Mozilla Firefox 3.5 is here!
Watch Mike Beltzner (Director of Firefox) talk about what’s new:
And while we are watching videos, who doesn’t like a good car analogy, when explaining software?
mozilla firefox 3.5 from vineel reddy on Vimeo.
Get it here: http://getfirefox.com.
I haven’t seen an Ubuntu package yet, but I guess it won’t be long.
Ka’ du li’ Jazz?
Det er selvfølgelig et retorisk spørgsmål. Hvis jeg skulle vente på at få et svar fra en eller flere læsere af denne blog, før jeg skrev videre på dette indlæg ville vi jo aldrig nå nogensteder. Jeg antager bare stilsigende at du har svaret Ja. Hvis du ikke ka’ li’ jazz, så skal du være velkommen til at surfe videre.
Glæder du dig til Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2009?
Selvfølgelig gør du det!
Er du glad for kalenderen på festivallens hjemmeside?
… ikke helt? Så har du det lige som mig. Jeg syntes den er svær at navigere rundt I. Ja, der er selvfølgelig ualmindeligt mange koncerter i løbet af festivallen, og det er svært at præsenterer overskueligt, men jeg syntes stadig godt de kunne have gjort det bedre.
Derfor har jeg smidt det hele ind i en Google Calendar:
Der er 868 begivenheder i kalenderen, og jeg håber jeg har fået importeret dem alle, men hvis der er sket smuttere, så skal jeg undskylde på forhånd. Det skal selvfølgelig også understreges at dette ikke er den officielle kalender. Hvis der kommer ændringer eller opdateringer, så kommer de helt sikkert først på festivallens officielle hjemmesides kalender. Jeg tager intet ansvar for hvis du misser en koncert pga. fejl i kalenderen.
Men jeg håber den kan bruges til at få et overblik eller til inspiration over hvad du vil se hvornår.
… og til slut
Ka’ du li’ Rick Astley?
Så foregår det fredag d. 3. juli kl. 22 på Plænen i Tivoli.
Much of the news about the situation in Iran concerning the 2009 election and following protests have been reported by regular people in Iran, not by news agencies.
As the government in Tehran tightens the grip on the internet access for the people of Iran, the natural question for people living outside Iran becomes:
Is there some way I can help the people of Iran get uncensored internet access?
If you know your way around a computer, and have access to a stable internet connection, there is.
One option is to set up Tor. Tor uses onion routing. Onion routing secures that you may know that I sent (or received) a message on the network or you may know the content of a message, but never both.
As discussed here the number of Tor users from Iran has increased quite a lot since around June 13, so it would seem like Tor is actually being used in Iran.
Tor can be downloaded here, but does require a bit of configuration after install.
If you want to benefit from the anonymity provided by tor, you need to start sending your internet traffic through Tor, and in general familiarize your self with the pitfalls that may break your anonymity.
If you have a fairly decent internet connection you might want to consider becoming a relay from the Tor network to the outside. Information on that can be found here.
There are of course many other ways of fighting censorship (both in general, and in Iran in particular). Feel free to share info about other ways or projects in the comments below.
Warning! Running Tor may be illegal, depending on what laws apply to you. Also notice that while running a relay can help people, who suffer under censorship, communicate freely, you may as well be helping route data for people with less noble goals.
The final release date for the much anticipated Starcraft 2 is still unknown.
If you have a battle.net account, you can sign up for the beta testing and hope to be selected among the many applicants for a beta account.
If you want to follow the latest news about StarCraft II, I recommend the StarCraft 2 Observer.
