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Monthly Archives: January 2006

Ducks, videos and turtle hopping

2 Comments Posted by on January 26, 2006

Ducks As busy as I’ve been lately, I was able to take the opportunity last Saturday to visit my family and my girlfriend. I took my little 5-year old sister Jenna and my girlfriend Jamie to feed ducks, which was a first for Jenna. She was a bit scared at first when the ducks started [...]

Life, Uncategorized , , , ,

A few project updates

2 Comments Posted by on January 26, 2006

I’ve been putting off several posts for a few days now, due to just being busy with things. So, here we go. Notification Framework I just put out a couple of good releases of notification-daemon and libnotify. A few days ago, I released version 0.3.2 of both components, and tonight I put out notification-daemon v0.3.3, [...]

Galago, GNOME, Linux Desktop, Open Source, VMware , , , ,

What the hell is midnight oil?

9 Comments Posted by on January 17, 2006

I’ve never understood that expression.. “Burning the midnight oil.” What’s midnight oil? Oil that is only used at midnight? Why do we want to just burn it? I don’t know.. I’m pulling an all-nighter. Oh how I missed these… Except I shouldn’t be doing this. Still, getting a lot done, so it’s worth it, but [...]

Life

Tux Paint for the Nokia 770

6 Comments Posted by on January 7, 2006

Tux Paint is one of those Linux applications that just makes me smile. It’s cute, fun, and great for kids. My little sister of five years old loves it and has been playing it since she was two. Also, Bill Kendrick, Tux Paint’s creator and lead developer, is a friend of mine, but I’m not [...]

Nokia 770, Open Source ,

20 Ways to be a Good User

11 Comments Posted by on January 5, 2006

I don’t expect anybody who should read this to actually read it. A couple of users the past few days have inspired me to write this little guide. If you request support in a channel and nobody is around to answer within two minutes, make sure to voice your frustration and leave immediately. Make sure [...]

Misc Computers and Tech, Open Source ,

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