Daily Archives: January 12, 2013

Protecting Schools in Canada

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Robert Pogson

The tragedy that unfolded in an elementary school in Connecticut, USA, could happen anywhere, even Canda. We have already had a few “school-shootings”. The reasons are simple: schools are large soft targets, schools are laid out like prisons with no … Continue reading →

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RIP, Aaron Swartz

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Robert Pogson

“Aaron accomplished some incredible things in his life. He was one of the early builders of Reddit (someone always turns up to point out that he was technically not a co-founder, but he was close enough as makes no damn), … Continue reading →

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Computer-literacy In India

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Robert Pogson

India, with over a billion people and a rapidly growing middle-class is ripe for a rapid uptake in IT yet poverty is still a huge factor in adoption. GNU/Linux and FLOSS is part of the answer to this problem. Another … Continue reading →

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