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Fedora Legacy shutting down

Paul Westbrook | 30 December, 2006 17:08

I recieved the an email yesterday (included below) stating the Fedora Legacy is in the process of shutting down.  As of now, they are not maintaining distributions for Fedora Core 4 and earlier.

Fedora Legacy provided a centralized place where updates were distributed, even after the OS wasn't officially supported through Red Hat.

Now that this Fedora Legacy is going away, hopefully some other project will fill the space, or maybe I will switch to an OS with support.  I really don't want to managed all patches and upgrades manually.

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Valid XHTML embedded YouTube videos

Paul Westbrook | 30 December, 2006 16:09

The code that YouTube specifies to be used to embed videos into html pages, is not valid in the XHTML 1.0 spec.  The <embed> tag has been deprecated in XHTML 1.0.  This page describes valid XHTML 1.0 code to embed YouTube videos.

[via Zeigen]

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DIY baby rocker

Paul Westbrook | 30 December, 2006 15:52

This is great.  Someone took the motor from a microwave oven and is using it to rock a baby chair.  It would be fun to make something like this before the baby comes.

[via MAKE: Blog]

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Cell phone wish list

Paul Westbrook | 30 December, 2006 14:59

I have been using the Motorola E815 for a little over a year, and I have been pretty happy with it.  Recently there have been some annoyances, and some things that I haven't be able to do with it.  For example,

  • The E815 can not run the Gmail for mobile application or any other Java application
  • The built-in browser doesn't retain cookies across power cycle, so you have to re-enter usernames and passwords for web sites.

So now when I am ready for a new cell phone, these are the features that I want:

  • Java capable
  • Full Bluetooth support, including file transfer profile
  • Web client, with persistent cookies.
  • Full iSync support over Bluetooth
  • Camera with lens cover to protect against pocket lint.
  • Voice dialing capable.

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