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Technology and Activism - More and more, technology plays a very large part in activism.  Many movements are integrally tied to technology such as the Free Software Movement.  Others are not quite so significantly tied to technology such as Anonymous.  However, the days when rallies and protests were organized with paper and face-to-face communication i... - 2012/01/19

What's Wrong With Proprietary Software? - In the 1960's, Richard Stallman witnessed the rise of proprietary software when he was denied the source code for the firmware of a printer he was in charge of administrating.  Now, because of his work over the course of nearly 50 years, we have the option of running an entirely Free Software system without lacking the tools we need. Why did ... - 2012/01/16

Are We In Control Of Our Machines? Part 2 - In part one , I talked about how to go about using only free software on your desktop or laptop computer, mostly leaving other consumer electronics out of the conversation.  Hence, part 2. Most people in the developed world have a multitude of computers around them.  Most people don't even consider most of these computers to be computers... - 2012/01/08

Are We In Control Of Our Machines? Part 1 - Thom Holwerda over at OSnews published a very enlightening article recently entitled " Richard Stallman Was Right All Along ".  It expresses a viewpoint which I've had for quite some time.  I believe that if a person has purchased a computer, s/he should be in complete control of it and should have the ability to do with it as s/he sees ... - 2012/01/03

Decentralization and Censorship - The older readers will probably remember Napster back in the early days when it was one of those "pirate services."  It was a place you could go to share music with other users and get music for free. But it was shut down in 2001 by a court order during a legal battle with the infamous RIAA.  In spite of the legal uses of Napster, such a... - 2011/12/31

My Personal Computer Setup - Just in case this is interesting to somebody, I figured I'd post information on my computer's software environment.  As mentioned in a previous post, I'm big into applications which radically apply the Unix Philosophy.  Such apps are incredibly minimal and have a very tight focus. My operating system of choice is Gentoo , a distribution ... - 2011/12/30