Michael Howell

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Segways and redesigns

Saturday, 2 October 2010 22:02:50 UTC

I know, I've never lumped two topics into posts before. Just didn't see how either of them could stand alone.

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Diaspora: an attempt at a better Facebook, but that's not all

Thursday, 16 September 2010 00:54:34 UTC

A notable, and widely anticipated piece of software has just been released.

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Wikileaks founder wanted with... rape?!

Sunday, 22 August 2010 04:16:31 UTC

I just opened Akregator and saw that the Wikileaks blog had a new entry. This isn't very common (the Wikileaks blog isn't a firehose of leaks; it's news about the site itself), and, after reading it, had to do a double-take.

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IT'S CRAP!!!

Saturday, 14 August 2010 01:54:23 UTC

"Oracle sues Google over use of Java in Android. Yes, you got it right. After Oracle bought Sun (along with their Java patents), they started suing people. According to Oracle:

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Muppet Show Java

Wednesday, 11 August 2010 04:40:18 UTC

No, I don't know what it has to do with Java. Doesn't make it less cool...

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Hi!

Monday, 9 August 2010 01:32:05 UTC

As I mentioned I would be in my first post, I'm now on the LO planet.

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ur.ly - the underappreciated URL shortener

Friday, 23 July 2010 04:25:10 UTC

I say underappreciated because it has all the good things you could want of a URL shortener (it makes URLs very short, is fast, scalable, and should last), yet everyone I know is using bit.ly, ur1.ca, or, worse, tinyurl.com.

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Clockwork

Thursday, 22 July 2010 19:58:29 UTC

Yep, it's been ages since I last posted here, but no matter. I'll just brashly start talking again like it never happened.

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proxy.googlesharing.net

Thursday, 3 June 2010 04:56:57 UTC

"GoogleSharing is a special kind of anonymizing proxy service, designed for a very specific threat. It ultimately aims to provide a level of anonymity that will prevent Google from tracking your searches, movements, and what websites you visit. GoogleSharing is not a full proxy service designed to anonymize all your traffic, but rather something designed exclusively for your communication with Google. Our system is totally transparent, with no special "alternative" websites to visit. Your normal work flow should be exactly the same." - googlesharing.net

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School is out!

Need I say more?

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