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An interesting discussion on the controversy in the Linux community about suing non GPL drovers. As someone who uses the naughty ATI drivers (because i reqire certain functionality), I have accepted the somewhat bad taste it gives me – but I wish for aler
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A few in the how its made series. This is no 1:)
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No 2. Cool!
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no 3. This one was really interesting.
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Some of these are real treats.
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Ok, a cool howto. Won’t make something pretty, but its cool diy!
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Some really good reasons to avoid vista.
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Ye gods and little fishes, these are absolutely amazing!!!
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Pretty good review
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This tutorial shows how to set up a PXE (short for preboot execution environment) install server with Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft). A PXE install server allows your client computers to boot and install a Linux distribution over the network, without the need of
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Excellent review.
December 2006Monthly Archives
links for 2006-12-20
For small creatures such as we…
…the vastness is bearable only through love.
Its been 10 years since Carl Sagan left us. This man had a profound effect on my life. He opened my young eyes to the glories of science and knowledge through that benchmark series, Cosmos. I am listening to the audio version of Pale Blue Dot as I read this. The truth of his words, his insight, the knowledge (and the passion he uses to convey it), all still resonate as strongly as they did to a lonely 14 year old geek girl, in her room at night, watching the flickering magic of Cosmos unfold universes – of space, time, science, knowledge, and the joy of learning – before me. It influenced my life and thought. I suspect my passion for Linux (and Free Open Source Software) can be traced to his passion for the open sharing of knowledge.
Every advance in space exploration I see, I think of Carl, and how his enthusiasm would have made these advances even more exciting. My joy in such things is thus poignant. And I wouldn’t have it any other way.
The blogosphere shows how deeply he reached so many of us. There is a tribute to Carl Sagan blog movement that I posted about earlier. Here is what his son, Nick (who has an excellent blog too!) has to say. The blogosphere will be busy with Sagan posts on the 20th. Due to time differences, I get to start earlier than most.
So thank you, Carl. Thank you for the joy. For the gift of learning I now share with my children. For everything Carl, for the gifts to me, my family, and most of all, humanity, my deepest love and gratitude.
links for 2006-12-19
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very useful.
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nice one!!! this rocks!
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There hasnt been a bad time recently!
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this is a really interesting article….
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Cool! Local boy done good!
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Oh, some lovely things on a magic list. Science rocks my world, people, in case you hadn’t noticed:)
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should be wtf tv….
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Oh, this rocks. Squirrels, movies, nuts, this quiz has it ALL. I got a smug 9/9, btw. Check out http://rathergood.com for more of this guy’s animation work.
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i don’t agree with them all, but some amazing designs here.
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this is a great disucssion of what desktop features each has, and who it is good for.
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yup!
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This is damned frightening stuff – and one suspects not isolated.
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beautiful, nature never ceases to arouse a sense of awe and wonder in me.
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Research at the University of Liverpool has found that Shakespearean language excites positive brain activity, adding further drama to the bard’s plays and poetry. See? Everyone thought I was nuts fo finding his works so stimulating. Turns out they really
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We have been misisng some equally big, but not as publicised stories, due to focus on Iraq.
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Go google!!!
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this is stuff i knew,but did you?
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what, no remote control?
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this man is dangerous and a complete looney. the man he is testifying for is a selfish criminal.
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don’t you boggle at the sheer nerve of this talking mouthpiece? how does he sleep? look in the mirror?
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Loves me the strange lists.
links for 2006-12-18
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handy comparison, been around for a while but still funky:)
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wheela! perfect for my del.icio.us account.long needed.
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my vertigo is screaming. w00t, huh?:)
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I love science and tech liek this:)
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double plus ungood, citizen.
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the power of dd. cli rocks.
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the definitive distro timeline for linux. oh, and suck it, sco:)
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Oh, gorgeous stuff
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one of the recent spacewalks, a gorgeous hi-res image
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how fake psychics work
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handy for riding:)
links for 2006-12-17
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As a captve audience of these, I have experienced most of them. I would swap no 1 and no 2 for sheer creepiness, but all in all, accurate. Weird.
I am become death…
…the destroyer of worlds.
Watch this and weep. If you are not moved, if you are not outraged, where have you lost your humanity? Do not turn your back on these children. It is to our everlasting shame that we have learnt so little.
Chernobyl – a Journey of the Legacy
Next time someone asks me, “with all the society’s energy needs, why not nuclear?”, then this is what I will show them. There is a simple quote from it : “What man makes, can break”. This is the result.
links for 2006-12-16
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wheela! just got game, lets see how we go:)
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These are great things to know.
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Those who can, do, those who can’t, get made fun of online.
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more neverwinter nights stuff
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This is an excellent resource for Linux gamers!!!
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OOO, these are fascinating. Not spooky, jus fascinating:)
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dang straight!
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a happy tale of user introducing his motehr to ubuntu – success
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weird AND wonderous!
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Now this is a wtf moment in science. Nature is somuch more amazing than we imagine -or,seemingly,than we CAN imagine!
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I am on a strange roll today. But this is strange, as in the physics use of the word. Can stars be strange like particles?
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is there really six degrees of seperation between people? heres an attempt to find out. (in adelaide, everyone has the adelaide effect, which generally brings it down to three or less…)
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well, now!
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Its my day for this stuff. Bear with me. Its fun!
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Theres some i think missing, but hey, no list is perfect. But wheres Tux?????
Charity begins…
at home.
Want to help make a difference? Not sure what to do? Comfy in that chair? Well, there ARE ways you can be the couch potato and still make a difference.
You can search with a search engine like GoodSearch : Search the Internet with GoodSearch and support your favorite charity or school.
The ultimate too easy act for the web surfer to help others. One click on a button, and the advertisers make a donation on your behalf. Thats it. No personal details recorded. Just one click a day. You can manage THAT!:
The Child Health Site : Help a Child in Need Lead a Healthy, Active Life. There are also tabs up the top of this page to other pages that have one click makes a donation to World Hunger, Breast Cancer, Conservation, Literacy, Animal Rescue, and others. (Many others are listed at Charity Click Donation – Give money to charity for free through charity clicks).
Widespread intellectual and moral docility…
…may be convenient for leaders in the short term, but it is suicidal for nations in the long term.
Feministing has an interview with an amazing woman, a woman who sees herself as ordinary, but nonetheless decided to lift her voice in protest at what she saw happening in her world. She wrote a letter that has become an amazing book.
Helen Nichols: Open Letter to George W. Bush
links for 2006-12-15
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MEGA FUNKY!!!!!!!!!!!!
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cool- violent fun!
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excellent – factoids galore!
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I wantses it – hell, i NEEDSES it!!!
