links for 2006-08-30
- Politics and the English Language – Essay by George Orwell “If one gets rid of these habits one can think more clearly, and to think clearly is a necessary first step towards political regeneration: so that the fight against bad English is not frivolous and is not the exclusive concern of professional writers.” (tags: orwell writing politics)
- Drupal for Artists & Musicians “DrupalART is a site dedicated to helping people build and develop Drupal sites for artists and musicians.” (tags: drupal hacking art-production)
- monochrom: Campaign For The Abolition Of Personal Pronouns “One personal pronoun is enough to address men, women, whatever lies between, and any lifeform capable of producing something like language. It should still be possible to identify people by their sex, but only as a linguistic exception, not in everyday l (tags: social-engineering feminism language)
- Libertine Open Fonts Projekt – Projekt freier Schriftarten “We work on a TrueType font family. It is designed to give you an alternative for fonts like T*mes New Roman. We’re creating free software and publish our fonts under terms of the General Public License, GPL.” (tags: font typography free-culture free-software GPL)
- 10 common misunderstandings about the GPL “The GNU General Public License (GPL) is one of the most widely used software licenses — and, undoubtedly, the most misunderstood.” (tags: GPL free-software legal article)
- BBS: The Documentary “THE BBS DOCUMENTARY DVD SET IS AVAILABLE FOR ORDER!!” (tags: free-culture free-software geek culture anthropology BY-SA)
- indy&ink – the international society of independent publishers “Publishing your own magazine is romantic, exciting… and bloody hard work. Join Indy&Ink and you can share equipment, skills, experience, advice, and even work on each other’s mags.” (tags: art-production publishing magazines)
- Robot Gossip “News and updates from robot society” (tags: blog robotics futurology)
- SomeRightsReserved.org – Front Page A free culture web site. (tags: free-culture)
- Opinion: Apple’s Copy Protection Isn’t Just Bad For Consumers, It’s Bad For Business “Apple’s copy-protection technology makes media companies into its servants. Other copy-protection technologies, like Blu-Ray and HD-DVD, are just as bad, says Internet activist Cory Doctorow.” (tags: free-culture drm)