Interesting Article on File Sharing
This post probably belongs in my Techie Blog, but it's of general interest so I thought I would post it here. 
I have just seen an unusually interesting article on the BBC website about File Sharing. Instead of the usual yada-yada it seems to be an insightful summary of the technical and ethical issues. It's nowhere near as clear-cut as either side of the debate would have you believe.
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Posted by Fuzzyman on 2006-03-02 12:14:54 | |
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Life
Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
Like almost everyone I know, I can't resist a short pithy quote. The following two are from Mahatma Gandhi. As you might expect, they are quality sayings with more than a grain of truth in them :
"I think it would be a good idea."
—Mahatma Gandhi (When asked what he thought of Western civilization)
"Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it."
—Mahatma Gandhi
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Posted by Fuzzyman on 2006-03-02 11:15:31 | |
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Life
Nanagram 1.4 Released
Nanagram 1.4 is now available.
This is a Shareware program, and there is a free demo version available. The source code to Nanagram 1.3 is still freely available, under the Shareware License.
On the Voidspace Shop you will find windows installers and executable versions of both the full program and the free demo. The free demo has a smaller dictionary and a few less features, but is still fun to play around with. The full version costs £4.99.
What is Nanagram ?
Nanagram is a desktop maker. Astound and annoy your friends by discovering what silly anagrams can be made from their names. It can also be used to help solve crossword puzzles. Nanagram has a friendly interface and a host of features.
Did you know that :
- George W Bush is an anagram of 'whose bugger'...
- Tony Blair : 'bony trail'...
- Ronald Reagan : 'adrenal groan' or 'loan arranged'...
- Osama Bin Laden : 'bald nose mania' or 'bad neon salami'...
- Mother Theresa : 'hot rare themes' or 'earth theorems'...
- Michael Foord : 'cool firm head'... remember, the anagram never lies
What's New in 1.4 ?
- Improved the GUI.
- Sped up the anagram finding by around 20%.
- Now built with Python 2.4 and psyco 1.5 for even more speed.
- Added the progress bar.
- Added the option to include common short words.
- Optimised sorting the results.
- We can now find anagrams where a word fits more than once into the original phrase.
Plus various other minor changes and improvements.
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Posted by Fuzzyman on 2006-02-28 12:18:58 | |
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Silly
Voidspace Shareware Mailing List
To go along with the programs I'm releasing as Shareware, there is (another) new mailing list. This is for support, discussion, bug reports and feature requests.
http://groups.google.com/group/voidware
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Posted by Fuzzyman on 2006-02-28 12:18:31 | |
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Work
Vicar Dies
I've just had a slightly spooky email from a gentleman called Eric Davies. He's been playing with my Free Online Anagram Generator.
I'm about to be ordained a priest... and have been a chaplain for 3 years...my anagram...Vicar DiesVicar being priest of course...ugh.. too funny.. thought you might enjoy knowing my fate.
Remember, the anagram never lies. 
Michael Foord - Cool Firm Head.
(Thanks Eric.)
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Posted by Fuzzyman on 2006-02-27 16:11:24 | |
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Silly, Fun
Voidspace Shareware
I've just launched the Voidspace Shareware Page.
This is where the programs I release as shareware will be available from. Currently this is :
Another new program release will follow in the next day or so, with more to come...
For most of these projects free demo versions will be available, and for some of them the Python source code will be available under a Shared Source Type license.
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Posted by Fuzzyman on 2006-02-27 16:11:06 | |
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Work, Website
For buying techie books, science fiction, computer hardware or the latest gadgets: visit The Voidspace Amazon Store.
Archives
The Old Blog Archives
There was so much ancient wisdom distilled into my old blog, that I couldn't let it just creep ignominiously into the pages of cyber-history. More to the point I'm still getting some hits from google with the old entries. Here are the archives of my previous Blogger based blog.
IronPython in Action