standing alone in complexity | http://interi.org Tue, 21 May 2013 10:19:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Done with Google, too (again) http://interi.org/2013/05/done-with-google-too-again/ http://interi.org/2013/05/done-with-google-too-again/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 10:19:29 +0000 maiki http://interi.org/?p=6550 I have made a lot of compromises in the last year. One of the biggies was Google. I decided to test the waters a bit, see if I could stomach their policies, if their products made up for it.

They are turning off jabber interoperability in GTalk, replacing it with Hangouts, the chat attached to their social network.

It makes sense for them as a company. They have multiple operating systems that tie into their platform, and syncing messages between devices is awesome. It really is! That is why I was using it.

But I know better. Literally, I know of a better way to do the things that Google does. And it is aligned with my goals to make it easier to do, which means dedicating myself to the free and open ways, and letting Google go play in the silo by itself.

The toughest part is that most of my friends using GTalk instead of a normal jabber server. Jabber servers kinda suck. Step 0…

]]> http://interi.org/2013/05/done-with-google-too-again/feed/ 0 Switching classes: sysadmin to something else http://interi.org/2013/05/switching-classes-sysadmin-to-something-else/ http://interi.org/2013/05/switching-classes-sysadmin-to-something-else/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 09:19:50 +0000 maiki http://interi.org/?p=6549 I am done being a sysadmin. I’ve run my share of servers, and probably yours, too, if you are reading this.

I love GNU/Linux, and I love making computers do things by telling it commands in a terminal. And I will probably always have at least some machine lying around for that purpose. But I am done with ti professionally, and more of my time is being drawn into what I do professionally (which is webcraft, by the way).

So I am switching classes. Well, I am actually just paying a premium for other people to do the parts I don’t want to. I am going to focus on the stuff that folks use.

]]> http://interi.org/2013/05/switching-classes-sysadmin-to-something-else/feed/ 0 One Year Later, the Results of Tor Books UK Going DRM-Free http://interi.org/2013/05/one-year-later-the-results-of-tor-books-uk-going-drm-free/ http://interi.org/2013/05/one-year-later-the-results-of-tor-books-uk-going-drm-free/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 01:32:04 +0000 maiki http://interi.org/?p=6548 We had readers contact us directly explaining how “DRM is anti-customer” and how pleased they were by this “forward thinking step.” " title="" target="">One Year Later, the Results of Tor Books UK Going DRM-Free]]> http://interi.org/2013/05/one-year-later-the-results-of-tor-books-uk-going-drm-free/feed/ 0 Ah, Oakland Local http://interi.org/2013/05/ah-oakland-local/ http://interi.org/2013/05/ah-oakland-local/#comments Sun, 19 May 2013 10:02:13 +0000 maiki http://interi.org/?p=6544 Ah, Oakland Local.
From Drupal to WordPress, ne?
Okay, time to crash.

]]> http://interi.org/2013/05/ah-oakland-local/feed/ 0 Inspiring and defining my life with Wikipedia: Aliona Bogdonova http://interi.org/2013/05/inspiring-and-defining-my-life-with-wikipedia-aliona-bogdonova/ http://interi.org/2013/05/inspiring-and-defining-my-life-with-wikipedia-aliona-bogdonova/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 05:11:43 +0000 maiki http://interi.org/?p=6541 Inspiring and defining my life with Wikipedia: Aliona Bogdonova]]> http://interi.org/2013/05/inspiring-and-defining-my-life-with-wikipedia-aliona-bogdonova/feed/ 0 Not Just A Girl http://interi.org/2013/05/not-just-a-girl/ http://interi.org/2013/05/not-just-a-girl/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 21:20:42 +0000 maiki http://interi.org/?p=6540 Not Just A Girl]]> http://interi.org/2013/05/not-just-a-girl/feed/ 0 Penguin Globe http://interi.org/2013/05/penguin-globe/ http://interi.org/2013/05/penguin-globe/#comments Sun, 12 May 2013 18:10:49 +0000 maiki http://interi.org/?p=6537 Clover just smashed a snow globe that had a couple of penguins in it. Susan and I are both relieved; it is finally gone. It was our Snowglobe of Damocles. ^_^

]]> http://interi.org/2013/05/penguin-globe/feed/ 0 OpenStreetMap launches all-new easy map editor and announces funding appeal http://interi.org/2013/05/openstreetmap-launches-all-new-easy-map-editor-and-announces-funding-appeal/ http://interi.org/2013/05/openstreetmap-launches-all-new-easy-map-editor-and-announces-funding-appeal/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 21:37:49 +0000 maiki http://interi.org/?p=6535 OpenStreetMap launches all-new easy map editor and announces funding appeal]]> http://interi.org/2013/05/openstreetmap-launches-all-new-easy-map-editor-and-announces-funding-appeal/feed/ 0 William Gibson at NYPL http://interi.org/2013/05/william-gibson-at-nypl/ http://interi.org/2013/05/william-gibson-at-nypl/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 10:58:06 +0000 maiki http://interi.org/?p=6533 William Gibson at NYPL]]> http://interi.org/2013/05/william-gibson-at-nypl/feed/ 0 Mad Men merge request http://interi.org/2013/05/mad-men-merge-request/ http://interi.org/2013/05/mad-men-merge-request/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 05:45:04 +0000 maiki http://interi.org/?p=6532 It is episodes like s06e06 that make me love Mad Men. I kinda wish it could just end there. ^_^

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