Monthly Archives: April 2008

Aw(n)

Posted on April 26, 2008 by Arthur

So, after the “Ubuntu installation” dust is settling, it’s time to add some ‘candy’ to your desktop. After all, the default Gnome docks look quite boring. – You can look for Themes and that over at Art at Gnome or … Continue reading →

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Dark is the night

Posted on April 25, 2008 by Arthur

There were a couple of interesting things that made it in my reading list, this week: Obviously, you may have heard of the official launch of Ubuntu ‘Hardy Heron’ (or if you’re into version numbering, version 8.04). There’s lots of … Continue reading →

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Huh. huh?

Posted on April 22, 2008 by Arthur

I was trying to play a QuickTime movie on Ubuntu (“Hardy Heron”, 8.04) and was surprised to find out that Totem (the default Mozilla plug-in for streaming movies) had a (ahem) hard time to play the movie. VLC to the … Continue reading →

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Rivets

Posted on April 20, 2008 by Arthur

Earlier this week, I read about a new study on the sinking of the Titanic: Two experts on metallurgy claim that rivets of sub-quality were the main reason why the Titanic’s outer hull gave in so quickly: “A rivet works … Continue reading →

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Them links

Posted on April 19, 2008 by Arthur

Via Suzanne Vega’s site, I found out that she nowadays (also) blogs for the New York Time’s ‘Measure for Measure’ periodical. There are other musicians writing for that very same blog: the only (other) familiar author is Roseanne Cash. You’re … Continue reading →

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More Ubuntu

Posted on April 13, 2008 by Arthur

More annotations on Ubuntu: The installation of MonoDevelop was a no-brainer: I think the .Net runtimes are installed the moment you install Ubuntu. I may port one minor application to Mono, if I have time later this evening. At one … Continue reading →

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Rice’s fxxx-xx boots

Posted on April 13, 2008 by Arthur

I was reading about the principals of the US torture memo. In one of the blogs I saw a reference to this meeting which included a quite less flattering description of ms Rice (the US Foreign Affairs secretary): Think about … Continue reading →

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The imminent

Posted on April 13, 2008 by Arthur

The CBC has an article about the prediction that Windows is about to ‘collapse’, because of Microsoft’s inaction towards the marked after the introduction of Windows Vista. Other industry experts say that Microsoft knows it’s Windows days are dwindling, which … Continue reading →

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Words to watch for

Posted on April 10, 2008 by Arthur

The words (or rather terms) to watch for in the next coming years are: Gravitational Lensing: I’ve mentioned this topic before, and trust me, it’s the most discussed topic in my neighbourhood. Better yet, every morning, I wake up to … Continue reading →

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What definition?

Posted on April 6, 2008 by Arthur

Yesterday, while watching Dream Warriors’ “My Definition of a boombastic jazz style” video-clip, I was amazed about the visuals used in that video. The clip prominently features (besides a lot of colours and pantomime) the (artistic) use of a focal … Continue reading →

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