Tag: Free software

  • The Problem with NFTs

    The Problem with NFTs

    It’s the video version of a long read at 2 hours but this highly researched myth and hype-busing video by Dan Olsen on cryptocurrency and NFTs is well worth watching. It starts with the last recession – the 2008 sub prime scandal – and the anarcho-capitalist fall out that begat cryptobros and all that. I…

  • The Guerrilla Guide To Podcasting Part Two

    The Guerrilla Guide To Podcasting Part Two

    The second part in a series on making your own podcast that won’t break the bank, concentrating on DIY and low-cost podcasting . Read part one here. Gear fetish I’m a big believer in making expensive mistakes on cheap gear, rather than the other way around. I have done it, and still wince at the…

  • The Revolution May Be A Slider Away…

    The Revolution May Be A Slider Away…

    If Wordfence is correct, the whole Mossack Fonseca shit-show might have been caused by an outdated WordPress plugin, Slider Revolution! That’s if the data was indeed hacked, as MF asserts, and not handed over by a concerned party, as the ICIJ claimed. But it does reveal something I’ve been concerned about a lot, following Wordfence…

  • It’s a Fine Day…

    It’s a Fine Day…

    People Fall From Windows, But Just for A Small While….la la la la. Obtuse reason for that singalong is that Radio Clash Live has been upgraded to Airtime 2.4 which supports the new Opus codec…so I’ve changed the low quality stream to that format for a trial. Give it a spin – amazing quality for…

  • Meet David 8:  Prometheus

    Meet David 8: Prometheus

    So excited for Ridley Scott’s Prometheus, and here’s the latest viral advertising it after the future TED talk I mentioned a while back…David 8 is a replicant android, but is it me or is there intentional echoes with Apple adverts, A.I. and 2001/HAL here? Almost expect him to start singing Daisy Daisy…

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