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Open source question for schools

Monday, January 26th, 2009

Andrew Miller asks whether open source software can help schools use their budgets more efficiently

How to make something from nothing

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Bill Thompson ponders the implications of a lax bit of programming in Adobe Flash.

b2rdf php

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

What on earth is b2rdf.php?
It’s a file used in blogging applications to create an RSS feed.

Let’s play

Friday, September 1st, 2006

Out-of-practice coder Bill Thompson looks forward to programming his own games for the Xbox 360.

Straight questions

Wednesday, April 20th, 2005

Accusations of foul play abound after the wording of an online poll by straight-talking Veritas was changed.

Call for ‘responsible’ coding

Sunday, March 30th, 2003

Coders need to think more like responsible commercial pilots than fighter pilots, argues technology analyst Bill Thompson.