Mobile Project: Now It's Ours

Thanks to the help of Ben Wolfe, my partner and I now are assigned to the mobile project (ticket #1778). We have just barely begun planning, so we don't have much yet. We're looking at our options with the graphics.

You Can't Sing! Hackers, You Can't Sing!

The Free Software Song...great idea, but no one has performed it well yet. At least, not that I have found. Let's not even mention Stallman here.

Creativity Is Elusive

From his vast wellspring of ideas, my partner created his blog at Non-Super Magnet Room. The funny thing is, even that wasn't his idea. It was our professor's. Regardless, you may find cross-referencing my and his posts useful from time to time.

Some Major Software Company's Worst Nightmare

Ok, so we just got done watching Revolution OS, and I have to say I think esr is now my role-model. Maybe that's a bit extreme...or is it? Despite the obviously biased nature of Revolution OS (mentioned by our professor ahead of time), I think the video elicited some great discussion on where open source is today and where it could be going. Personally, I think it is valuable practically, but I also think that the free software movement's views are good ideals to work toward. We need idealists pushing us in the right direction, even if their true vision would never be met. Thoughts?

Warning Radioactive Material!

Welcome to the Super Magnet Room! Despite the title of the blog and this post, this has nothing to do with super magnets or radioactive material--well, maybe just a tad. I'm a university student on a mission to contribute to the OpenMRS project. Each week I will be blogging a little bit about the progress of the ticket that I and my partner are working on, or things we have been discussing in class about Open Source in general (Free Software, if you prefer (I prefer)). We are looking into tackling the mobile style sheet for OpenMRS.

So, what do super magnets or radioactive material have to do with anything? Well, our classroom is in the basement of the science building--right next to the super magnet room and about 50 feet away from the radioactive material closet. If you were looking for a site about blowing stuff up or crazy science experiments, maybe this is not for you. Then again, you might see something you like here. On the other hand, if you're looking for a bunch of "scruffy hackers," you came to the right place.