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Friday, 30th November 2007

Blogger: OpenID commenting (via) I may be wrong, but I think this is the first Google property to support OpenID in any way.

# 7:10 pm / openid, brad-fitzpatrick, google, blogger

The Rissington Podcast. Resize the browser window and marvel at the way the various background images seamlessly overlay each other—Nat and I cooed at it for about five minutes.

# 11:11 pm / design, backgrounds, css, jon-hicks, therissingtonpodcast, john-oxton

Simply put, free and open-source software is just the scientific model applied to programming: free sharing of work open collaboration; open publication; peer review; recognition of the best work, with priority given to the first to do a meaningful new piece of work; and so forth. As a programmer, it is the best arena in which to work. There are no secrets; the work must stand on its own.

Dave Shields

# 11:47 pm / open-source, dave-shields

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