rotten bananas

Well I intended to post tonight, but I got distracted with installing the new version of Ubuntu (Feisty Fawn). I’ve only been up and running for about 30 minutes, but so far I’m very impressed. I’m gonna give it some more time before I say anything officially, but stay tuned for an upcoming entry of […]

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A new user-fueled Ubuntu magazine, Full Circle, is starting up. They’re looking for submissions from anyone willing to provide. I’m gonna see if I can work something up for them, and I’d suggest anyone else interested do the same.
The guidelines are simple (from the site):

Write your article in whichever software you choose, I would […]

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Over at Drivl they’ve posted some illustrated renditions of popular social media sites. They’re hilarious. I especially like Slashdot, as I’m one of the many sd-digg converters, and I’ve often wondered how badly they’ve been affected by it. Anyway, it’s good for a laugh.
And it reminded me of this comic from ExtraLife a few weeks […]

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I’m a child of Web 2.0. Being 22 years old, I was attending college at the peak of the Facebook/MySpace/Xanga/LiveJournal revolution. And I fought it. I fought it tooth and nail and never succumbed to its cold, heartless grasp. This is for a number of reasons. Firstly, it’s common knowledge that these websites have become […]

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Bert and I were discussing the iPhone announcement today. In an uninterested tone he expressed his excitement about proprietary cables and file formats. While Bert’s obligatory Apple bashing is to be expected and certainly was not intended to encourage any thought, his attempts to pointlessly piss me off went unrewarded this time. After some deep […]

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