Check out this footage of Google's Android mobile phone platform - looks amazing! I particularly like the idea of being able to play Quake or Doom on a phone! Also, it's got a nice, clear web browser that's fast, easy to use and can actually deliver a decent browsing experience, similar to the iPhone.
I want a phone running Android so badly!
Thursday, 28 February 2008
Wednesday, 27 February 2008
Another new desktop!
Ages ago I subscribed to the RSS feed for KDE-Look, but something seemed to happen to it and for ages I didn't get anything from it. Today I cancelled my existing subscription and went back and resubscribed, so it's now working again. While there, I decided to give my desktop a makeover again using the great resources there.
This is the excellent result!
This is the excellent result!
HardyHeron/Alpha5/KubuntuKDE4 - Ubuntu Wiki
HardyHeron/Alpha5/KubuntuKDE4 - Ubuntu Wiki
The first alpha of Kubuntu-KDE4 Hardy has been released!. I still haven't decided whether I will use this or the KDE3 version - hopefully the final version will be reasonably polished!
The first alpha of Kubuntu-KDE4 Hardy has been released!. I still haven't decided whether I will use this or the KDE3 version - hopefully the final version will be reasonably polished!
Tuesday, 26 February 2008
Monday, 25 February 2008
I'm feeling lucky!
I don't know why, but it's only in the last few weeks I've really discovered Google's "I'm Feeling Lucky" button. Now I have it on Google Toolbar and I wouldn't be without it. It's so convenient - half the time you know the name of what you're after, you just can't remember the exact address, and "I'm Feeling Lucky" just takes you straight through to the first entry it finds, saving you time.
That's all - give it a try!
That's all - give it a try!
Adobe merge on and offline worlds
Today marks the official launch of Adobe AIR after a year in beta. As a budding web developer myself, I really like the idea of being able to create a desktop app with HTML, CSS and JavaScript (they're far simpler than using something like Microsoft Visual C#). But with a Linux version in the pipeline, and Adobe apparently working on AIR versions of their popular applications like Photoshop and Dreamweaver, does this mean that these apps are coming to Linux? I hope so!
read more | digg story
read more | digg story
Nokia's nanotech Morph goes on display, signals melting devices in our future - Engadget
Nokia's nanotech Morph goes on display, signals melting devices in our future - Engadget
Check this out - especially the video! Nokia's working on a technology called Morph that would use nanotechnology to create electronic devices that were not only light and powerful, but malleable as well, meaning they can be stretched, folded or squeezed into new shapes, so that buttons can form as needed and the whole thing can be folded up then wrapped round your wrist as demonstrated! And they're looking to start using this in devices in as little as seven years! Pretty cool! It's just a shame that two-thirds of Americans apparently feel that nanotechnology is morally unacceptable - guess they'll have to miss out on cool technology like this!
Check this out - especially the video! Nokia's working on a technology called Morph that would use nanotechnology to create electronic devices that were not only light and powerful, but malleable as well, meaning they can be stretched, folded or squeezed into new shapes, so that buttons can form as needed and the whole thing can be folded up then wrapped round your wrist as demonstrated! And they're looking to start using this in devices in as little as seven years! Pretty cool! It's just a shame that two-thirds of Americans apparently feel that nanotechnology is morally unacceptable - guess they'll have to miss out on cool technology like this!
Wednesday, 20 February 2008
My new purchase!
Just a short post to say that I am now the proud owner of a white Asus Eee PC! It's a great little machine and I'm having loads of fun with it! I'm writing this post on it and it loads web pages really fast and is really easy to use. It even has Flash preinstalled! It was £230 for the 2GB version, but it came with a free 4GB SD card.
I'll let you know how I get on with it...
I'll let you know how I get on with it...
Sunday, 17 February 2008
Linux Mint on a USB flash drive
I've succeeded in getting Linux Mint installed on a 2GB USB flash drive, and it runs really well from there! The install from Windows I mentioned earlier didn't work, so I used this one for installing Ubuntu Gutsy from a Live CD and that worked fine! Even Compiz-Fusion works on it!
Mint is a great distro, and ideal for this purpose because it already comes preloaded with everything you need (Java, Flash, MP3 playback etc), so I can now take it anywhere and be able to use Linux from someone else's computer. It's also handy because in easierbuntu I sometimes struggle to remember what things are called in Gnome, being primarily a KDE man. As the USB drive will boot quicker than a Live CD, I can check things in Gnome quickly and easily.
Mint is a great distro, and ideal for this purpose because it already comes preloaded with everything you need (Java, Flash, MP3 playback etc), so I can now take it anywhere and be able to use Linux from someone else's computer. It's also handy because in easierbuntu I sometimes struggle to remember what things are called in Gnome, being primarily a KDE man. As the USB drive will boot quicker than a Live CD, I can check things in Gnome quickly and easily.
Machines 'to match man by 2029'
Don't know if you've ever heard of Ray Kurzweil, but he's one of the more optimistic futurologists around. I read his book, The Singularity Is Near, a couple of years ago, and it's absolutely staggering - it talks about what will happen once artificial intelligence matches human intelligence. This article is very interesting reading.
read more | digg story
read more | digg story
Friday, 15 February 2008
ScribeFire
I've tried loads of blogging tools, and I've been struggling to find one that integrates with Firefox in Linux. I've tried ScribeFire before and couldn't get it to work. But I've just installed it on my Kubuntu laptop and I'm going to see if it works OK. If you're reading this you know it works!
Thursday, 14 February 2008
Pendrive fun!
One thing I have wanted to try doing for a while is put a Linux distro on a USB pendrive so I can boot into it from any computer, giving me the convenience of being able to get at my own desktop from any computer and the portability and speed of a flash drive. So I'm really pleased to have found Pendrive Linux, a site that provides simple tutorials for installing Linux to a USB flash drive. I'm trying the Linux Mint install from Windows to see how that goes. I'll let you know how I get on!
Wednesday, 13 February 2008
Yahoo! oneConnect
Now this sounds interesting. Yahoo! oneConnect is a way of keeping in touch with people via your mobile phone, combining IM, email,phone numbers and text.
It's also integrated with a number of social networks, including Bebo, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and Last.fm.
And you can see where people are, so if you're on a night out but you're really not having a good time, you can see if a friend is at a nearby bar so you can go and join them.
This is the kind of thing more developers should be making for mobiles (unfortunately Yahoo! don't seem to support my phone with Yahoo! Go at present so I can't use that, and probably won't be able to use this). I'll be watching this carefully...
It's also integrated with a number of social networks, including Bebo, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and Last.fm.
And you can see where people are, so if you're on a night out but you're really not having a good time, you can see if a friend is at a nearby bar so you can go and join them.
This is the kind of thing more developers should be making for mobiles (unfortunately Yahoo! don't seem to support my phone with Yahoo! Go at present so I can't use that, and probably won't be able to use this). I'll be watching this carefully...
Tuesday, 12 February 2008
Why I like del.icio.us
I only started using del.icio.us a few months ago, but I'm already finding it to be an indispensable service. I've long used Google Bookmarks as I have more than one computer so I like to be able to access the same set of bookmarks from all of them, and this serves me very well for this purpose. I don't have any plans to abandon it entirely (at least not for the foreseeable future).
But del.icio.us, at least for me, serves a slightly different purpose. Google Bookmarks is what I use to bookmark sites I will want to return to in the near future, and may visit regularly. By comparison, del.icio.us is what I use to bookmark sites I am unlikely to use regularly, but may want to visit under certain circumstances - things like handy tutorials or bits of code I can see myself wanting to use in future. It's great for keeping an archive of things like that.
By comparison, Google Bookmarks is great for keeping track of the websites I'm likely to visit fairly often (and there is a LOT of them) where I wouldn't want to dig through the huge numbers of sites I've bookmarked on del.icio.us.
Also, del.icio.us is a handy search tool. You can search through all the bookmarked sites in the same manner as any other search engine. This is handy because everything in there is something that has been submitted because they may want to refer back to it in future, so you're less likely to come across something that isn't useful or relevant. The tagging system means your search relies on other people's tags, which should mostly be relevant.
So, give it a try. There's a Firefox extension or Flock has built-in support. And many other browsers no doubt have the facilities to support it. It's one of those tools that makes browsing easier and more fun.
But del.icio.us, at least for me, serves a slightly different purpose. Google Bookmarks is what I use to bookmark sites I will want to return to in the near future, and may visit regularly. By comparison, del.icio.us is what I use to bookmark sites I am unlikely to use regularly, but may want to visit under certain circumstances - things like handy tutorials or bits of code I can see myself wanting to use in future. It's great for keeping an archive of things like that.
By comparison, Google Bookmarks is great for keeping track of the websites I'm likely to visit fairly often (and there is a LOT of them) where I wouldn't want to dig through the huge numbers of sites I've bookmarked on del.icio.us.
Also, del.icio.us is a handy search tool. You can search through all the bookmarked sites in the same manner as any other search engine. This is handy because everything in there is something that has been submitted because they may want to refer back to it in future, so you're less likely to come across something that isn't useful or relevant. The tagging system means your search relies on other people's tags, which should mostly be relevant.
So, give it a try. There's a Firefox extension or Flock has built-in support. And many other browsers no doubt have the facilities to support it. It's one of those tools that makes browsing easier and more fun.
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