Matt Croydon::Postneo

Day: July 27, 2005

Shuttle Fleet Grounded

A bit of sad juxtaposition back to back in my aggregator this evening:

CNet: Blog: Scanning today’s postings, a reader might think the world was somehow transported back to the dawn of the Space Age. …

BBC News: The US space agency Nasa says it is grounding the shuttle fleet after debris fell from Discovery.

Bummer. I don’t know how many more blows like this our space program can handle. The shuttle program is far outdated and needs replacing, but we’re not pulling out the platinum Amex.

This news makes me sad.

7/27/2005
Django on Dreamhost via FastCGI

Thanks to the hard work by Hugo and an excellent efford by skabber and jdanks, there are now instructions for installing Django on Dreamhost using FastCGI on the Dreamhost Wiki.

I’m still amazed at how quickly Django development is happening and how quickly a community is being built out around it. Keep an eye on the Django Trac timeline for a glimpse at the latest and greatest.

Update: Sorry about the mislink, Jay.

7/27/2005
Symbian Community Newsletter Bits

I can’t tell you how much fun I have every time a Symbian Community Newsletter hits my inbox. It’s a great resource and there are always at least one or two juicy morsels that I feel compelled to share. This month my favourites are search.forum.nokia.com and a DVD on programming Symbian, Series 60, and UIQ.

The meta-search covers forum.nokia.com, Series60.com, PreminetSolution.com, softwaremarket.nokia.com, and symbian.com and is powered by google. The DVD looks like it covers a lot of ground and is quite reasonably priced at $24.95.

Thanks again to David Mery for the excellent (as always) newsletter!

7/27/2005
Anaranjado

The other day I was musing out loud (in #mobitopia) about weather an Orange network in Spain would be called Orange or if it would be called Anaranjado. With the announcement that FT plans to buy Amena, Spain’s third largest mobile carrier, I may just find out. My nickel says that Amena will slowly be transitioned in to Orange branding over the next year or two and that in 2-3 years Orange (or Anaranjado) will be at least the #2 carrier in Spain.

7/27/2005
Nokia is Serious About Linux and Maemo

This entry at Gnome FootNotes confirms that the Maemo/770/Linux team is indeed growing and that Nokia really is serious about this whole Linux and open source thing. There are currently 9 open job positions relating to the Maemo platform. Sure that’s a drop in the bucket for a company as large as Nokia, but it’s significant too.

7/27/2005