manchicken here…

Somebody wrote a song that has a surprisingly familiar title.  Here it is (sorry, they disabled embedding):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-EFXWmkeAk
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Yesterday I complained about OOXML, and the corruption with which it has been approved of in the United States.  In response I had some folks discussing how to help those who are fighting this problem to win their fight… so here’s the how to help article.
I’m a CDROM-card-carrying member of the FSF, and I have [...]

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Application Trends is reporting that the U.S. is voting 11-to-4 to approve OOXML as a standard.  William Jeffery, the director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, is quoting as saying that the NIST favors competing standards.  What a crock.
“Dr.” Jeffery is naive to believe that any standard that Microsoft will cram up the [...]

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Okay, so this post isn’t entirely Free Software related, but it certainly has quite a bit of Free Software involved. First, manchicken.com now has a photo gallery where I’m going to put my photos. Yay. I’m using coppermine for the gallery because it’s simple to install, simple to manage, and it’s Free [...]

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So, we all talk quite a bit about the ethics of Free Software.  We talk about its practical benefits, its social benefits, its economic benefits, and its ethical benefits.  Let me ask you, when’s the last time you went out and actually tried to help someone use it locally?  Yeah, I know that we’ve got [...]

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This may come as a surprise to some, but there are several Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) and desktop environments out there. The most commonly known ones are:

GNOME
KDE
Xfce
WindowMaker
Blackbox
Enlightenment
FVWM
IceWM

Most of these programs (desktop environments and window managers are still just programs, or more commonly collections of programs) perform very similar tasks like putting window decorations (title [...]

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During UDS-Sevilla in May of 2007 I learned that my wife was pregnant. Many Ubunteros were with me to celebrate in person, and even more to celebrate in spirit. Many friends and family members, neighbors and acquaintances have wished us well and have joined us in hoping and praying for a healthy and [...]

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So, for those of you who are getting tired of my political posts, enjoy this one.  As 2008 approaches my political commentary is sure to only increase.
Do you use Jamendo.com?  If you don’t, you probably should take a peek over there really quick.  Here’s a link, check it out.  I’ll wait.
Back?  Great, let’s continue.
Jamendo.com, from [...]

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If you are a Verizon Wireless customer, you may know that Verizon does some shady things to make their revenue streams fatter. This morning I got a letter from Verizon Wireless telling me that they will start putting ads on my phone. Lucky for me they are required to have some manner of [...]

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So compiz-fusion is the neat new whiz-bang thing out on the block. While I was on my ATI graphics card I half-lamented and half-scoffed the very neat-looking but not quite practical screen shots and video captures from those playing around with Beryl and Compiz. Now that I’ve got my sweet little System76 with [...]

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