If you were wondering what this obtuse, xkcd-inspired stream of numbers meant…
Now I can reveal a little more, as per www.gnome.org…
If you love GNOME, and you’re near Santa Clara next Thursday, come and see us!
Calendar:GDATA Provider
Google Calendar GData provider for Mozilla Sunbird or Lightning. Should help with the recently announced Evolution Data Server GData integration Summer of Code project. Rock!
(tags: google calendar gdata mozilla sunbird thunderbird lightning gnome desktop evolution)
The GTK-server - Interpreted GUI programming
“GTK-server […] offers a stream-oriented interface to the GTK libraries, enabling access to graphical user […]
a natural reaction
“integrating all that 20th century technology must be exhausting.” — Jacob Berkman’s righteous deadpan sarcasm directed at the fanfare around Ubuntu’s new crash detection functionality.
(tags: jacobberkman markshuttleworth ubuntu bugbuddy funny)
Version Control System Shootout Redux Redux
“Distributed version control is a new and strange world… but we’re excited to be here. Finally.” — Mozilla shifts from CVS to Mercurial… for now. preed makes it very clear that they’re keeping their options open for the other main contender, Bazaar.
(tags: firefox mozilla bazaar bzr mercurial hg preed jpaulreed)
Pimlico
“Pimlico is a […]
Will Ferrell Movie Generator
“Sweet Orwell’s wildebeest! My despair is a deviant pyramid!” — Hilarious. On almost every reload, there’s a Will Ferrell film I would pay to see.
(tags: willferrell film movie funny via:andrepang)
Open desktop remains distant at seasoned Linux shop
“Successful use of Linux and other open source software for nearly a decade has not translated to any movement on the desktop at [Gundagai Shire Council], which sees thin clients as a possible path to a lower TCO.” — Open Source rocking in regional NSW.
(tags: gundagai opensource linux government brucebaker […]
Been playing with Tango icons recently, so had the bright idea of swapping out most of the default Wordpress smilies for luscious Tango emotes:
Much nicer! I just copied the Tango PNGs over the Wordpress GIFs in the bzr repository I use to manage […]
At the recent SE Linux Symposium, James Carter of the NSA spoke about using GConf as a user space object manager. The paper covers the application of Flask principles (and SE Linux in particular) to user configuration, and is well worth reading, even if you’re not astronautically familiar with SE Linux itself. Definitely recommended for […]
“If your presentation visuals taken in the aggregate (e.g., your “PowerPoint deckâ€) can be perfectly and completely understood without your narration, then it begs the question: why are you there?” — Garr Reynolds, Is it finally time to ditch PowerPoint?
linux.conf.au 2007 opening ceremony
This is why I rarely publish my presentation slides: They’re always written with the assumption […]
On now on to a more positive note (My bias)
“If you’ve been reading this blog for a few years, you may recognize that I’ve swung further to the ‘freedom’ side of needle.” — I have, and it has reflected the mantra on my website: “I came for the quality, I stayed for the freedom.”
(tags: mattasay freedom quality […]
