February 2009
8 posts
A "serious" Ubuntu-based Linux
CrunchBang Linux is the first distro I’ve seen in a long time which tickles all my favorite Linux points: small, fast, and simple. It isn’t trying to be “friendly” and certainly isn’t trying to look like Windows. It just wants to give you a platform for running apps and getting things done. I will install!
“First, one must know the secret handshake: power up the phone while holding down...”
– How (not) to brick the Android Developer Phone [LWN.net]
How I Use RSS
RSS Newsfeeds are one of those things that make perfect sense, but only once you embrace them. Maybe this post helps, maybe it doesn’t.
To give you some idea of what they enable, here’s how I use rss newsfeeds. Where I say “follow”, some folks say “subscribe to”. I think follow is an empowering verb, it puts the control in your hands. There’s something...
Throughout the universe, in perpetuity. →
I always loved and loathed this language, the strongest shackles possible for an idea: to be bound until the end of time, and across all of space.
The image of Mickey Mouse (on TV) can be found at least 50 light years away now.