Category Archives: General

WizardRSS violates the AGPL

By Keyvan | Published: 8 March 2010
A new site called wizardrss.com has emerged which is simply a copy of the full-text RSS service I developed for FiveFilters.org. Unfortunately the authors fail to mention this and even worse violate the AGPL license by not offering users the opportunity to download the source code. I would contact them about this but there’s no [...]
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BBC Idiocy

By Keyvan | Published: 8 March 2010
Medialens commenting on BBC director of news Richard Sambrook’s recent move to a public relations company: It seems a natural career move. In 2002 and 2003 Sambrook’s BBC news team spun heaven and earth to lend an air of respectability to one of history’s most brazen campaigns of state-orchestrated lying. The performance was encapsulated perfectly by [...]
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Eduroam in Gothenburg

By Keyvan | Published: 7 March 2010
This post is a short introduction to eduroam for students studying at Chalmers University of Technology or the University of Gothenburg (GU) in Gothenburg, Sweden. It walks you through an alternative way to connect to the Internet using the wireless university network: eduroam. PDF version of the guide also available. Intro If you’re a student at either one [...]
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Snowy Gothenburg

By Keyvan | Published: 28 February 2010
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White Town at London Popfest

By Keyvan | Published: 16 February 2010
My friend Jyoti will be playing at the London 2010 popfest next Sunday. If any Londoners are interested, there’s more information here. You can read more about White Town and listen to music here.
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