Monthly Archives: October 2001

Added a Protest Badge

To protest the W3C’s proposal for “reasonable and non-discriminatory” patents, I have added a dark cloud over my validation badges. This means that I support W3C standards but only if they are royalty-free. The idea and badge came from the … Continue reading

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Computers With Alternative Energy Sources

NEC just recently developed a new high density fuel cell to power PDAs and laptops. Meanwhile SolarHost is a relatively new ISP/site hosting company whoes server farm is powered entirely by photovoltaic cells. And I just read about Australian plans … Continue reading

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W3C, Tool of Corporate Masters?!

What the hell? Just a few minutes ago I learned that the World Wide Web Consortium, probably bowing to pressure from some of its corporate members, tried to pull a fast one on us by submitting a proposal to patent … Continue reading

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