Thought-provoking essay (especially on the Novell+Microsoft issue)

This site is a central point for development, distribution and maintenance of Libre Software (Free Software) projects.

After attending college I started working and realized that college does not prepare you for the real world. Here are some of the things that I should have learned in college so I would have been more prepared for my job after college.

Readymechs are free, flatpack toys for you to print and build. They are designed to fit on an 8.5"x11" page and printed with any printer.

Dazzled by neophiliacs, we have lost the power of scepticism - the new is grotesquely oversold, the tried and tested neglected

Classic Movies and B-Movies for free

Proprietary licensing fees vs. GDP - the case for free software

NetLogo is a programmable modeling environment for simulating natural and social phenomena. Modelers can give instructions to hundreds or thousands of independent "agents" all operating concurrently.

by Eva and Franco Mattes
(a.k.a. 0100101110101101.ORG)

The trouble for Microsoft is that it has traditionally never published its document formats, because its business model includes locking out the competition by keeping secrets.

wtf?

Fabbers are a relatively new form of manufacturing that builds 3D objects by carefuly depositing materials drop by drop, layer by layer. This website provides an open source kit that lets you make your own simple fabber, and use it to print 3D objects.