It’s been said too often to easily count that people aren’t connecting with politicians anymore. Apparently the politicians are “very concerned”, “troubled” and “actively seeking ways to reconnect with the electorate” - in their own sound bites. Then the prime minister resigns and goes off on his “farewell world tour” for 4 weeks! How much [...]

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While at the Singapore Zoo I took a picture of a pygmy hippo.

Today I found a request waiting for me to use the picture in a story at nowpublic. The request seemed OK so I approved it. More pictures from the zoo will arrive in due time

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Interesting - http://burningbird.net/technology/googles-song-and-dance/
I suspect this will go a few more rounds before there are any clearer answers.

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A long while ago I used to use skype and HotRecorder on windows to allow me to record interview for FeatherCast. This worked well, but with my change to Ubuntu wasn’t possible. I spent a long while trying the various “hacks” to get skype recording working on Ubuntu - all to no avail. That was [...]

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I’ve been a member of the ASF for a while now. During my time as a member the foundation has changed and I find myself wondering where it’s going and how much the ride will cost. No organisation can afford to remain the same over such a period, so change was inevitable - it’s the [...]

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I’ve been to Seattle quite a few times now and when the weather is clear the view of Mount Rainier from the airport and the arrival into the airport is stunning. Ever since seeing it for the first time I’d wanted to visit the area - and on Sunday I did.

We drove up through the [...]

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I’ve been using flickr for a while now, and while it’s very good there is one thing that I really don’t understand - how it counts total views.
Today I added a picture that garnered 25 hits, but the total views went up by only 3! How does that work?

Looking around the web for information on [...]

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