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Steven likes to keep organized. He can't stand being gouged on shipping. He can't be in two places at once. Steve was born in a country with four time zones. This is his blog.

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The free software movement, and the GNU GPL, in the age of Javascript

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Apr 13 2009
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posted at 12:02am UTC in: Code, Culture

GPL and Javascript

In February 2009, I enjoyed the privilege of attending a lecture series by Dr. Richard Stallman, founder of the free software movement, and main author of the GNU General Public License – a copyleft free software license. With his lectures still fresh in my mind, I would like to wrestle with a lingering question, for which I have not yet found a satisfying answer. …Read more

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Scheduling the recording of an Internet radio stream with VLC

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Mar 20 2009
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posted at 3:47pm UTC in: Code, Personal

Radios are so old timey

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Changing a time’s zone in Rails, keeping the same local representation

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Feb 22 2009
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posted at 12:47am UTC in: Code

Time zones

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Localized range formats with Rails

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Feb 16 2009
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posted at 9:16pm UTC in: Code

Date range

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Enumerating annotations in directories of your choosing with rake:notes

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Feb 7 2009
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posted at 6:37pm UTC in: Code

App Lib and Spec folders

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Compare the @Google traffic graph of a North American country to that of a European country. link #fascinating – 16 hours ago

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Because the "www" needs a companion. link – 1 day ago

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In the US, the internet works… for Big Content, @daveritter. – Jan 15th

Did anyone in Vancouver check to see if the sun actually rose today? – Jan 14th

The next iPhone just may very well be compatible with @WindMobile. link – Jan 12th

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