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Archive of entries posted on 28th May 2007

How to Make OpenCola

Open source is an amazing software concept, even if the documentation often lags behind the program by a large amount. But OpenCola, “a freely licensed soft-drink”?!?

“Bacteria for data storage”

This story caught my eye because using DNA for data storage — plant DNA, in that case — was part of one science fiction book I read (I believe it was I, Jedi, by Michael A. Stackpole, published in 1999). The concept is undeniably neat, and it made perfect sense in the context of the [...]

The OS Wars, part VII: Somewhat-Successful Software Substitutions

…Two OSes diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.