July 2008
Legislators aim to snuff out penalties for pot use →
My god, a lawmaker with a brain.
On Linux →
Thank you, XKCD, for once again narrating my life.
Metamorphosis Orchestra →
If I were to skin my Touch, it would be with something like this.
Cool breeze
It’s July now, although not for long. According to traditional definitions, the summer’s little more than halfway over. To me, though, August doesn’t really count. August is just a filler month between pool weather and school weather. Every year, usually in August, something happens that makes me look ahead to autumn. This year it happened a week ago, when cool weather swept...
Linux for Schools →
This is the sort of thing I’d like the Oberlin Computer Recycling and Technology Education Initiative to do. Also: OCRATE. I may or may not have come with that acronym because I was trying to think of a way to indicate that it would provide “boxes”.
Total Drek on Atheism →
Required reading for everyone.
The Meeting
The installation was no longer in use, although it clearly had been not that long ago. Neither the lab nor the terminals scattered through the tunnels had yielded any information more useful than that, so it was time to get going. The government wouldn’t be happy to know I’d lost their trail, but twenty minutes after I hit the surface the forensics team would be in and tearing the...
“Free software is intrinsically a better way to build software, I believe. But we...”
– Mark Shuttleworth, in an interview with Linux-Magazine Italia. This man is the next rockstar of the operating system industry.
Quotes from the OS Gods →
Steve Jobs comes off suspiciously well.
Ubuntu as an Apple Challenger →
UbuntuCat makes some solid points here, although I personally lean toward the idea that Canonical should provide support and partner with a vendor like System 76 for the hardware stuff.
The most interesting part of this post to me, though, is the tacit understanding that Apple is the company you want to be challenging. Microsoft has taken enough rope and is in the process of hanging itself. ...
“Joss has some strange giant master plan that includes much more than a sequel....”
– Neil Patrick Harris, when asked about the possibility of a sequel to Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog.
TechCrunch's Web Tablet Project →
They almost get it. Almost. They’re so close. But it has to run real apps too, or it’s not going to be the big one. Still, if Apple doesn’t release one in September, maybe this one can act as the catalyst for the coming revolution. And the Open Source aspect of both hardware and software is nice no matter what.
“There are bugs, there is lag in the UI… and there’s plain instability...”
– via waffle. I recommend reading the rest of the post, because while I don’t agree with everything he says, he makes some good points regarding iPhoneOS 2.0.
Big Buck Bunny →
If you haven’t seen this yet, I highly recommend it. It’s a short movie created using Open Source software (primarily Blender on Ubuntu) and licensed as Open Content. Better still, unlike the Blender Foundation’s first effort in this direction, Big Buck Bunny is actually entertaining in addition to being visually beautiful.
“The apps that are currently in the store are the ones that took only four months...”
– Tony, commenting on Travis Isaacs’ blog. This is the most coherent and concise comment I’ve seen yet regarding the state of Touch apps. The original post isn’t bad, either.
Gramm quits McCain campaign →
About damn time.
Plot ninja attack! →
Time to get things moving…
Dr. Horrible →
Joss Whedon. Internet musical. Sympathetic villain. Nathan Fillion. Yeah, it’s really as good as it sounds.
Not sat on our hands...
I have but one word to say, and that word is GIMME.
devteam:
So some might think we’ve been twiddling our thumbs or sat on our hands, but this couldn’t be further from the truth.
That truth is that we’ve have added a little feature that a few people might like. Here is a screenshot of the new and improved device selection screen.
Here is another video to illustrate this.
Untitled from...
More of My Most Wanted Touch Apps:
First, let me state that I am more impatient than ever for the Last.fm app after watching a video of it in action. It looks awesome. That said, there’s some other stuff that would be nice to see:
-Flickr. I’m not a huge fan of Exposure and Flickr’s mobile webapp sucks big shiny monkey balls. I hope Flickr will fix this soon.
-Google Reader. The Google Reader webapp is...
MobileFinder →
Do want. Not the icon, though.
Most Wanted Touch Apps:
In no particular order:
-Last.fm. There’s currently no way of playing any given song you want to hear short of putting it on your device. And for those of us with 50+ gigs of music, that’s just not an option. Last.fm can provide at least partial functionality for this.
-Word Document Editor. Here’s a chance for the Mac Mojo team (or someone else) to really earn their wings:...
This is what I want:
devteam:
I assume this will work for the iPod Touch as well. Right, guys?
“So it will droop and not stand up: anoint the loins with the brain of an...”
– from a spell in Supplementum Magicum, on papyrus in Greek. It’s for my summer research, I swear.
…this is why Classics is fun.
via eush
Ducklings in a teacup →
I’m in hate with whoever writes the descriptions on this website, but I cannot deny that these ducklings-in-a-cup are ridiculously cute. Also, I want them.
G-Spot for the iPhone →
For all those who’ve ever had trouble finding theirs or someone else’s: now you can buy one from the iPhone Application Store.
Really? I just don’t have time to make all the jokes.
(originally via TUAW)
“So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the...”
– Chris McCandless (via jhongosh) (via milkwasabadchoice) (via seriouslythough)
Waterboarding is Torture →
Just watch the video.
The lay-Christian’s guide to Biblical... →
Bingo.
Balloon chair voyage →
Across state borders, no less. How awesome is that?
WatchHah.
rockuboff:
Bush Tours America To Survey Damage Caused By His Disastrous Presidency
(theonion.com)
Hah!
Thomas Beatie has a baby girl →
Finding this out is the best thing that’s happened to me today.
Social Networking May Cause Suicide →
Someone give that man a failwhale.
“From the first moment of the film, my kids were bombarded with leftist...”
– Shannen Coffin, on Wall•E
I wish I could remember who said this was going to happen so I could give them a cookie.
UPDATE: If you’re curious, it was Gedeon Maheux.
(via jhongosh and Ecorazzi)
“It’s not as easy as willing it all to be right;
You’ve gotta be...”
– Hands Open by Snow Patrol