Movable Type 2.6

Not directly related to my blog for the most part, but I’ve updated to Movable Type 2.6. Looks like the transition went smoothly, let me know if you see any problems.

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Is freedom really slavery, Mister Reed? Is this bug really a feature, Mister Reed?

So this guy going by the name “Lenny Bruce” has been trolling the Fink lists, raving about some supposed conspiracy in which Tenon somehow coerced the XonX folks into not releasing hardware-accelerated OpenGL support. Hehe, it makes me want to laugh just writing it. Anyways, I’ve captured some of the better morsels from the thread to a text file, and at the end have added the off-list discussion that continued between him and I after Max banned him from the list. Check it out, it’s pretty amusing. It’s cute, he even wrote me a poem! If he is foolish enough to respond, I’ll be sure to post it to the end of that file… Update: he’s posting to my blog. So what do you think? Is removing someone from a mailing list on SourceForge a freedom of speech infringment? You know my opinion. Of course, he keeps threatening me even though I’m not the one who removed him, so even if it is he’s talking to the wrong person, but he’s certainly entertaining, either way.

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Design Mercenaries For Hire

I was once again reminded why I read Jen Funk Segrest’s VeryBigBlog. I’m not usually a huge fan of her designs (although they are very well done), but every couple of days she says something that just tickles me.

Here’s a great quote from a thread on how people freeload so much on free design/art/whatever sites:

First i HATE the title “artist”.

I prefer “Design Mercenary”.

Design is meant to [be] temporary, and current. Art is timelss and permanant. What I do is NOT art.

I actually DO make a living off it. (Not pixeldecor, but the web stuff) Which lso makes it suspect of not being “art”

Awesome.

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