Digital Rights, Digital Fights

Filed in Technology, Wednesday, 29 November 2006, 10:38 pm

It is interesting with the new proposed amendments to the Australian Copyright legislation, the problems of which are outlined here. Indeed the whole problem with copyright stems from the notion of property. The intangible nature of digital works, which can be accessed on open networks is something which is threatening to the traditional media organisations. [...]

Eleven, Twelve

Filed in Random, Monday, 27 November 2006, 10:27 pm

Ever since partaking in my first critical mass, the eleventh birthday of the Melbourne event, I have finally felt that I have abandoned the automobile and become a cyclist. This is a rather large step - and even though there was theft of cycle parts out the front of my house this morning, I cannot [...]

Some trouble with Linux

Filed in Technology, Sunday, 19 November 2006, 11:46 pm

The learning curve has been steep. However a brief overview presents us with the situation that whilst attempting to instal Yellow Dog Linux, there was a kernal error. The installer asked me to debug the program, at which I look at my screen and thought of ways to restart. There was a different story with [...]

Mo-ing Esteem

Filed in Random, , 1:23 pm

Since the start of the month a number of male staff from Student Access at The University of Melbourne have been adorning a growth on their upper lip. The cause is dedicated to Mo-ing Esteem, developing on from the University’s strategic plan of growing it. May as well grow it under the nose. The reason, [...]

Adventure Stations

Filed in Technology, Thursday, 16 November 2006, 10:07 pm

Well, it has come time to enter the whole new land of adventure with technology. During the latest asset disposal sale at work, I ended up clearing away three computers. Whilst my PowerBook is a trusty workhorse, recently I have started running out of hard disk space and as such, with five computers currently running [...]

Return to a sphere

Filed in Technology, Wednesday, 8 November 2006, 12:48 am

Well we have finally been connected. Whilst it is the day after Cup Day now, that public holiday that exists and energises Melbourne town for most, to me it is just a day at the office. All be it a rather pleasant one, involving a large amount of eating, a few drinks and wilfully handing [...]