Thu January 1 1970

Thu January 1 1970 ഇന്аґЁു്, അതായതു് 2010 аґњൂаґЈ്‍ 15аґЁു്, മനോരമയുаґџെ аґџെаґІിаґµിаґ·аґЁ്‍ аґљാаґЁаґІിаґІ്‍ аґ’аґ°ു аґµാаґ°്‍ത്ത аґµаґЁ്നതാаґЇി аґЋаґ ...

Thu January 1 1970 I should guess the recent release of Firefox 3 and the upcoming release of OpenOffice.org 3 (I still wonder why the name of the software should have .org attached to it) will give a new boost to Free Software, especially GNU/Linux. Firefox is already the best browser feature-wise. With the large number of useful and interesting addons, no other br ...

Thu January 1 1970 I was invited to the Free Software Conference at Asuncion, Paraguay, to talk about the IT at School project. Being almost on the other side of the planet, the journey was rather tough. I have written about it in my blog Free as in Freedom. Here I will try to write about the conference as such.

Thu January 1 1970 On May 9th evening, Charles told us that he would be leaving early morning next day, and that Quiliro would come and pick us up to go to the Catholic University. I found out that we were going to the IT Department of the University and was wondering what I should speak and how I should start. I thought that I could start by asking them how much mo ...

Thu January 1 1970 Nothing much happened on 2nd, 3rd and 4th. We did go to a place where Lucho's friends were doing a podcast called Mango Podcast. There was a discussion about Free Software involving a few of Lucho's friends, Juan and me. One of them apparently thought that I was being misled by Lucho about the state of their country. But he did not raise the issue ...

Thu January 1 1970 The last two days we have been relatively free, though we were not idle. Yesterday, we went to a local organisation that was promoting OLPC in Paraguay. Their office was located in a rather posh house in an expensive locality. We met some young guys there who spoke good English and were apparently trained in Boston. One of them told us that he had ...

Thu January 1 1970 After the conference, I have been largely idling, though I was involved in discussions with some of the people related to the government who are working to bring Free Software in education in the country and a two-hour discussion on the radio in which Marco, Juan, Charles Escobar and Chepi Gimanez (who also interpreted for me) were involved. Day b ...

Thu January 1 1970 The Government of Paraguay is organising an International Conference on Free Software at Asuncion, the capital of the country. Some important names in the Free Software world - such as Marco Ciurcina, Diego Saravia, David Sugar - will be seen in the list of participants. I am one of the lucky guys to be invite ...

Thu January 1 1970 When you buy a male plug (often known as a 'top'), you don't normally have to worry about whether it will fit into the female plug (power outlet) you have at home. This is because both of them are manufactured according to standards that are followed by the industry. It is easy for anyone to design and construct a 'top' that fits into an ordinary ...