Recipe for thorx

mix one mad rush of idea through a brain premixed with random knowledge and strange imagination. Please avoiding zombies whilst brain is exposed. Baste with motivation and bake well in the oven of the wiki. Serve to blog.

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new $HOME days 3-6: Desktop Distro Distractions

Like I said, KDE has grown on me, but I’m not quite sure yet if it’s a beauty spot, or merely a wart. . . . → Read More: new $HOME days 3-6: Desktop Distro Distractions

but that was my $HOME

This is my $HOME. There are many like it, but this one is mine. I’m rebuilding it. . . . → Read More: but that was my $HOME

my experiment in custom iPhone ringtones via linux

thanks to recent nautilus (I assume is responsible – as seen in Ubuntu Lucid Lynx) ability to view the iPhones file paths, we can try this (typing this as I go, so this is draft on-the-fly quality notes) Continue reading my experiment in custom iPhone ringtones via linux

building a better atq

I was frustrated at the poor information available by atq (what’s that? You’ll tell me WHEN you’re running stuff, but not WHAT you’re running? This seems a little out of order!)

In fact, atq is literally out of order – I guess the idea is that you pipe it through sort. very very old-school . . . → Read More: building a better atq

augmented thinking

Now this, I am sure you will agree, is a damn cool presentation of some excellent ideas.

http://www.ted.com/talks/blaise_aguera.html

If you haven’t seen it, then do so now.

If you have, proceed… Continue reading augmented thinking

Subway voting…

I recently had pause to use Subway machines to choose my lunch. Which bread did I support (Dear Subway. Bring back Parmeson-Oregano bread. If you do not, I cannot respect your advertising campaign based on the concept of “choice”), which fillings match my views, and which condiments are just “me”. It gave me a paper receipt, and I had food. (it was tasty)

So. Why can’t we have a voting machine to do this? Continue reading Subway voting…