Edward Andrew Robinson » planet ubuntu http://www.earobinson.org “Brilliant people simplify things, and mediocre people complicate things.” — Unknown Mon, 04 Oct 2010 02:12:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 8 Open Source Websites I Use, and 2 I Don’t http://www.earobinson.org/2009/09/05/8-open-source-websites-i-use-and-2-i-dont/ http://www.earobinson.org/2009/09/05/8-open-source-websites-i-use-and-2-i-dont/#comments Sat, 05 Sep 2009 19:25:48 +0000 Edward Andrew Robinson http://www.earobinson.org/?p=263 I love lists, and I love open source software. Whats more I find that I am using more and more open source websites in my daily life. Without further ado here are 8 open source websites I use:

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 Site
 Comment
 Source
1 Wikipedia Great free encyclopedia Source
2 Reddit Social news site, similar to digg. Source
3 Planet Ubuntu Ok well I mostly just use the rss feeds. Source
4 earobinson.org That was a bit of a shameless plug but really any wordpress blog would do. Source
5 Identi.ca micro-blogging service similar to twitter. Source
6 Trac Great project management tool! Source
7 Launchpad Another great project management tool, used by the ubuntu community and many more. Source
8 Pastebin Great way to share snippets of text Source



and two that I don’t:

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 Site
 Comment
 Source
1 Drupal Like WordPress another great CMS Source
2 Libre.fm The open source version of Last.Fm a great music tracking service Source



Update: I just realized I also use tr.im as my url shortener and they will be going open source.

]]> http://www.earobinson.org/2009/09/05/8-open-source-websites-i-use-and-2-i-dont/feed/ 0 My name is… http://www.earobinson.org/2008/09/12/my-name-is/ http://www.earobinson.org/2008/09/12/my-name-is/#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:59:43 +0000 Edward Andrew Robinson http://www.earobinson.org/?p=161 Well there is another meme on planet ubuntu and this one is about the name of your computers. I typically name my computers after different ways of saying NULL in different programing languages. I currently have:

  • MinusOne – This is my main computer. -1 is a way sometimes used to mark an int as NULL.
  • NaN – This is my laptop, a dell inspiron 1300 … also my battery is dead if anyone knows where I can get a cheap one in Canada that would be great. NaN stands for not a number in matlab.
  • Void – This is my current test box. I’m not really sure if void is used in any programing languages but it seemed to me like a synonym to NULL.

In the past I have also had:

  • NULL – This was my first linux computer and the mother board died.
  • Zero – A laptop that no longer works. Zero is also used as a NULL value.

I also have three devices that currently do not follow this naming convention:

  • xo – This is my OLPC XO this computer came whith that name and I have not changed any of the default settings on it.
  • Neo – This is my work computer, named after Neo from the matrix. When I have more than one work computer I use other matrix character this helps me keep my work machines seperated from my personal computers since some of them travel with me and spend a lot of time on my home network.
  • DD-WRT – This is my router and yes it is using the DD-WRT firmware. The DD-WRT firmware is a great way to get all the power out of your router. I only just started using this and would love to get some neat tips and tricks or other recomendations that people find better and why.

Lastly I have one virtual computer:

  • earobinson-PC – This is my vista box, this is the name vista gave it, and I hardly use it so it can stay like that. (Well the last time I used it was to check out google chrome)

So what do you name your computers? Also I do intend to recycle the no longer used names but if anyone has any ideas for more ways of saying NULL I would love to hear them so far the only unused one I have is None from python.

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TIP: when using fuzzy select you can use the ctrl key to un-select things that you have selected.

All in all I would say the update was a success. I just wish I had had a larger source image, (The large scale version of my new hackergotchi is a bit jagged around the edges, stupid digital camera being broken).

Large Version

From Me

Small Version

From Me

On a side note it would be fun to make a web page linking all the planet ubuntu faces to there websites / launchpad IDs, any thoughts on this? (Update: it could be just like the gnome one unless we all ready have one?)

Also I have three midterms this week, wish me luck.

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