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Restoring Privacy of Personal Data: Richard Stallman’s Article in The Guardian

2018-04-24 · by · in privacy · Leave a comment

Figure 1: ‘Convenient digital payment systems can also protect passengers’ anonymity and privacy.’ Photograph: Debra Hurford Brown/PA Blog Post Body I like reading The Guardian and I like articles by Richard Stallman. Imagine my surprise to see an article on The Guardian written by Richard Stallman! It actually turns out that he has written for […]

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Mageia 3 Installed

2013-06-24 · by · in Software Development, Technology · Leave a comment

I finally got my Linux distribution upgraded. After mulling over the options, I opted to install Mageia 3. It has been a good experience so far. KDE 4.10.2 continues to work for me as have past iterations of this graphical environment. Libreoffice 4.0.3 works without a hiccup. Amarok Music Player actually works properly now (it never […]

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Recommended Linux Distribution for Current Mandriva 2011.0 User

2013-04-30 · by · in Software Development, Technology · 5 Comments

**WARNING: MAJOR GEEK ALERT** I’m hoping some of the folks out on WordPress might be able to help me with a suggestion. I’m looking to move to a new Linux distribution. I have been using the Mandriva distribution for a number years since it was called Mandrake and it was in version 8.0. Recently, I […]

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Testing out Posting Code

2013-04-29 · by · in Blogging, Software Development · Leave a comment

One of the things that I love to be able to do in my blog (besides becoming a better writer) is to have the ability for a reader to execute code that designate for that purpose. Thinking on that idea for a bit lead me to the conclusion that having that functionality would be a […]

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New Adventures in Coding

2013-04-14 · by · in Technology, Uncategorized · Leave a comment

I have taken it upon myself to start practising coding again after a long break from it. I assume it’s because I am under the mistaken impression that I have a huge amount of free time on my hands that I’ve decided to start doing this. One of the things I’m most proud of doing […]

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