I was pointed to this earlier today by someone on one of the many Linux lists I hover around. It's a great video, and an awesome presentation built to showcase Ubuntu Netbook Remix (9.10) on Dell systems. It speaks for itself, but it's incredibly well done.

It's finally the end of a very long week of work and I'm looking forward to the next 4 days of holiday in what has to be one of the most fascinating cities I've ever been to, Prague. I'm officially here for the Ubuntu Platform Sprint, a week long marathon of working to get over the hump that occurs during the middle of each six month release cycle.  read more »

It's amazing to me that it was two years ago that I was sitting on the edge of my seat following real-time updates from the Supreme Court Of The United States waiting for the ruling in Heller V District of Columbia. That was a pretty good day. The Constitution won and the court struck down the D.C. law banning hand guns as being unconstitutional. And that should have been the end of it, but it wasn't. You see, since the Supreme Court had never actually ruled on the 2nd Amendment before, and Heller was the first direct 2nd Amendment ruling, the anti-gun crowd took a new tactic.  read more »

A while back, I bought a Nook from Barnes and Noble. I looked, compared, and researched eReaders for MONTHS before finally purchasing one so I'd have it in time for my trip to Belgium. It just happened that it coincided with my birthday at the end of April, so for my Birthday, I went to Barnes and Noble at Southpoint, and for the grand total of $365 I walked out the door with my new Nook in hand. Yeah, I bought the insurance plan. Hell, I plan on taking it with me on my overseas travels, so being able to get a free replacement if I drop it, or it gets smushed in transit is a good thing.  read more »