Ack! I meant to write another links post two weeks ago! I hate when things get so busy that I can’t blog for two weeks. 
- Ante Karamatić: Is this for real? Ante found some interesting screenies in his sister’s high school IT textbook. They teach IT in high school? Damn, have things changed that much since I graduated in ’78?
- Jordi Mas: gbrainy 1.30. Once again the leading (?) open source smartness app gets an update, now bringing the ability to track your personal records, nine new verbal analogies and a new logic puzzle, as well as an improved scoring algorithm to the mix, as well as better multiplatform support.
- Elizabeth Krumbach: New Leader for the Ubuntu Women Project. I’ve been meaning to congratulate Amber Graner for being named as the leader of the Ubuntu Women Project for about ten days but I kept letting time slip away without blogging it. (I’m surprised that Nanci didn’t post about this, although I know she’s been about as busy as I’ve been so far this decade.) I’ve linked to some of her posts in the past and I’m glad to see that her work as a woman using Ubuntu has opened up this great opportunity for her. The project can only get better, and I don’t think there could be a better woman to lead the project. Amber has also written a post about her new position that you should take the time to read.
- Paul Cutler: Debunking GNOME 3.0 Myths. As news comes out about the upcoming GNOME 3 there are some things that GNOME 3 is supposed to bring that aren’t quite accurate. Paul gives us a great site to bookmark so we have quick access for when we hear something about GNOME 3 that seems almost too good to be true. Or even just a bit far-fetched. Shane Fagan also has an informative post about GNOME 3 and the shell and panel support, two subjects that are finding some confusion in the user community.
- David “Lefty” Schlesinger: Browser Discipline. Lefty has noticed that sometimes he has “a bazillion tabs” open in his browser. He found a nice solution that you may find helpful as well.
- Martin Owens: Ubunchu Chapter 04: Licensing. That’s right, all you manga lovers, there’s a new chapter in the ongoing story of Ubunchu, the world’s first Ubuntu manga written in English. They don’t have a left to-right copy of the newest issue for some reason, but don’t let that stop you from getting up to date on their adventures.
- Alan Pope: MiserWare Beta for Windows as well as Linux. You may have heard about this very nice software title for helping you save money on your electric bills, especially since it was initially a Linux-only app. It’s now available for Windows users, so if this app sounds like something you may be interested in and have a Windows box you should definitely check it out.
- Dustin Kirkland: LCA2010: Day 2, Wellington, New Zealand. While attending an open source software conference in New Zealand Dustin was able to sit in on a presentation that revealed the juicy little tidbit that Avatar, the latest blockbuster that has surpassed Titanic as the highest grossing motion picture ever, used Ubuntu to render their digital effects and graphics. Yes, when I saw this news the geek in me definitely went squeee! Big thanks to Algot Runeman from the Ubuntu Massachusetts LoCo for bringing this news to my attention.
- Danny Piccirillo: Download Disobedience, pro-piracy campaign. I meant to pass this along last week because it’s a campaign aimed not at trying to get legal approval for theft of copyrighted materials but to raise awareness about the massive amount of misinformation that’s out there in the name of protecting intellectual property. He also has a nice vid protesting the heavy handed protection of the copyright of that old chestnut “Happy Birthday”. Yes, it’s illegal to sing that without paying royalties, something Dan Rydell got slapped for doing. (Extra points to Danny for allowing me to include a link to one of my favorite shows.
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- Martin Owens: Generating Calendars. Picture this scenario: You want a hard copy of your calendar for the month but you want to have your birthdays, anniversaries, and other important dates so you can let others consult it. And it can’t look like crap. Martin has info on a nice little app that can do just that, and he’s even been kind enough to share the 2010 calendar he made, but without his personal info. While it’s a bit late for helping you make personalized Chrismukkuh gifts you never know when you may find yourself needing just this kind of program.
Before I close this post I want to pass along some great news to people who want to use the Chromium browser but have heard that there are some annoying bugs that mat be keeping you from using it more often. Issue 24210 – Cannot drag a bookmark into desktop has finally been resolved (at least in the daily builds) so when you find a site you want to return to you can finally drag a bookmark to your desktop where you can remember that you want to revisit the page. In addition, Issue 2238 – Add search engine dialog doesn’t allow “{” (open curly brace) has also been resolved so you can use all those great bookmarklets you used in other browsers. There’s also a great extension for Google Chrome called Chromy that makes it easy to manage your bookmarklets, although it may not be as easy to use as it’s predecessor, Bookmarklets Manager. I just installed Chromy though so I may simply need to play with it a bit longer.
If you’ve begged for forward slash searching it hasn’t been added to Chrome or Chromium, but there’s an extension called Type-ahead-find that brings this function to Chrome although it’s not as easy as the behavior built into Firefox.
Of course I can’t close without extending my congratulations to the New Orleans Saints for winning the NFC Championship game on Sunday. I’m still amazed that they made it this far, especially after all the times they snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in the past. That gives the Crescent City even more to celebrate, especially with Mardi Gras Day 2010 about 20 days away.
I’ll try to get another post up in a few days, especially since I still have 18 items flagged for blogging. I do know that I may be offline for a day or three next week when I get my new SATA controller card and finally get my 160 GB hard drive installed. It will take some extra time because I’ll be doing a fresh Ubuntu install and creating a fresh user account, so I’ll also need to see about migrating some of my user data to the new account.
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Full Circle, the independent Ubuntu community magazine, has reached double digits in the issue number with the release of their tenth issue this week. 
