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Reasons to celebrate 15th April 2010
Karmic saw the first community wallpaper competition and delivered us a beautiful set of photographs for our desktops.
Last cycle’s winners were this cycles judges and everyone has delivered.
Ladies and gentlemen I give you the results of the wallpaper competition!
Congratulations to the winners and huge thanks to the judges. I know, from my experience as [...]
Last night a Brompton saved my life*
To give context to this story you need to know two things about me:
1) I am a commuter. I live in Brighton and work in London which means that I have a one hour train journey at the start and end of each working day.
2) I like cycling. I have used a bicycle as [...]
The process of certainty. And mojitos.
You know that feeling when you know someone very well and you buy them a present? You know they will love it and you are excited at the very thought of their delight? Part of you is a little scared though. A few butterflies in the stomach. What if I have misread? What if they [...]
The Digital Economy Bill: Bananas!
Over at Confused of Calcutta, JP Rangaswami has written a crystal clear article on why we should be concerned about the content and treatment of the Digital Economy Bill.
Wherever you live, whatever your interests I urge you to read it.
If you live in the UK, whatever your position I urge you to write to your [...]
Reasons to celebrate: 24th March 2010
Today is Ada Lovelace day.
Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace was born on 10th December 1815, the only child of Lord Byron and his wife, Annabella. Born Augusta Ada Byron, but now known simply as Ada Lovelace, she wrote the world’s first computer programmes for the Analytical Engine, a general-purpose machine that Charles Babbage had [...]
Those pesky buttons
Many of you have been asking for some correspondence regarding the button position in the window manager.
Here it is.
At Ubuntu we have a golden opportunity not only to make our OS as good as the competition but to make it better. The button position discussion and analysis started with:
- Why do Mac OS and Windows [...]
Reasons to celebrate: 4th March 2010
My first year working for Canonical draws to a close with my team delivering a new identity for Ubuntu.
I am very proud of the result and would like to thank them for all their hard work. I also want to thank Mark Shuttleworth and Jane Silber for setting out the challenge and for being part [...]
A bug in two parts
I finally got round to going through the photos on my camera this morning – I still haven’t got round to putting my holiday (August holiday!) photos on Flickr so I thought this could be the way to spend a chilly Saturday morning.
As is obvious from the image, something went wrong. In fact two things [...]
I am we.