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Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft Upgrade plus Compiz goodness on AIGLX

Saturday, October 28th, 2006

Geeks with not much to say talk about their tools. Here’s an eft:

Today, I talk about my experience upgrading the FREE Linux distribution Ubuntu from 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake) to 6.10 (Edgy Eft). The leap (check this link out if you’re geeky like me) from 6.06 to 6.10 was hyped up to bring lotsa “cutting [...]

10 ways to spend more time “coding” with friends

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006

For the uninitiated:
Q) Have you ever wondered what a software developer REALLY does?
A) Sit in front of the monitor confused. (or cursing… or both)
A while ago, I read an article about how developers spend their time. What Jeff Atwood postulates is that developers spend MUCH more time understanding code rather than typing in new stuff. [...]

If you don’t code

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

If you don’t code try this. You might like it! It is an interactive, “hands-on” tutorial to Ruby, the programming language. If you do code, try it anyway if you haven’t picked up Ruby yet. This tutorial has been made with the beginner in mind, so the author does quite a bit of hand-holding. While [...]