Pymusique, the latest cool hack from the infamous Jon Johansen. Naughty or nice? I don’t know. But its foundations are seriously nice:
Python
Twisted
GStreamer
GNOME
Ubuntu packages provided on the website
It’s a winning combination, and it’s popping up all over the place. It is fun to watch the shape of things to come forming before your eyes.
Ooh, just noticed that the GNOME splash screen contest has closed, and a winner announced. Rad!
Update: … and Nat has the image I was looking for. Compare and contrast, just like in art class. Foolishly, I went looking for the DVD instead of using the digital dialtone. Somehow I thought it would be faster.
Had an idea for a little hack that would make the ubuntu-calendar backgrounds ten times cooler than they already are! If, say, gnome-settings-daemon monitored the currently selected image for changes, and forced an update, you’d get cool new background love whenever your ubuntu-calendar-* package is updated. Much nicer than doing it manually, or waiting until […]
