Re: [backstage] Fwd: Slashdot| Apple's Trend Away From Tinkering

2010-02-05 Thread Tom Morris
a POSIX-compatible FreeBSD-based operating system. The Eee runs Debian Linux. The MacBook is a consumer hardware device, but the Eee isn't. Apparently. I'm not sure how that works. There's lots wrong with Apple, but lets be clear: they make computers, not toasters. -- Tom Morris http

Re: [backstage] iPad

2010-01-28 Thread Tom Morris
. ;) See http://tommorris.org/wiki/Things_preventing_me_from_moving_to_Linux_full_time -- Tom Morris http://tommorris.org/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive

Re: [backstage] iPad

2010-01-28 Thread Tom Morris
get to play in that world. They don't even get to play at the shallow end and build webpages or write JavaScript hacks (sorry, no Firebug for you, no text editor, no filesystem even!). -- Tom Morris http://tommorris.org/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please

Re: [backstage] Changes to the list

2009-10-19 Thread Tom Morris
clients and all web forums I've ever seen, and allow me to enforce a pretty good separation between mailing lists and real life e-mail. -- Tom Morris http://tommorris.org/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005

Re: [backstage] Free as in 'Freedom'

2009-10-08 Thread Tom Morris
a science yet? ;) Sorry for prattling on for so long. -- Tom Morris http://tommorris.org/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com

Re: [backstage] free london's data event

2009-10-07 Thread Tom Morris
what we want to do, get your views, and seek your input on the best way to deliver for London. You do know that quite a fair chunk of the developer community is going to be at BarCampLondon7 on the weekend of the 24th... -- Tom Morris http://tommorris.org/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk

Re: [backstage] Google Wave

2009-10-07 Thread Tom Morris
account for some time. Thought it was very 'meh'. Blogged about it here: http://tommorris.org/blog/2009/08/08#When:15:50:47 -- Tom Morris http://tommorris.org/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01

Re: [backstage] License to Kill Innovation: the Broadcast Flag for UK Digital TV?

2009-09-18 Thread Tom Morris
disk recorder or not. -- Tom Morris http://tommorris.org/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/

Re: [backstage] Thoughtful post on AH

2009-08-20 Thread Tom Morris
the same connotation as a full-time employed position. -- Tom Morris http://tommorris.org/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com

Re: [backstage] Clay Shirky: Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable

2009-03-17 Thread Tom Morris
from people saying that they don't like listening to Ozzie accents. -- Tom Morris http://tommorris.org/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail

Re: [backstage] The BBC as sheep... and irresponsible ones too

2009-02-25 Thread Tom Morris
, the producers loaded a post-production working copy of the movie onto an iPod for them to take to London for the composers and musicians to produce music to. Person carrying it was damn close to getting the thing mugged. It's almost like there aren't free and open source encryption tools... -- Tom Morris http

[backstage] User story: finding a radio show

2009-02-22 Thread Tom Morris
to look.) -- Tom Morris http://tommorris.org/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/

Re: [backstage] Mozilla to support open video natively

2009-01-26 Thread Tom Morris
and others free from the oppressive yoke of the Adobe Corporation! Stick it to the man! http://tinyvid.tv/show/3d198wqepg78m -- Tom Morris http://tommorris.org/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html

Re: [backstage] What would you love to see coming out of BBC Vision in the near future?

2008-03-03 Thread Tom Morris
coverage, link through to details about the relevant politicians and legislation Less hacking RSS and Atom to do things for which they were not intended (they are feed formats, not universal containers). -- Tom Morris http://tommorris.org/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group

Re: [backstage] iPod touch // iPhone development

2007-09-20 Thread Tom Morris
machine. -- Tom Morris http://tommorris.org/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/

Re: [backstage] Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:46:04 +0100

2007-09-17 Thread Tom Morris
arm of what's wrong. I've been on the Mac platform since 1999, and there's a ton of things wrong with it. But it's got a lot right about it. Yours, -- Tom Morris http://tommorris.org/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk

Re: [backstage] WMV9 on Mac

2007-06-12 Thread Tom Morris
way... ;- -- Tom Morris http://tom.opiumfield.com/blog/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/

[backstage] Tube on Twitter

2007-02-24 Thread Tom Morris
transport systems with XML/JSON/etc. data available about running status, please e-mail me as it takes me only a very short amount of time to do that kind of thing. Yours, -- Tom Morris http://blogs.opml.org/tommorris - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit