It has been a long while since an art project made me guffaw in laughter while conniving to tickle my interest for the macabre. Je te presente le chat helicoptiere, Orvillecopter. A stuffed cat crossed with an quadrotor that does exactly what you think it does. In what I would consider the ultimate geek sign of …
I have chipped in to support Space Command, which promises to be a very enjoyable endeavour. Science fiction has found itself severely under-represented on television, with Doctor Who as the only show of note that I know of right now. There are no longer any Star Trek episodes on television, and masterpieces like Firefly find themselves …
Kok Sen Wai, the author at k0kbl0k restated his incredulity, when we met up, about my recent decision to boycott films from companies that are using their financial might to destroy businesses and individuals unethically. In terms everyone can understand, this means I have not seen nor am I planning to watch The Avengers despite …
Mark Shuttleworth’s keynote speech introduces a lot of awesome stuff for the future of Ubuntu, plus a lot of gratitude paid to developers and designers who worked and are continuing to work on Ubuntu. Highlights include a 48 node 192 core server designed to run efficiently enough to allow you to run it in your …
I assumed incorrectly that programs that previously worked without issue would continue to do so in the newest, stable, long-term-support version of Ubuntu. In this instance I found myself woefully confounded by gWaei Japanese-English Dictionary, the best dictionary to date I have used for learning Japanese, getting stuck and crashing while loading. This is merely …
If I could sum up my experience with installing Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, it would be “unbelievably fast and straightforward” where I had already completed both the installation and the fiddling of settings and packages within half-a-day. That is from absolutely nothing to the same functional setup I was using on my previous installation in …
Only if I were a decade younger with a better computer I could possibly attain this dream. But seeing as I am limited by hardware, the only strategy game I play with anything resembling regularity is Go and Wesnoth. Still, cool music for my favourite sport — until I learn Hyakunin Isshu that is.
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