Digital Freedom

Novena laptop as an open-source booster

Most people in the open-source community will already have heard about the Novena project as it is a well supported move for building an as-free-as-possible laptop. Just last week a video was published from a keynote given by Sean Cross about the project. It is worth the watch, especially since it shows the ‘hidden’ process that resulted in the final design. The way in which the Novena laptop is able to support and empower hardware and software projects is stunning and it is probably this feature-set that aspires to all hackers out there and helps make the effort such a success.

Website revamp

Having run a low-key website for a couple of months now, I came to the conclusion that I had to restructure it in order to take it to the next level. Underlying was a self-built (php) back-end which took care mostly of presentation and not on content management. By using a WordPress back-end advanced functions for presentation and content management become available. In a couple of hours I was able to build a custom theme, which covers the functionality I need.

Having set the structure for my new website, the next task will be to add preceding content and fine-tune the theme to display correctly on all devices. New content can therefore be expected soon.