http://annexia.ca Site News daily 1 2005-11-18T05:48:54Z http://annexia.ca/Members/Dustin/blog/the-scourge-of-open-source-nih-syndrome This is an open letter to the Open Source developer community. Please keep your egos in check and you might actually make a difference in the world with your programming skills. If your ego is too big, it could make your programming efforts a waste of time. No publisher Dustin 2006-05-17T00:46:14Z News Item http://annexia.ca/Members/Dustin/blog/my-letter-to-my-canadian-mp-about-canada-sending-troops-to-afghanistan I emailed this letter to my MP when I learned about the new Harper gov't sending Canadian troops to Afghanistan, then hearing sound bites on CBC of the so-called "debate" on this in Canadian parliament. I have since recieved an email reply, and two letters in the mail as reply. These acknowledged that my letter was recieved, and that it got forwarded to the Canadian Minister of Defense, the Honourable Gordon O'Connor. Perhaps I'll get a reply from Mr. O'Connor. No publisher Dustin 2006-05-13T05:36:12Z News Item http://annexia.ca/Members/Dustin/blog/funny-comic-strip-savage-chickens The style of this humor is a cross between Dilbert and The Far Side. Coincidentally, Doug Savage, the writer, works on the same floor as me also at Business Objects Vancouver. Very scathing, honest, and at times, quite philosophical. No publisher Dustin 2006-05-03T16:30:40Z News Item http://annexia.ca/Members/Dustin/blog/linux-is-to-windows-as How can Linux be compared to Windows without using any computer jargon? Let me try... No publisher Dustin 2006-02-24T15:44:54Z News Item http://annexia.ca/Members/Dustin/blog/zeroconf-is-about-to-show-up-in-linux-thanks-to-avahi Does anyone recall the hype when Apple announced "Rendezvous"? It never really went anywhere. Has it's time finally come, now that it's about to be effectively included in Ubuntu Linux? No publisher Dustin 2006-02-14T17:09:57Z News Item http://annexia.ca/Members/Dustin/blog/very-cool-internet-radio-station-triple-j This is from the Australian version of CBC radio: ABC. It has close ties with the British BBC. They have good taste in music! There's Indy pop, electronica, all kinds of good stuff. No publisher Dustin 2006-02-14T16:47:08Z News Item http://annexia.ca/Members/Dustin/blog/finally-the-sun-is-shining-again Yah, so I grew up on the praries and I'm used to there being sunlight 90% of the time. Vancouver winters are gloomy and dark, and it can mess with your mood quite a bit. Read more to see a nice picture that makes me glad I live in Vancouver. No publisher Dustin 2006-02-12T05:29:36Z News Item http://annexia.ca/Members/Dustin/blog/now-it-s-painfully-easy-to-give-linux-a-try I'd like to open the possibility for you to easily become much better friends with your computer. How? By taking about 20 minutes to try out Ubuntu Linux. Now that there is a completely free, publically available Virtual Machine with Ubuntu Linux pre-installed, AND a free-of-charge, convenient Windows program to run Virtual Machines, what have you got to lose? Nothing, except about 20 minutes (plus some download time). No publisher Dustin 2006-05-03T16:29:42Z News Item http://annexia.ca/Members/Dustin/blog/my-most-dangerous-idea The World Question Center has an annual "What is your most dangerous idea" compilation. I have my own "most dangerous idea" that I will now air publically in this blog entry, in case they don't accept my submission to their site for 2006 or 2007. No publisher Dustin 2006-05-03T16:28:01Z News Item http://annexia.ca/Members/Dustin/blog/annexia-ca-website-upgrade-to-plone-2-1-complete Finally I've upgraded this website to the latest version of Plone. No publisher Dustin 2006-05-03T16:25:34Z News Item http://annexia.ca/Members/Dustin/blog/favorite-rss-feeds-posted I've posted my favorite RSS feeds in a format you can use. If you aren't yet addicted to RSS, you soon will be! RSS lets me read all the news I've ever wanted in 15-20 minutes. This is a world better than watching a crappy, embedded, Neo-con, right wing news program on TV (or newspaper) stuffed with ads. No publisher Dustin 2006-05-03T16:26:19Z News Item