The Linux Kernel’s Next Incarnation – I think it’s probably mostly speculation though, but it’s a nice “fluff” piece.
Author Archives: Donncha
After an email from the author …
After an email from the author of AmphetaDesk regarding my previous post on RSS readers for Linux. I took a look at AmphetaDesk again, and downloaded the latest release. Via the updates page there I found AmphetaOutlines, a small patch to make the AmphetaDesk UI a bit more sophisticated. Well done guys!
Via IRC: Apocalyptic End-Times …
Via IRC: Apocalyptic End-Times Comic – Page 3
<elrond> I wonder whose snatch was particularly great ?
BottomQuark always has good st …
BottomQuark always has good stuff. Here’s one, Yahoo! News – Man Aged 122 Dies in Egypt, and there’s plenty more!
photoSIG – Two teens running f …
photoSIG – Two teens running from Tank
These two teens were running from the approaching tank (seen in the background). They had been throwing stones with friends as the tanks entered the city. The group had dispersed when tear-gas and shots were fired. You can see the excitement in their eyes.
Ever since mentioning the Bibl …
Ever since mentioning the Bible Code here my site has come up on Google for numerous searches for that book. Someone came here looking for information about the shuttle, and another looked for information on Iraq. In the last search Sitemeter recorded as a referer I found yet another review of the Bible Code. Will the world come to an end in 2006? It could also end in 2012, the end of the Mayan calendar, or…
Smart Mobs + Smart Mobiles = t …
Smart Mobs + Smart Mobiles = the next social revolution? – blogging from your mobile phone. Includes a link to Newbay Software who have blogging server software you can blog to via MMS!
Retouching Amatuer Portraits – …
Retouching Amatuer Portraits – short but excellent article!
Our local supermarket in Ball …
Our local supermarket in Ballincollig recently repainted their parking spaces and added a few new ones near the shop entrance..
Meanwhile in the pub, while waiting for a drink at the bar I saw the barman fill up a very large tube with beer. I heard him shout to someone there was 4 1/2 pints in the tube and the drinker can pour his own drinks as he goes. Nice.
Outer Space: After the Space S …
Outer Space: After the Space Shuttle
Gregory Benford tries to move us beyond the space shuttle–that strange craft that was both the most expensive (at $300 million per mission) and the least reliable (one catastrophic loss of vehicle and crew for every sixty missions) system for getting stuff and people up to near-earth-orbit ever devised.