Skip to main content

mastodon - Link to source

One of the best shows on national Irish Radio is 'The Blue of the Night'. It's about as concrete a definition of 'eclectic music' that you can get. I've heard everything on there from jangly bluegrass to haunting electronic trance to Himalayan throat singing.

I just found out the host, Bernard, is on Mastodon: @BernardBlue

Lyric FM Monday-Thursday 9-12pm.

rte.ie/radio/lyricfm/blue-of-t…

(edited to add the web link)


The Blue of the Night with Bernard Clarke - RTÉ lyric fm

The Blue of the Night connects different musical landscapes - bringing you on a journey through centuries, genres and soundscapes. Musical treasures from the ancient to the contemporary. Producer: Áine Gallagher
RTE Radio
@Bernard Clarke
This entry was edited (30 minutes ago)

mastodon - Link to source

How do we ensure that the #opensource components we build upon are also sustainably maintained? 🤔

@opensource organized a conference on Open Source Procurement today.

70% to 90% of all software contains open source components. 60% of those are run by 1 person. That's a fragile ecosystem.

With a purchasing volume of 116 billion euro, the Dutch gov can make an impact - if they reserve a portion of funding for open source projects in every procurement (MVOI).

More info: lnkd.in/eKD7xBS2

"Open Source as an MVOI instrument" slide on the main screen
"Sponsoring open source is a legal obligation (for the government)" slide on the main screen.
The usual meme of the stack of open source components where 1 tiny project is holding up the entire stack.

LinkedIn

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
lnkd.in
#opensource @Opensourcewerken
in reply to Gina

Gina
mastodon - Link to source
Gina
• •
shout-out to @kirschner , for his post about the 500 million euro that the German government spends each year (!) on Microsoft licensing, while asking how much #opensource we could have procured and developed with a fraction of that money. During @nlnet 's presentation.
Slide with Matthias's quote and amounts spent by the German gov on Microsoft licensing
#opensource @Matthias Kirschner @NLnet

mastodon - Link to source

Imagine the "Freax Foundation." 😆

#linux

DID YOU KNOW? In 1991, Linus Torvalds originally intended to name his creation "Freax" by combining "free," "freak," and "Unix." However, the server administrator who hosted the project, Ari Lemmke, hated the name and instead labeled the directory on the FTP server "linux" without asking. FOLLOW US IT’S FOSS There's also a picture of a shirtless Linus Torvalds on the right, drinking a beer.
#linux

mastodon - Link to source

Get A Plague Tale: Innocence & Requiem, Evil West and more in the Focus Entertainment Humble Bundle gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/get-…

#PCGaming #Gaming #GameBundle


Get A Plague Tale: Innocence & Requiem, Evil West and more in the Focus Entertainment Humble Bundle

Get some quality games from Focus Entertainment in the new Humble Bundle, all of them should work well on Linux / SteamOS too thanks to Proton.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#gaming #gamebundle #pcgaming

mastodon - Link to source

RE: mograph.social/@ephemeral/1159…

I can't wait to see what results from this project, just up the road from me 👇

Fionnáin

2026-01-28 14:11:21

mastodon - Link to source

Last November I was approached by Dublin City University (DCU) to be one of five artists in residence creating work for a project called SEED.

The brief is to create an artwork that presents complex environmental data without prioritising the sense of vision in the artwork. As a **visual** artist, this is obviously a challenge.

Even more challenging – it is at the artists' discretion what data to use. Sometimes having no limitation on a project can just make it more daunting.

1/?


in reply to Ronan

Fionnáin
mastodon - Link to source
Fionnáin
• •
thanks! I usually jot all this down in a notebook somewhere, hidden away from the world, but I've been enjoying sharing and getting responses here. It's also helping me think through the approach, so it's a double-win.

Lo, thar be cookies on this site to keep track of your login. By clicking 'okay', you are CONSENTING to this.

⇧