Elsewhere In March, 2008

Bookmarks to interesting stuff found elsewhere on the interweb in the month of March, 2008.


Ubuntu UK Podcast S01E02 - Stuck on you
Ciemon Dunville, Alan Pope, Dave Walker, Tony Whitmore with Dave Murphy present the second episode of the Ubuntu UK Podcast. Features a good discussion about using Ubuntu on low-spec hardware.
Tagged with: podcast, ubuntu | Permalink | On March 28th, 2008

Vintage Logos set on Flickr
A collection of vintage logos from a mid-70's edition of the book World of Logotypes.
Tagged with: artwork, design, flickr | Permalink | On March 28th, 2008

Muxtape
A dead simple way to create and share mp3 mixtapes.
Tagged with: music | Permalink | On March 27th, 2008

Vista in "actually pretty good" shocker!
Chris Lord reviews Microsoft Windows Vista and is shocked at how good it is. Having had some experience of Vista, with Emma's budget laptop, I remain unconvinced.
Tagged with: microsoft, software, ubuntu | Permalink | On March 26th, 2008

Digital Photo Frame Hack
Linc from the Linux Link Tech Show creates a digital photo frame using an old Dell 400mhz laptop.
Tagged with: hacking, hardware | Permalink | On March 26th, 2008

AwesomeBar Convert
Mark Pilgrim states, "I was skeptical, but count me as an AwesomeBar convert." Praise indeed.
Tagged with: firefox, mozilla, software | Permalink | On March 25th, 2008

Share Icon Project
"The Share Icon is becoming the de facto standard visual representation for sharing content from any source to multiple destinations: over email, to bookmark or memetracker sites, to your friends on social networks, and more every day."
Tagged with: artwork, icons, logos, webdesign | Permalink | On March 21st, 2008

UbuntuPoint
A website with functionally similar to Digg, except it's just for Ubuntu. Now the Ubuntu articles can go there instead of annoying everyone at Digg!
Tagged with: ubuntu | Permalink | On March 21st, 2008

Create Your Own Font
While every computer these days comes pre-loaded with an adequate number of fonts, sometimes you want to create your own. This article shows you how in 8 simple steps.
Tagged with: fonts, typography | Permalink | On March 19th, 2008

Why I switched back to Ubuntu
"Ubuntu is sometimes thought of as the beginner's distro, something that more advanced users don't care about - they think if you're advanced, you need Slackware or something where you have to build it from scratch … etc, but that just takes up time. Of all the distros I've tried, Ubuntu is the fastest, most reliable, and most compatible."
Tagged with: ubuntu | Permalink | On March 19th, 2008

The REAL reason we use Linux
Apparently we all use Linux because it's fun! :)
Tagged with: fun, linux | Permalink | On March 18th, 2008

Scary BIG DOG Robot
"If partially hydrogenated oils don't kill us, this thing surely will."
Tagged with: fun, video | Permalink | On March 17th, 2008

LugRadio - Embracing Change
"The Mono Worm Turns: Stuart, a past critic of the Mono project, explains how his views have changed and why he's less concerned than before." - shocker!
Tagged with: linux, mono, podcast | Permalink | On March 11th, 2008

Ubuntu UK Podcast S01E01 - A little less conversation
Ciemon Dunville, Alan Pope, Dave Walker and Tony Whitmore present the first ever episode of the Ubuntu UK Podcast. About time!
Tagged with: podcast, ubuntu | Permalink | On March 11th, 2008

Code Security
"It appears you are stating exactly what your code is doing, inside the code!"
Tagged with: fun, security | Permalink | On March 10th, 2008

Ubuntu brainstorm
Ubuntu users can now submit their ideas and suggestions for Ubuntu, and vote for them. This will greatly boost Ubuntu's ability to assess the user base expectations, and act accordingly.
Tagged with: ubuntu | Permalink | On March 1st, 2008


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