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Not-So-Smart Answers at AskJeeves
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GNOME Journal Issue 15
The July, 2009 edition of theGNOME Journalhas been published. Contents include:"a review of Project Hamster by Les Harris, an interview on working withupstream with Laszlo Peter by Stormy Peters, using git for GNOME translatorsby Og Maciel, an introduction to GNOME Zeitgeist by Natan Yellin, a look atsome of GNOME Do's advanced features by Jorge Castro, and lastly, the Behindthe Scenes feature continues with Owen Taylor by Paul Cutler."
Fellowship interview with Smári McCarthy (FSFE)
The Free Software Foundation Europe presentsan interview with Smári McCarthy."Stian Rřdven Eide: One of the most profiled projects you have been involved with is the Fab Lab, having headed the Icelandic branch for over a year now. While best known for its use of 3D printers, the Fab Lab is actually a much broader concept that goes far beyond technical innovation. Can you tell us a bit about your work there, and what you hope to achieve?Smári McCarthy: There are two sides to the Fab Lab story. On the one hand, there’s the research side, which is all about developing the universal constructors, figuring out the hard science of digital fabrication. In that realm I think our work is done when we can download chicken sandwiches off the Internet."