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Hello World 2.5

Today I updated to wordpress 2.5, and I have to say its great. I love the new interface. As well as updating in response to all the websites stealing planet Ubuntu content I am going to try using the ©Feed plugin for wordpress. So we will see how that goes and I hope the plugin [...]

Lets Let APT-URL Install Repositories

APT-URL is one of my favorite programs. The great thing about it is I can keep a list of programs I like on a website and easily install all the program I like on a new box, or point someone new to Ubuntu to the website with all my favorite programs. The problem is that [...]

A planet to call my own

I love planets, both the ones in the sky’s, and the ones on the web. But this post is about the latter. One of the things about the web is that you have profiles everywhere, and while openID partly solves this problem allowing me to use one user name to authenticate everywhere it does not [...]

OLPC Spy Cam

So now that I have my XO OLPC computer I wanted to find something to do with it. As I said before its the web cam that really impressed me and so I decided to start playing with that. After jumping onto the #OLPC freenode irc room and asking them a few questions I was [...]

Hello World 2.3.2

I have upgraded my blog to WordPress (Version 2.3.2), nothing to see here, move along.

Ubuntu Spam

Using gmails spam filters I normally don’t have a problem with spam. However my one email that does receive a lot of spam is my Ubuntu email address. Interestingly enough a few open source members have droped there open source email addresses due to this exact problem. Jeff Bailey has disabled his @gnu.org email address, [...]

I Got My OLPC XO Friday.

Friday I got my OLPC XO laptop yes it took a lot longer for them to ship to Canada than the USA but I finally have it and will bring it to school all next week. Since all you lucky Americans got your XO’s a lot faster than us I’m not going to post about [...]

Cheating At Nethack

I’m not really a gamer, I think this has to do with a lack of skill, its no fun playing Americas Army if you die in 30 seconds, and yes they have a Linux installer. One game that I do come back to every now and then is nethack, however just like Americas Army I [...]

Ordered My OLPC XO Today

So today I woke up and the first thing I did was order my OLPC XO from the Give One Get One program. I have had my hands on one of these a few times and they are great little toys and a good cause. For me I think its a little peace of history [...]

Free Software Open Source Symposium 2007

I was lucky enough to be able to attend the Free Software Open Source Symposium 2007 (FSOSS07) this year and had a great time. While I did take some pictures I am still using my cellphone to take pictures since my digital camera has not been replaced yet (read poor university student) so I only [...]