A life online · Alejandro Rivero
Linux and web experiments, student projects, electronic paper, and the practical question of being able to understand and modify one's tools.
A dialogue on DRM, free processors, fabrication and local workshops, published as arivero on Libertonia. My politics page links the essay and an English translation at OpenCollector. The displayed publication date is 1 June, although the URL contains 29 May.
Documentation of two student projects using a coloured glove, image moments and Visual Basic to control the Windows pointer. The page retains links to code versions, reports and a presentation, and signs itself with arivero at posta.unizar.es.
A small project site documenting prototypes and trials around El Poyo del Cid, Villar, Peracense and Almohaja, with links to photographs and videos. The introduction connects practical construction with the right to understand technology.
MobileRead announces version 0.1 and credits arivero as its programmer. In the discussion I explain the launch scripts, saving the current page and problems with keyboard input. The announcement also points back to the earlier release message.
A request to inspect the forthcoming reader's documentation for Linux and other free-software components and versions: an early part of the discussion about source availability.
Organising a MediaWiki table of owners and prospective buyers, alongside the technical work on the reader.
Inspecting the shipped USB modules and the distinction between host and device operation, in pursuit of support for a USB keyboard.
A contemporary MobileRead report credits arivero and other contributors with ways to enable network access beyond the vendor's delivery service.
Two parts of making early electronic-paper devices usable: customising the iLiad interface and revisiting input for the Librie DjVu reader.
A historical thread about a command-execution flaw, user control of the device, disclosure and anticipated firmware changes.
Practical follow-up on free PDF-reflow tools, the scope of the iLiad source release, and searching document contents with command-line tools.
Announcements on Libertonia and Conjeturas connect the AGPL project to its original transcriptsearch.com.es address. The repository survives even when the former service address is unhelpful.