Control-click

The fact that you can use Control-click to open URLs in Gnome Terminal is not very discoverable. (Just clicking doesn't do anything; perhaps this is to avoid breaking text selection?) I can't remember how I found out about it myself, but somebody I pointed it out to recently was delighted that they didn't have to use the context menu to open URLs, so I think it deserves wider publicity.

Syndicated 2008-03-25 16:59:29 (Updated 2008-03-25 17:01:04) from Dafydd

Internet cloud

This is my new favourite depiction of the Internet, courtesy of RFC 908:

Given that the Internet is a bit like a game of Robot Finds Kitten, it only makes sense that it look like one. Alternatively, it's reminiscent of the swearing in Asterix, which is also appropriate.

Syndicated 2008-01-06 23:44:29 from Dafydd

do not confuse

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stationary stationery shop	mobile stationery shop
stationary mobile shop	mobile mobile shop

Syndicated 2007-12-24 02:15:16 (Updated 2007-12-24 02:34:09) from Dafydd

identity management

Crypto-Gram recently recommended a study by Utica College's Centre for Identity Management & Information Protection. They do not limit their interest in personal information to the abstract: indeed they require your name, job title, company and email address if you would like to read the study.

Syndicated 2007-11-25 21:54:16 from Dafydd

Loudmouth 1.3.2 released

I just released Loudmouth 1.3.2. This has been some time in the making: the goal has been to provide new features and keep compatibility with the stable 1.2 branch while Loudmouth 2.0 matures. We managed to add support for STARTTLS encryption, SASL authentication and DNS SRV lookups with minimal additions to the API. Together, these changes mean that Loudmouth will Just Work with your Jabber account in more cases, and that Loudmouth complies better with the XMPP 1.0 standard.

Users of Gossip and Telepathy will benefit from these improvements, and they should land in Maemo in the Diablo timeframe. We anticipate some stabilisation work on the 1.3 branch followed by a stable 1.4 release.

Senko deserves much of the credit for this release; he worked hard to make this happen. Thanks to Micke for supporting me in getting my first Loudmouth release out. Thanks also to Nokia, who supported Collabora's work.

Syndicated 2007-10-31 16:54:47 (Updated 2007-10-31 17:34:17) from Dafydd