Building a carputer the most difficult, expensive and rewarding do-it-yourself (DIY) projects I have ever completed. If you own a car manufactured in the last 20 years, the chances are it has a specialized computer inside - the Electronic Control Unit (ECU) is a computer which originally only controlled fuel injection. In today’s cars, the ECU is responsible [...] Continue Reading…
We’ve all seen the email scams, where software pirates offer amazing deals on software through email. In fact I got one such message today:
From: michaell260@hotmail.com
To: wayne@fsckin.com
Date: Fri, May 23, 2008 at 6:22 PM
Subject: Software
Software up to 75% off retail.
Most of the major programs are to expensive for most of us to justify buying. Now you can. Your opportunity is here.
Operating Systems, Business [...] Continue Reading…
I’ve been wanting to try out GIMP 2.5 for quite some time now, and plenty of other folks are certainly looking forward to the new interface, among other things. In my somewhat limited observations of the GIMP development team, I’ve found that the volunteers who manage the project are what some would call “anal retentive.”
Put the shoe on [...] Continue Reading…
Ladies and germs, it’s been too long since I’ve got anything up here, so I figured it would be good to post a short update on what I’ve been up to this week. The Novell v. SCO trial is ending tomorrow, and I’ve been attending it the last couple days.
It’s pretty damn interesting, to say the least. [...] Continue Reading…
This might be old news to some folks, but for those of you who want to get a “real” pressed CD, Shipit has been offering to ship CDs of the still unreleased Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04 when it is available. Highly recommended for the Ubuntu fan.
Sign up for one now before the rush — I did!
If you’re looking [...] Continue Reading…
Big news… really really big breaking news…
Starting today, I’m writing daily news blurbs for the Ars Technica Open Ended news-oriented journal about Linux and open source in general. I’ve been wanting to do something like this for quite some time, since the Ars name brings along with it some credibility and respect from the community.
I’m not stopping the [...] Continue Reading…
A member of several Ubuntu collaboration teams, including Ubuntu-Artwork has recreated the ubiquitous Human Theme for the iPhone. He plans on updating it for a simultaneous release with Hardy Heron. I was able to catch up with the creator and ask him a few questions.
1. Tell me a little about yourself.
I’m just a computer science major [...] Continue Reading…
I’ve been occasionally looking for something in Linux that would spruce up the place. Right now, my desktop is an minimalistic and functional solid black background. I’d like to do more with the space. Not just put up an image as a background - that’s straight from the late 80s.
The Mario desktop I would like to [...] Continue Reading…
MAKE blogged about plants that notify the owner via text message or Twitter status update that they need water, and even thank their owners when they’re watered.
This got me thinking - why not a cat who sends a tweet when he’s eating? While I’m at it, why not toss in a video stream? After all, [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: bubba the cat, jungle crawler, junglecrawler, Linux, motion, twittering cat, Ubuntu
The 100+ million “average joe” Myspace users are about to get mind blowing eye-gasm with the brand new myMiniPC with gOS Space 2.9 - and I’m not talking about some spicy profile pictures. Combining the Avant Window Navigator dock and Compiz Fusion 3D effects is going to provide a desktop experience generations beyond what Redmond’s latest offering in [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: average joe, everex, gOS, gos space 2.9, Linux, myminipc, Review
