Sure Ubuntu sounds great, but where can I buy it?
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Flickr HDR Wallpaper pool
Internet, WallpapersI know I am a little "late to the party" on this topic, but I have recently discovered HDR (High Dynamic Range) images to use as wallpapers on my laptop. If you haven't ever heard of it, then you should definitely check it out.
high dynamic range imaging (HDRI) is a set of techniques that allows a greater dynamic range of exposures (the range of values between light and dark areas) than normal digital imaging techniques. The intention of HDRI is to accurately represent the wide range of intensity levels found in real scenes ranging from direct sunlight to shadows.
I came across a flickr pool devoted to these HDR wallpapers. Very cool!
Here is an example of one of my favorites:
Other sources for HDR wallpaper:
Hulu opens to the public March 12th!
General, Humor, InternetIn honor of Hulu.com officially opening up to the public (tomorrow), here is one of my favorite SNL clips.... PUNCHED!
Hulu.com has partnered with, among others, MGM and Sony to offer full-length television shows, clips, etc.
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PCLinuxOS doesn't dissappoint
LinuxJust a quick shout out to PCLinuxOS from a long time Ubuntu user. Nice work!
I haven't found any reason to declare Ubuntu a clear victor over PCLOS. In fact, I am really enjoying this OS for the time being.
Here is a screenshot of my current config. (click image for fullsize)
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Testing KBlogger
LinuxThis post is being created in kblogger, a KDE kicker applet that supports the Blogger and Metaweblog API's. First Impressions: Very minimalisitic... No image upload support, very little wysiwyg type of options. The only options I see are 'bold', 'italic', and add a link. Only one category.... InstantSpot supports multiple categories, and tagging as well. So this is a little bit of a drawback for those who like to really categorize their posts. It might work ok for this blog though. Buggy... Or at least it seems like it is. As I hit 'enter' it seems to remove any formatting I have done to previous text. Read more about kblogger here: kblogger.pwsp.net Overall...I'm probably not going to continue using kblogger. Scribefire is very superior to this applet.
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Edit:
Ok, kblogger really isn't any good whatsoever. That post above was actually nicely spaced out and somewhat formatted in my kblogger editor.
kblogger...you are getting uninstalled!
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ASUS eee PC VS Everex Cloudbook
LinuxAsus EEE PC VS Everex Cloudbook
For some reason, I am extremely intrigued by these tiny laptops. As a developer I really couldn't make use of one in my work, the screen is too small, the storage is too limited, and out-of-the-box there just isn't enough memory.
But I can't help myself...I want one!
When ASUS announced they were going to be releasing such an affordable, linux based mini-laptop I was excited. A) because another company was rolling a machine with linux as the OS, and B) finally an ultra small laptop that was cheap!
One of the major drawbacks in my opinion was the 4GB of storage that the eee PC offered (in the $399 model). 4GB is just almost unusable in this day and age.
Everex, the makers of the gPC (the $199 desktop system with an Ubuntu derivative operating system) are about to release their competitor to the eee PC. Lets look at the Cloudbook and compare it to the eee PC.
(PRICE is $399 for each of these two laptops. )
Processor Speed
eee PC: Intel® Celeron® M processor with 900MHz
Cloudbook: 1.2GHz, VIA C7®-M Processor ULV
Memory (RAM)
eee PC: 512MB DDR2
Cloudbook: 512MB DDR2
Hard Drive
eee PC: 4GB flash-based SSD hard drive
Cloudbook: 30GB HDD
Display
eee PC: 7" WVGA TFT Display (800 x 480)
Cloudbook: 7" WVGA TFT Display (800 x 480)
Weight
eee PC: 2 pounds
Cloudbook: 2 pounds
As you can tell from the specs, these two machines are fairly evenly matched except in two areas, processor and storage. For the same price, you can get almost 50% more processor and over 7 times the storage. Also, in terms of case appearance the Cloudbook is more appealling to me.
That all said, I haven't actually had the opportunity to get my hands on either one so all I can to is admire them both from afar. But if I had to choose, I'd order the Cloudbook.
Related Videos:
Everex Debutes Cloudbook
Review of eee PC by Notebookreview.com
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