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Ubuntu 8.10 on a Macbook Pro
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Since 8.10 alpha was released I've been (kind of addicted) testing all the new versions with Virtualbox. Tracking all the ups and downs and all that and checking how the development process was. The Release Candidate was finally out a couple of days ago, and I tested it on my desktop (upgrading), apart from a couple of glitches everything was running well and new versions of programs were finally there.
So, I tested the liveCD on my laptop and it also went pretty well, everything was working out of the *cough* box. Graphics card, Sound card, Wireless, Bluetooth and, most importantly, suspend. Also, the fans are super quiet, which is totally not the case when on bootcamp/Windows. Only the trackpad gestures doesn't seem to work. However, I decided to finally get rid of MacOS and Windows from the machine and just leave the Ubuntu.
So yet another one of my machines got converted o/, only the macmini at work is still running Windows, I guess I'll have to wait until I finish the project I'm working on before installing it there, which it may even have to be for Ubuntu 9.04 :D
Anyway, this looks great, I'm super happy :)
PS: The isight wasn't working, so after a search I found this and then this and then this, and after rebooting the machine it worked perfectly. Cheese and Skype works good, flash crashes when trying to use the webcam tho :( Go ubuntu go!
So, I tested the liveCD on my laptop and it also went pretty well, everything was working out of the *cough* box. Graphics card, Sound card, Wireless, Bluetooth and, most importantly, suspend. Also, the fans are super quiet, which is totally not the case when on bootcamp/Windows. Only the trackpad gestures doesn't seem to work. However, I decided to finally get rid of MacOS and Windows from the machine and just leave the Ubuntu.
So yet another one of my machines got converted o/, only the macmini at work is still running Windows, I guess I'll have to wait until I finish the project I'm working on before installing it there, which it may even have to be for Ubuntu 9.04 :D
Anyway, this looks great, I'm super happy :)
PS: The isight wasn't working, so after a search I found this and then this and then this, and after rebooting the machine it worked perfectly. Cheese and Skype works good, flash crashes when trying to use the webcam tho :( Go ubuntu go!
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Ubuntu 8.04, Apple Keyboard - Change Fn key behaviour
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Having to press Fn+F11 to launch the compiler on FDT/eclipse is not really ideal. Here it's the fix:
Edit the file /etc/modprobe.d/options:
Add the line: options hid pb_fnmode=2
Save the file and execute the following command:
Reboot
Edit the file /etc/modprobe.d/options:
sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/options
Add the line: options hid pb_fnmode=2
Save the file and execute the following command:
sudo update-initramfs -u
Reboot
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Rules for making the internet a better place
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I navigate quite a lot, and for years I've seen all these annoyances that I always think we should all punish their authors by leaving instantly the page.
You should leave the site when...
It modified the size of your browser.
They want to catch your attention, and as the content isn't good enough that's the last resource they have. And the excuse that they want to make sure the user has the browser big enough is just not valid.
It takes ages to load
And they weren't clever enough to make the loading time entertaining. Websites are supposed to be for more than 1 visit. If your loading takes ages, people will have the experience just once. I think you are missing the point.
You need to register before entering the site.
No way! That is so 1999. If you want to catch users/emails, be creative and find a way so the people wants to know more about you/the product and invite them to subscribe at some part of the experience, but if you make then register first thing you'll get a lot of a@a.com, if any.
The page is all full of ADs.
Specially in blogs. Good content creates money/opportunities in the end. If you have ADs around from the start you're creating a money pressure to yourself that is likely distort the quality of your content.
You have to watch a unrelated AD first.
That is very common on flash games. You have to see that AD before playing (supposedly while it loads). I find it very annoying and it makes the game lose a lot of its value and character. As in the previous point, your games are designed to earn money to yourself and not to provide a good gaming experience, which is what should be.
Am I missing any?
I could put a example of every case, but they don't deserve the publicity ;) Unfortunately, I don't think this will change anything, but somebody had to expose it.
You should leave the site when...
It modified the size of your browser.
They want to catch your attention, and as the content isn't good enough that's the last resource they have. And the excuse that they want to make sure the user has the browser big enough is just not valid.
It takes ages to load
And they weren't clever enough to make the loading time entertaining. Websites are supposed to be for more than 1 visit. If your loading takes ages, people will have the experience just once. I think you are missing the point.
You need to register before entering the site.
No way! That is so 1999. If you want to catch users/emails, be creative and find a way so the people wants to know more about you/the product and invite them to subscribe at some part of the experience, but if you make then register first thing you'll get a lot of a@a.com, if any.
The page is all full of ADs.
Specially in blogs. Good content creates money/opportunities in the end. If you have ADs around from the start you're creating a money pressure to yourself that is likely distort the quality of your content.
You have to watch a unrelated AD first.
That is very common on flash games. You have to see that AD before playing (supposedly while it loads). I find it very annoying and it makes the game lose a lot of its value and character. As in the previous point, your games are designed to earn money to yourself and not to provide a good gaming experience, which is what should be.
Am I missing any?
I could put a example of every case, but they don't deserve the publicity ;) Unfortunately, I don't think this will change anything, but somebody had to expose it.
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The Magic of Viral
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Well, kind of predictable...
You spend a lot of time trying to improve your technical knowledge doing experiments all the time, and suddenly, a stupid idea pops, you tackle it in a couple of hours and that makes people go mad and your site ends up on the top 5 shakers list in Alexa.
That's worth a screenshot!

Can you believe that it's even higher than Zeitgeist? Anyway... I think the joke reached its end now. I have a lot of data of referrers and I'm tempted of doing a nice graph with it, but I'm feeling lazy.
Just a quick note by the way, the fact that I choosed that Rick Astley video wasn't really intentional for making it a Rickroll in HD, it was just the first video it came to my mind.
You spend a lot of time trying to improve your technical knowledge doing experiments all the time, and suddenly, a stupid idea pops, you tackle it in a couple of hours and that makes people go mad and your site ends up on the top 5 shakers list in Alexa.
That's worth a screenshot!

Can you believe that it's even higher than Zeitgeist? Anyway... I think the joke reached its end now. I have a lot of data of referrers and I'm tempted of doing a nice graph with it, but I'm feeling lazy.
Just a quick note by the way, the fact that I choosed that Rick Astley video wasn't really intentional for making it a Rickroll in HD, it was just the first video it came to my mind.
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Jonathan Harris: Beyond Flash, an addendum
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Yet another year I decided not to attend FOTB. Even being a couple of hours from where I live, I have always find it very expensive for what it looks. However, I was very tempted this year when I heard that Jonathan Harris was going there. I really admire his work and how he uses creatively the technology to execute nice ideas. If you don't know what I'm talking about, you need to see this
After the event, seems like everyone is mainly talking about his speech and how arrogant he was and daba daba. But, from what I was able to read on blogs, you could include me on the "He is right" group.
He has written an article illustrating his points here and, definitely, he is spot on, and what matters most, inspiring. In fact, to me it's quite on the same level as Ken Robinson message.
I guess I'm the perfect example of what he means, a lot of experimentation but no ideas on them. Well, this is something I've been trying to work on for a while already, and hopefully will have some impact on my work in the future. I'm still learning the language I think.
Anyway... Thanks Jonathan! Once again.
After the event, seems like everyone is mainly talking about his speech and how arrogant he was and daba daba. But, from what I was able to read on blogs, you could include me on the "He is right" group.
He has written an article illustrating his points here and, definitely, he is spot on, and what matters most, inspiring. In fact, to me it's quite on the same level as Ken Robinson message.
I guess I'm the perfect example of what he means, a lot of experimentation but no ideas on them. Well, this is something I've been trying to work on for a while already, and hopefully will have some impact on my work in the future. I'm still learning the language I think.
Anyway... Thanks Jonathan! Once again.
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Zeitgeist: Addendum
Yet another interesting movie everyone should see. It goes way more deep than the first one.
More info at zeitgeistmovie.com
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Yet another interesting movie everyone should see. It goes way more deep than the first one.
More info at zeitgeistmovie.com
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Crisis
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This seems to be a sketch from one year ago:
On a side note... I love when we are in crisis. Seems like if there is a crisis serial killers and violence news disappear. I wish newspapers could just not release an edition one day if they though there were not real news. Ah yeah, I remember, it's all about the ADs.
On a side note... I love when we are in crisis. Seems like if there is a crisis serial killers and violence news disappear. I wish newspapers could just not release an edition one day if they though there were not real news. Ah yeah, I remember, it's all about the ADs.
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Youtube, now in Super HD!
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Some months(?) ago Youtube released the HD version of their videos. Well, that's nice, but take a look at this... now we have Super HD!

:P

:P
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Adobe AIR for Linux - Beta
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http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/air/
Another step for being Windows/MacOS free! The alpha version was out for a couple of months already, but wasn't working too well. The beta runs pretty well the app I'm working on at work :)
Another step for being Windows/MacOS free! The alpha version was out for a couple of months already, but wasn't working too well. The beta runs pretty well the app I'm working on at work :)
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What does the Google Chrome logo inspire you?

Román's idea seemed good excuse for me to start playing around with flash game development... you know, logic, timing, addiction, scores and all that.
It also was a nice little project for try gTween out, which seemed a bit weird in some cases, but was very easy to use.
And, this time the bug in flash player seemed to have random delays when playing sounds. It is only on the Linux version tho, on the other platforms everything was perfect.
Have fun!
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Román's idea seemed good excuse for me to start playing around with flash game development... you know, logic, timing, addiction, scores and all that.
It also was a nice little project for try gTween out, which seemed a bit weird in some cases, but was very easy to use.
And, this time the bug in flash player seemed to have random delays when playing sounds. It is only on the Linux version tho, on the other platforms everything was perfect.
Have fun!
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