Archives: December 2008

Freedom

by ian
Categories: Linux
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Published on: December 12, 2008

This is not going to be a patriotic post, sorry about that.  I’ve been listening to a couple of podcasts lately that are dedicated to Linux and Open Source Software.  It has caused me to think about the idea and philosophy behind Open Source Software and Free Software.

The idea is that Software should be free.  Not free as in no cost, but free as in the user is free to do what he or she wants with it.  A person should be able to share it, modify it, repackage it, really use it without restrictions.  It is really about learning, sharing and improving.

The Free Software Foundation has a lot of information on the subject.  Here is a quote from their website.

Free software is software that gives you the user the freedom to share, study and modify it. We call this free software because the user is free.

To use free software is to make a political and ethical choice asserting the right to learn, and share what we learn with others.  Free software has become the foundation of a learning society where we share our knowledge in a way that others can build upon and enjoy.

A really good read is this Essay on The Definition of Free Software.

I haven’t contributed a lot to the Open Source community but I have shared a few pieces of code.  I have been thinking of areas that I could contribute.  This post is my first step.  Helping people understand the philosophy.  I guess I have to start somewhere.

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Another shameless plug

by ian
Categories: My Life
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Published on: December 8, 2008

Winning Workplaces wrote an article about Decagon.  Video clip and all.

There is really no better place to be right now.  I have a wonderful family. I have a great job in a nice town with lots of family living close by.  What more could I ask for.

Dungeons of D&D

by ian
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Published on: December 2, 2008

We have yet another project.  This one involves building 3 dimensional dungeons for our games.  We found a really cool site a little while back that sells incredible dungeon pieces.  However, we don’t have a lot of extra money laying around and they are pretty expensive.  We were pretty sure that we could do something similar and then I was talking to my brother Shaun.  He had purchase some mold from another site a while ago.  So I looked it up and there was a lot of information on making castings and some on making your own molds.

When Adam came over for Thanksgiving he brought some silicone mold material with him that my Dad had.  Jake and I poured a mold this weekend and yesterday did our first plaster casts.  They turned out really nice.  I even painted the first set last night.  Here are some pictures.  When we have more of them, we’ll put them together to make a small dungeon and I’ll post more pictures.

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