Author Archives: mjr

What topics do you want to read here?

2008-10-17 by mjr

I’ve just set up a poll on my site asking: what topics do you want to read here? Since this July, when cycling and most local and political themes were split off into other blogs, this site has been mostly … Continue reading →

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Improved Telecom Package Passed by EuroParl

2008-10-17 by mjr

or “how did we do Batting Against Three Strikes through the Back Door?” In the latest EDRI-gram, there’s a report on the telecoms package EuroParl vote which is mostly positive. Thankfully both the Harbour and Trautmann reports were amended in … Continue reading →

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Continuing Realtek 8139 Drop-out problems

2008-10-16 by mjr

Back in Solved but Why? Belkin F5D7630 to Realtek 8139 Drop-outs, I thought I’d cured my random 20+-second network hang problem, but I celebrated too soon. While that seemed to work for a while, it didn’t last. Those options also … Continue reading →

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Poverty, Credit Unions and Community Banking

2008-10-15 by mjr

Today is Blog Action Day about poverty. As a member of several cooperatives, I have a pretty strong hope that the responsible lending of credit unions can help people escape from poverty. The basic process of a credit union is … Continue reading →

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Software in the Public Interest October 2008

2008-10-15 by mjr

The monthly IRC board meeting of Software in the Public Interest will take place later today, as announced by SPI’s secretary last week. While the announcement is back on time (yay!), the agenda isn’t (aww!). I’d be quite interested to … Continue reading →

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Three Internet (GPRS) with Sony Ericsson k608i and GNU/Linux

2008-10-14 by mjr

One massive annoyance with last week’s trip to the L2SE conference was the terrible state of WiFi access in London. I’d actually paid a little extra for first class on the home trip because it gives access to Paddington’s Victorian … Continue reading →

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Report on Listening to the Social Entrepreneur

2008-10-13 by mjr

Last Thursday, I was at a conference called Listening to the Social Entrepreneur. Here are some short notes about the plenary session, which were written at the time, along with thoughts on the workshops that I’ve just written up. HCT … Continue reading →

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Listening to the Social Entrepreneur

2008-10-09 by mjr

Today, I shall be mostly at Listening to the Social Entrepreneur. If you’re in the area and have something to say, leave a comment here to contact me. (Comments won’t appear here until this evening, sorry.) I’ll write a review … Continue reading →

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Pulling One File From a Plesk Backup

2008-10-08 by mjr

I won’t repeat my frequent anti-Plesk rant, but suffice to say: it’s a pain. For some reason, we wanted one file back out of a backup. It took me a few minutes to realise it, but Plesk’s backups are essentially … Continue reading →

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Nestle Boycott 20th Anniversary

2008-10-08 by mjr

It’s the 20th anniversary of the Nestle Boycott this week. The theme is “Change Nestlé, Change the World”. This is one of few boycotts that I wholeheartedly support and participate in. While reading a report from the NI cooperative, I … Continue reading →

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