Comment on Ubuntu 13.10 Default Wallpaper Revealed by John Porter
In reply to Tobias Müller.
That matches my experience exactly. I’m trying Elementary at the minute, but I’d say I’ll be back with Ubuntu when 13.10 is released. ⌘ Read more
Comment on Ubuntu 13.10 Default Wallpaper Revealed by Stinger
Looks like a blurry banana : D ⌘ Read more
Comment on Popular Icon Theme ‘Moka’ Gets an Official GTK Theme Companion by MC Robust
I thought it was just me… everyone saying GTK2 “looks old.” I used to love finding new and interesting themes…
The new themes look nice. I suppose my desktop is arguably more “sophisticated” looking? More modern looking? I don’t know.
But GTK3 has never felt as “fun” to me. ⌘ Read more
Comment on Ubuntu 13.10 Default Wallpaper Revealed by Tobias Müller
In reply to Devon Garber.
Shell people talk about me having an IPhone and an Ipad… While I have a cheap Android Smartphone and a nexus 7… People using Apple terms instead of the type of machine bothers me more… ⌘ Read more
Comment on Ubuntu 13.10 Default Wallpaper Revealed by Tobias Müller
In reply to Jonathan.
Whell, it got faster and more stable… Long requested features I guess there will be lots of changes with unity 8 ⌘ Read more
Comment on Ubuntu 13.10 Default Wallpaper Revealed by Tobias Müller
In reply to Jebril.
Your opinion… I’ve been using Ubuntu (with breaks) since 2007, I tried mint, I tried Kubuntu, Elementary and a few other derivates. I stayed with gnome-shell for a while at the beginning of unity, but always came back to stock ubuntu. It combines a decent look, decent performanc … ⌘ Read more
Comment on Ubuntu 13.10 Default Wallpaper Revealed by Ali Najafi
Maybe unlike everybody, I think the default wallpaper should indicate the brand. This is good enough to unite with previous ones. ⌘ Read more
Comment on Ubuntu 13.10 Default Wallpaper Revealed by Tobias Müller
In reply to John Porter.
I don’t know about that, I guess the combination of it both is Quite a good idea… Cause you can easily see that 13.10 is newer than13.04, you can’t see that from raring ringtail and saucy salamander… Unless you know its alphabeticaly. And in non english speaking countrys … ⌘ Read more
Hillary speaks like Bush
Obama accuses Clinton of using the language of Bush on Iran
In the sharpest attack, Obama said that Clinton’s threat to “totally obliterate” Iran should it attempt a nuclear attack on Israel was inappropriate. “It’s not the language we need right now. It’s language that’s reflective of George Bush,” he said.
Obama said it was time to get away from a foreign policy of “bluster an … ⌘ Read more
Lesbos islanders dispute gay name
Who has the right to be called Lesbian?
Campaigners on the Greek island of Lesbos are to go to court in an attempt to stop a gay rights organisation from using the term “lesbian”.
The islanders say that if they are successful they may then start to fight the word lesbian internationally.
The issue boils down to who has the right to call themselves Lesbians.
Is it gay women, or the 100,000 people liv … ⌘ Read more
Russia warned over Georgia move
Russia warned over Georgia move
Nato has warned Russia that its recent troop build-up in Georgia’s two breakaway regions undermines its neighbour’s territorial integrity.
Would everyone chill out, please? This time Russians, specially. I think a “Back off, and chill” behavior is mandatory. ⌘ Read more
Only in Russia
Drunk Russian sleeps off knifing – A Russian man trying to sleep off a night of after-work drinking failed to notice a six inch (15 cm) knife in his back - until his wife woke him up.
Yuri Lyalin, 53, took a bus home, ate breakfast and apparently slept like a baby before his spouse noticed a handle sticking out of his back.
He was rushed to casualty but doctors found no vital organs damaged.
Amazing, isn’t it? ⌘ Read more
Vicepresident? No, thank you
Obama spurns double ticket hints
“I don’t know how somebody who is in second place is offering the vice presidency to somebody who is in first place,” he told a rally in Columbus, Mississippi.
“I don’t want anybody here thinking that somehow ‘well, you know, maybe I can get both.’ Don’t think that way. You have to make a choice in this election.”
“I’m not running for vice president. … ⌘ Read more
Bush endorses McCain
Bush endorses McCain in US race
US President George W Bush has endorsed John McCain’s White House bid after the Vietnam veteran sealed the Republican nomination on Tuesday.
Mr Bush said his one-time rival would be a president with the “determination to defeat an enemy and a heart big enough to love those who hurt”.
Now you know who not to vote for. Clear, right? Any questions? ⌘ Read more
Programmers != Antisocials
BBC NEWS: Business: Bill Gates: The skills you need to succeed
A lot of people assume that creating software is purely a solitary activity where you sit in an office with the door closed all day and write lots of code.
This isn’t true at all.
Software innovation, like almost every other kind of innovation, requires the ability to collaborate and share ideas with other people, and to sit down and talk with cu … ⌘ Read more
I had to have them
I found this weblog, via
Kottke, and in it, this post
I like: So long\
Flight of the Conchords. And I loved it. I had to have the list of
videos on that log here1, to show wife, to play them at a later time.
Simply awesome. And here they come (links go to Youtube):
- The most\ beautiful girl in the room - “you could be a par … ⌘ Read more
When you thought you hear it all
BBC NEWS: Toilet conference opens in Delhi
A World Toilet Summit has opened in the Indian capital, Delhi, with more than 40 countries taking part.
The four-day meeting will examine solutions and technologies that can be used to provide a basic need for nearly half the worlds population.
According to estimates, 2.6bn people around the world lack access to a hygienic toilet. The United Nations h … ⌘ Read more
Nazi crimes archives set to open
BBC News: Nazi crimes archives to set open.
The 47 million files hold Nazi records of forced labourers, concentration camp victims and political prisoners. They have been used to help people trace their relatives, but were kept closed to protect victims’ privacy. Many people felt the files should be opened to historical researchers to ensure the details of the Holocaust ( [Nazis genocide](http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/genocide/holocaust_overview_01.s … ⌘ Read more
You can’t do that!
Technology, Technology news, Times Online
“I can’t believe that your company would allow people to make money from something that you allow people to have free access to. Is this really the case?” she asked.
“If Mozilla permit the sale of copied versions of its software, it makes it virtually impossible for us, from a practical point of view, to enforce UK anti-piracy legislation, as it is difficult for us … ⌘ Read more
BBC and WoW
From one article on today’s BBC Online news:
Occasionally gryphons and hippogriffs swept majestically overhead taking their riders to elsewhere in Azeroth or, as it is also known, the World of Warcraft (WoW).
At the edge of the computer screen chatter constantly scrolled past as other WoW players sought members forguilds, buyers for magical items, help with quests or engaged in idle banter.
Go and read: [A Walk in the World of Warcraft](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4294122.stm “ … ⌘ Read more
Downing Street Memo
I have known about this since it was released to the News media, but I haven’t comment about it here. I am providing a link to the contents of the Memo (pretty small read, I assure you) as they showed on the Times Online on May 1st, 2005. Draw your conclusions. I just want to quote a few parts of it. … ⌘ Read more
Terri’s autopsy: What does it means?
The results of Terri Schiavo’s autopsy were released today. BBC News reported:
Examiner John Throgmartin said there was no evidence of trauma or strangulation prior to Schiavo’s collapse. The autopsy also could not prove that she was suffering from an eating disorder at the time – her diminished potassium levels at the time could have been affected by emer … ⌘ Read more
Not guilty!
This is just news:
Singer Michael Jackson has been found innocent on all 10 charges of child abuse at the end of his trial.
The singer strenuously denied the charges of molesting a 13-year-old boy. There were cheers from his fans outside the court as the verdicts were read.
He was also cleared of giving the child alcohol and conspiring to kidnap him and his family. – BBC News
Now, let’s sue those “parents”. B … ⌘ Read more
No more Freedom Fries?
It was really interesting to read on the BBC News:
A pro-Iraq war US congressman who campaigned for French fries to be renamed “freedom fries” is now calling for US troops to return home from Iraq. Republican Representative Walter Jones is to introduce legislation demanding a timetable for the withdrawal.
[…]
“I just feel that the reason of going in for weapons of mass … ⌘ Read more
It is the Marketers fault!
While reading my daily doses of irrelevant information on Slashdot today, I saw that “ _…The UK Advertising Standards Authority has upheld complaints that Microsoft misled consumers by running advertisements claiming Linux is 10 times more expensive than Windows…_” While they did not lied, they forgot to mention that the … ⌘ Read more
First day
I must admit, before I continue, that I did not exercise last night. At least, not as I had intended. It is my fault, I became lazy and even though Kim pushed me well, it did not worked out. But… I am proud the say that I just walked three miles this morning and, boy, it felt good. I know it is not a sensational “news”, but I wanted to mark the day of my come back. I will be fit in no time. I have to. I must. Next, I will buy a pedometer. Thanks to my friend [Martin](http://www.edulon.co.uk/ “Renaissance Ed … ⌘ Read more