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ABC to offer programmes online
Full versions of Lost and other shows will be available online from April 30th - but commericials will be included.
Sam's mailbox pictures
Mailboxes from around the world.
The dot EU landrush fiasco
Lots of dodgy registrars.
Gravity powered air travel
A pollution free idea for air travel that is damn interesting.
Traffic micro simulator
Traffic flow simulator. Java required.

Randomstuff

James Gosling : Scripting Flamewar
The Rise of Ruby on Rails
Are you sure you want to be mainstream?
Mark Pilgrim is blogging again
Diet Soda + Mentos geyser

Kubuntu in trouble?

Kubuntu.de has been taken down, due to a lack of response from Canonical to Kubuntu developer queries.

"Since Canonical ignores all our personal and partly financial engagement until now we have to assume that Canonical is not willing to make Kubuntu a "1st class distribution"."

"Unless all the requests made by Andreas Muller are answered till 15.04.2006

kubuntu.de will shut down including its forum and mailing lists
Amu will stop developing Kubuntu
there will be no booth at LinuxTag
To clarify the seriousness of the situation, kubuntu.de will be offline for one week beginning as from monday, 10.04.2006"

Why IT and Users hate each other

"This reveals one of IT peoples' worst behavioral traits. They assume that because users don't understand IT, they must be stupid. It's a fatal flaw because generally, IT people are very smart. It's harder to major in computer science than marketing. But some math majors aren't interested in IT. They get their MBA's instead. They're smart. And it really frustrates them that they can't be smart about IT."

Read it all here on CIO dot com.

456

if you are American, today's date is 04-05-06, a date we wont see for another 1000 years.

In the UK is today's date 05-04-06, so we'll have to wait until next month for our 456

Is Dapper Drake the one?

Tux Magazine talks about the forthcoming Dapper Drake release of Kubuntu.

Ubuntu Certification announced

(Boston, USA: April 4, 2006) – The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization, and Canonical Ltd, sponsor of the award-winning Ubuntu operating system, jointly announced the development of a certification exam for the Ubuntu distribution. This certification exam will enable qualified candidates to demonstrate specific expertise in the professional use of Ubuntu. The certification exam will be launched at Johannesburg, South Africa, May 16 - 19, 2006.

More here

Malware scourge

Microsoft says that recovery from malware is becoming impossible - security expert recommends automated systems of wiping and re-installing.


Ha ha ha ha......

Google Finance

Google has launched Google Finance.

Ulteo

Ulteo is Gael Duval's mysterious post-Mandrake project. No details yet on what its all about.

Happy St Patrick's Day

Members of the Chicago Stockyard Kilty Band march down S. Western Avenue during the 28th Annual South Side Irish St. Patrick's Day Parade.
Source:Metromix .com photo gallery


Chicago River, dyed green
Source:Globe And Mail

Ultimate Ubuntu Eye candy

How to add Xgl and Compiz to your Ubuntu install. Not for the faint hearted - and only try it on a test system.

via: Digg

Some Links

Is YouTube the Napster of Video?
Despite the title, I good write up on the explosive growth of YouTube.com - even record companies are stealthily uploading music video content in order to get more artist exposure.
Oscar Nominees You Didnt see
In watching films before the hype, critics get a different picture.
Rural America
Haunting photo essay of North Dakota - where rural towns are closing down, and houses lie abandoned.

Flickr of an idea

Very interesting USA Today article on how Flickr was born.

via:Digg

Fake minature

Cinque Terre
Originally uploaded by monkey123.

From the tilt-shift fake minuatures pool on Flickr.

Linkdump

Hubble releases hi-definition view of galaxy
X-Ray Milky Way reveals millions of unseen objects
Can you Digg what is happening to journalism?
Google Maps versus the rest
Google Video - Quatum Physics double slit experiment
Google Hosting
Apple Ruby On Rails Tutorial
Google Purchases coming?

Major Richard WInters interview

Fascinating interview with Major Richard Winters ,of Band Of Brothers fame, here on historynet , reflecting on the tv series , D-Day and leadership.

Linkdump

Google Pages
Create your own web pages via an easy to use interface.
Kottke reviews first year
Kottke looks back at his first year as a full time blogger
The centre of the Google Maps universe
Wired looks at the default centre of Google Maps - Coffeyville in Kansas.
Chuck Norris Facts - Web 2.0 version
Chuck Norris Facts t-shirts
Googlestore
The UK is missing

Google China

now this is funny

Pintsearch

Pintsearch is a Google Maps powered site that plots around 2000 London pubs. Each pub is rated and colored accordingly.