Archive for July, 2008

The usual suspects? Or the usual bullshit?

Monday, July 21st, 2008

In a book review of three books (The Economist) each attempting to explore the cause of 2008's global "credit crunch" we are told that it's simply not fair to lay the blame at the door banks. In a telling section we are sternly lectured that "It was the Basel accords ...

KDE 4 revisited

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Back in January I wrote about the newly-released KDE 4.0, and what a disappointment it was.Since then, and particularly in recent weeks, the FOSS community has been raging with discussions about the perceived issues with KDE4.

Come back XP, all is forgiven!

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

Despite being something of a Linux enthusiast (Linux boxes at home outnumber Windows boxes) I'm also realistic. My main workstation at home runs Windows, due to the simple reason that the applications I need only run on Windows. Yes, I know all about WINE, and use it very successfully on ...