September 2011
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The Obi 100, the coolest little box I've never...
Apparently my new apartment is also a Faraday cage, and I can’t get any cell phone signal. Walking outside gets me 3g and full signal, but inside, nothing. Thanks to Google Voice though, I’ve been able to just route all my calls to my PC, so I can still do my conference calls.
However, this isn’t so reliable, especially when multiarch was landing and I didn’t figure out...
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Appetite of the Beast
It ends up Nicko McBrain (the drummer from Iron Maiden) own a BBQ joint in Florida, quite close to me.
He wasn’t around but apparently he stops by at night after he golfs. And they have wireless. I think I’ve found my new coworking space.
(More pics)
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Looking for a few good people.
I’m looking for instructors for Ubuntu Open Week, which is traditionally held on the week after release on #ubuntu-classroom on Freenode. Want to teach a course on something? Here’s a great way to jump in and help out.
(Original Post) (Logo by htorque)
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Ask a Unity Developer ....
The Unity team is doing an “Ask me Anything” on Reddit if you want to join in.
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Just buy this....
Growing up in the 80’s and 90’s my idea of AC/DC was basically everything after “Back in Black”, which made them a household name.
I finally snagged the new Blu Ray of Let There be Rock, which is great for people like me because it’s a good time capsule to what that era was like. My only image of Bon Scott was just the replays on the radio.
However, on...
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Using Alt-tab and Alt-` in Unity
For 11.10 the launcher team worked on a new alt-tab. Here’s how I use it to switch between not only applications, but windows within applications.
(Sorry about the flicker, seems to be a result of recording it)