hits India

I was just trawling through my logs looking to see if a certain somebody (who will remain nameless) has been stealing my tiny sidebar images again, but instead I noticed that an old photo of mine was getting some heavy … Continue reading

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First impressions of Google SketchUp

I’d been itching to digitise my house so I could visualise a deck and generally have a play with different ideas, so after seeing that Google went out and bought another program, 3d modeling software SketchUp, I grabbed it and … Continue reading

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TheOpenCD 3.0 Released

The latest version of TheOpenCD, a compilation of high quality open source programs for Windows, has been released. It is also the official disc for Software Freedom Day 2005, and includes a live Linux distribution (based on Ubuntu) for an … Continue reading

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An Amazon.com Misadventure

An update to my last post, “An Amazon.com Adventure“. Continue reading

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The OpenCD Project

Of late I’ve been lending a hand with the OpenCD Project (TOCD), which if you’re unsure: OpenCD is a collection of high quality Free and Open Source Software. The programs run in Windows and cover the most common tasks such … Continue reading

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Prelinger reviews

Some time ago I stumbled upon the Prelinger Archives. For those unsure: Its goal remains to collect, preserve, and facilitate access to films of historic significance that haven’t been collected elsewhere. Included are films produced by and for many hundreds … Continue reading

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9-11 Commission Final Report!

It’s probably strange to American folk that an Aussie has been patiently waiting a while for this, reading the staff statements and wondering just when the final report would come out. Just checking my timezones it seems the final report … Continue reading

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Picasa gets googled

This morning I find that Picasa (which it seems has been around for a while) has been bought out by Google and released as freeware. Interesting to see what future versions bring; online image caching, anyone? In the mean time … Continue reading

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