Elsewhere In April, 2008

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


Standing versus Sitting
A sadistic post about working with a stand-up computer desk.
Tagged with: misc | Permalink | On April 30th, 2008

Another Reason to Love Linux
Matthew Helmke compares Microsoft Windows and Ubuntu Linux CD covers.
Tagged with: advocacy, linux, ubuntu | Permalink | On April 30th, 2008

Insulting Source Code
Silliness aplenty from those naughty Debian devels.
Tagged with: debian, fun, linux | Permalink | On April 28th, 2008

Zattoo Player for Ubuntu
Alan Pope wants to know why nobody told him about Zattoo player for Ubuntu.
Tagged with: software, ubuntu | Permalink | On April 28th, 2008

More Tweetable Scripts
Nifty commandline scripts in 140 characters or less.
Tagged with: commands, fun, linux | Permalink | On April 27th, 2008

The Leave Me Alone Box
A pointless but fun mechanical box. I want one.
Tagged with: fun, video | Permalink | On April 24th, 2008

The Geekiest Pants Ever?
"Designer Erik De Nijs, has stitched together this eye catching pair of "Beauty and the Geek" jeans." Idiot.
Tagged with: fun | Permalink | On April 24th, 2008

Crazy User Research?
Cameron Moll tells how he signed up as a full-fledged Tupperware rep in the name of user research.
Tagged with: research | Permalink | On April 24th, 2008

Things Not To Say…
…in the #ubuntu-release-party irc channel on freenode.
Tagged with: fun, ubuntu | Permalink | On April 23rd, 2008

What can you do with open source software?
David Thomas asks the question.
Tagged with: software, ubuntu | Permalink | On April 21st, 2008

Project Management via Email
Jonathan Snook throws out some ideas for a project management by email application.
Tagged with: webdevelopment | Permalink | On April 21st, 2008

ZombieURL
The #1 zombie-infected URL redirection service on the Web. Consider wisely who you send this to: Zombies have been known to scare children and the elderly.
Tagged with: fun, zombies | Permalink | On April 20th, 2008

No CSS Reset
Jonathan Snook readily admits that he doesn't use CSS resets and goes on to explain why.
Tagged with: css, webdesign | Permalink | On April 17th, 2008

Bitching is the killer app for Twitter
Bitching is such a succinct form of expression. It doesn't require or usually entail deep analysis. It's the easiest way to write something "interesting". Readers flock to controversy, dissent, and drama…
Tagged with: commentary, rants, twitter | Permalink | On April 16th, 2008

The feed is gone
Jeffrey Zeldman talks about why it's not always a great idea to pull content from a third-party site.
Tagged with: webdesign | Permalink | On April 16th, 2008

Alpha Twitter
A dead-simple meme tracker for popular links on Twitter.
Tagged with: twitter | Permalink | On April 16th, 2008

Chronicle Blog Compiler
"Chronicle is a small and fast blog compiler, written in Perl with minimal dependencies. It can be installed in seconds and used to publish any number of blogs!" — I need to try this.
Tagged with: software, webdesign, webdevelopment | Permalink | On April 12th, 2008

URL as UI
"If people use your site enough, they'll want an even faster way to reach the content they want. They're not browsing anymore. They are power users. They know what they want. Give them a nicely hackable URL to do this."
Tagged with: webdesign, webdevelopment | Permalink | On April 7th, 2008

Ubuntu UK Podcast S01E03 - Help Me
Ciemon Dunville, Alan Pope, Dave Walker and Tony Whitmore present the third episode of the Ubuntu UK Podcast. Discussions include commandline vs GUI, Mythbuntu and podcast production techniques.
Tagged with: podcast, ubuntu | Permalink | On April 7th, 2008

My name is…
Daniel Silverstone on why his name is Daniel. Personally, I am fairly relaxed about what people call me, but I do get his point.
Tagged with: life, misc | Permalink | On April 5th, 2008

Epiphany to dump Gecko in favour of Webkit
It smells like an April fool, it looks like an April fool, it tastes like an April fool, but it's not an April fool.
Tagged with: linux, software | Permalink | On April 1st, 2008


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