ceesaxp A few days ago I have moved back from XFCE4 back to standard GNOME Ubuntu desktop, while at the same time changing my desktop shell for Netbook Remix. This setup is much more convenient than standard desktop on my tiny EeePC 4G, as on one hand I do not need to mouse around as much, … Read more
Fiam has posted a slightly controversial piece titled The Limits of Django. It is a great read, I totally enjoyed it. However, he has come up with some very shocking stats of Django ORM approach vs. C caching daemon (93 seconds vs. 0.8 second to query a database of 500,000 votes of 1,000 users on … Read more
It is today, the day I thought to myself: “If Schneier thinks it can/should be done, why don’t I do it?” And I changed my DD-WRT settings to fully open up my wireless to anyone. I’ve made some changes to QoS and DHCP setup. DHCP addresses will only be assigned to .64-.255 range and that … Read more
John Gruber questions the two drag modes in Safari: I don’t see why the intra-window (left-right) mode even exists. With the inter-window mode, you can do everything: reorder a tab within a window, move a tab to another existing window, or move a tab to its own new window. The intra-window mode only allows one … Read more
OOo Ninja’s post on new features of OpenOffice 3.0 has put me into a totally gloomy mood. If there is a single piece of software in FOSS world that can take all the rap for “no innovation,” it is OOo. I am really surprised that OOo 3.0 is not trying to re-imagine Office 2007’s ribbon … Read more
I have been looking for a simple program to entertain my daughter with drawing (she loves it) on a Mac. I’ve got a (cheap) Wacom tablet that wanted to employ as well. TuxPaint is nice, but I hate the rubber-stamp/clipart mentality it sort of forces one in (and sounds are annoying). Also, I think that … Read more
This is just soooo good: …the senior vice president of Sony’s IT product division said the tiny $299 notebook could potentially shift the entire notebook industry. … “If (the EEE PC from) Asus starts to do well, we are all in trouble. That’s just a race to the bottom,” said Mike Abary. About time. All … Read more
There are very many posts all over the web on how to replace EEE’s somewhat limiting Xandros distribution with Ubuntu. To be fair, I think that default install with Xandros should be a plenty for most EEE users. Then again, if an “average” EEE user is somewhat geeky — it might not be. I was … Read more
Have you heard about eeevolution? No? Then you are missing out big time. The little DVD box sized machine that pretty much does everything that your average HP/Dell/Sony spiffy new laptop does but at a fraction o weight and cost. It is a marvel, not to be missed out. It is XO for the rest … Read more
Over at Slashdot there is a story about Russia pushing for its own International TLD ‘.рф’. The comment put onto a Guardian article about this has turned some ‘cold war alarm bells’ on my side, hence I posted the following in the comment thread: I’d suggest Mr. kdawson next time to take a slightly less … Read more