Two very cool and very geeky things have happened to me this week. One: a very benevolent soul has traded me an old acer laptop (this thing is vintage baby! – the wireless network card is externtal!) just choc-ful of open source software. I’m composing this piece on it right now, on OpenOffice of course! … More The Power of Open Source
So my day today started when my brain woke up at 8 am. This was quite a shocker as I’ve been sleeping 12 hr nights and 8 am is about 4 hrs ahead of that. So I managed to squeeze a bit of time editing content for Protospace before I loaded up with a car … More Day 81 – nom nom nom…
The first thought to enter people’s minds when you say “hacker” is chain smoking Russians trying to steal your credit card information, or maladjusted teenagers breaking into government systems. The word is shocking, disturbing, and a sexy seller in the media. Fact of the matter is hackers are rule breakers sure, but in the sense … More Day 79 – hug a hacker!
Valerie Roney 