For those that missed Sunday night’s episode of The Simpsons, there was a brilliant “couch gag” in the opening credits: the Simpson family animated by The Ren & Stimpy Show mastermind John Kricfalusi. The bit (above) was bizarre, awkward, weird (yes that’s Homer pouring a beer directly into his cranium), and wonderful. Basically, it’s all the [...] Texas governor and presidential candidate Rick Perry is floating the idea of invading Mexico. Too late: The U.S. military is already up to epaulets there. 10.03.11 From Danger Room The United States, Australia, Canada, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore and South Korea signed the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement on Saturday, an accord targeting intellectual property piracy. 10.03.11 From Threat Level Ten years ago this month, in a small-ish theater ... Continue reading →
Image: Cadillac LOS ANGELES, California – The brand once known as the “Standard of the World” has fully embraced the Standard of Geeks for it’s latest play for the hearts, minds and cash of the upwardly mobile. This is the all-new 2013 Cadillac XTS, and while it certainly isn’t your great-great (great) grandfather’s Cadillac, it’s designed to appeal to everyone from octogenarians to their baby-boomer spawn, and maybe – just maybe – even you… While the XTS’ spate of processors and controllers isn’t running the open-source offspring of Linus Torvalds, the game-changing infotainment intender known as the Cadillac User Experience (CUE) is. Buried deep within the dash is a three-core, ARM 11 processor, powering two displays: one eight-inch capacitive touch screen – the first non-resistive ... Continue reading →
Towel Day is an annual celebration on the 25th of May, as a tribute to the late author Douglas Adams (1952-2001). On that day, fans around the universe proudly carry a towel in his honour. I love Douglas Adams! How can I get involved? Help the cause by spreading the word! Tweet about #towelday, blog, post in forums, share a link in Facebook, etc. We will gladly announce here any event you organize on Towel Day. Just mail us. Some ideas: a get-together over drinks, a party, movie viewing, book reading, exposition, concert, flash mob... or why not something completely different? More ideas On Towel Day, carry a towel. Where? Everywhere! Proudly show the world you've observed Towel Day. You're encouraged to upload a picture ... Continue reading →
Thought to lie among what are called the "trans-Neptunian objects" beyond Neptune -- a group that spans the Kuiper belt, scattered disk and Oort cloud regions and includes what we know as Pluto -- Planet X has been sought for centuries as an explanation for what seem to be discrepancies in the orbits of the gas giants. A giant but unseen planet may lurk on the outer edge of our solar system, making its presence known only by disrupting the orbits of nearby celestial objects, according to Rodney Gomes, an astronomer at the National Observatory of Brazil, who presented a paper on the topic earlier this month. An artist's concept of the Kuiper Belt Object nicknamed "Xena," with its moon dubbed "Gabrielle" just above. The ... Continue reading →
LINUX BLOG SAFARIGoogle's Astonishing Android About-Face By Katherine NoyesLinuxInsider 05/24/12 5:00 AM PT "The North American mobile market is changing," asserted Barbara Hudson, a blogger on Slashdot. "Stats show that, for the first time, contract renewals are down. People are switching to pay-as-you-go plans that cost less than half as much per month, often with fewer limitations. These customers are buying their devices outright, not having the cost hidden away in an expensive multiyear contract, and Google's plan is a natural for them." Avatars Improve CX: See How ... The CodeBaby solution engages and guides customers through critical action paths on your website. Change the way users interact with your site, improve the online customer experience, and boost conversion rates. Try Now. It can sometimes ... Continue reading →
In my quest for Ultimate Freelancer Flexibility, I have purchased a MacBook, so that I can run Linux, Windows and Mac and be able to walk in to any development environment and start work instantly. No more installing software or waiting for passwords! OS X comes with Boot Camp, which enables a dual OS X/Windows machine. But it’s no good for Linux. Over at billsdon.com there’s some very useful info on how to setup a MacBook Air to triple boot, mostly gleaned from this Lifehacker post. Essentially, you use Disk Utility in OS X to setup the drive, and then install the rEFIt boot manager. First you install Windows (and the Boot Camp drivers from the Mac Boot Camp application), and then, hopefully, Linux. billsdon.com ... Continue reading →
It never rains but it pours... today also saw the final release of Linux Mint 13 "Maya". Karen Friar wrote a very good blog about the Release Candidate, so I don't need to repeat all of that detail here. I have been running the RC since it was released, and I picked up the final release image a day or two ago. I have loaded it on pretty much everything around here, and of course it works flawlessly. Rather than a combined Cinnamon/MATE distribution, as they offer with the Mint Debian edition, this time there are two separate distributions, one for each desktop. The Cinnamon version: For those who like the traditional Gnome 2 style desktop, the MATE version: If you want to have both, ... Continue reading →
