Ubuntu Countdown
Thoughts on Unity
Ubuntu Unity Interface
Mark Shuttleworth announced (back in May) that Ubuntu is going to begin phasing over to a new user interface called “Unity”. There seems to be a lot of talk about it now for some reason — probably because it is starting to become a reality with Ubuntu 10.10 going official just weeks ago and in less than 6 weeks 11.04 will go official, which is when Unity will become the default GUI for Ubuntu.
Oh, and I almost forgot to mention… Unity will work with multitouch gestures… that’s kind of a big deal
Why is Unity such a big deal?
Well basically it is taking a new approach to how users interact with their operating system. Instead
What should I do?
Since Google has disabled my AdSense account and appealing their decision has no promise of being fruitful, I am left with a slight dilemma… What to do now?
I have space for ads, but no ads to place there. I have a few ideas, but really can’t decide.
Perhaps you can help… I am open to suggestions. You can leave a comment here, on facebook, or on twitter (or if you’re really shy you can send me an email using the “request/suggest an antidote” pages in the menu). I will give it a few days and take count of the votes/suggestions and proceed from there.
Here are the choices I’ve been considering, pick one (or two) or suggest an
Response to Reader Question: How to Archive Facebook Chats
Howto: Add Your Facebook Friends to Pidgin (via The Linuxologist)
One of my readers (and friends) asked:
“Is there a way to retrieve your facebook chats somewhere on your computer?”
While I personally do not use the Facebook chat (or any chat, seriously. I just don’t have time), I don’t get questions from my readers very often so I thought I’d look into it.
Here is what I’ve found…
The Basics
Facebook chat — as it is when you are logged in to Facebook.com — is nothing more than an HTML/AJAX “chat”… I’m trying to keep this in as plain of terms as possible for the sake of time and to save you the headache of technical details (I assume
Integrating WordPress with Facebook
Facebook and WordPress (image from: www.serifgroup.com)
I find that I am on Facebook a fair amount during the day and since I have friends and family who may be interested in reading my blog and perhaps sharing an article or two here and there, I thought it might be worthwhile to integrate my site with Facebook.
I looked into the Facebook Docs to see what kind of options they had. It looked simple enough, but I thought it might be even more simple, so I checked for existing plugins for WordPress that might simplify things even further!
There are a lot of plugins to sort through, but the one that seemed to stand out the most was: Simple Facebook Connect