May 2007
39 posts
“Perhaps the greatest myth being purveyed, is that myths are just myths.”
– Michael Tsarion
“No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease...”
– Oscar Wilde, The Decay of Lying
WatchRoots by-nc-nd Galdson
Ubuntu and Dell →
Ubuntu has always been known for its super-easy installation. But to make things even easier, Canonical and Dell have teamed together to deliver Ubuntu 7.04 fully certified, pre-installed and supported on a range of Dell products.
Liberate your music with Ogg Vorbis →
These patent lawsuits might never affect you directly, but they create a culture where creative and skilled individuals cannot develop multimedia software without fear of being legally attacked. [ via Lifehacker ]
“So it happens, for instance, that a man who sees another man on the street...”
– Bertolt Brecht, The Threepenny Opera
Largest offshore windfarm planned →
If it goes ahead the £3bn Atlantic Array scheme will have 350 turbines and generate enough clean energy to power more than 1,000,000 homes. [ via TreeHugger ]
“I ask you to believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself.”
– Georges Ivanovich Gurdjieff, Views from the Real World
WatchShruti by Karim Amari
“When a thing is new, people say: ‘It is not true.’ Later, when its...”
– William James
“The first step — especially for young people with energy and drive and talent,...”
– Chuck Palahniuk, Interview with the SFBG
“I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none.”
– William Shakespeare, Macbeth
WatchWoods of Chaos by-nc-nd Rob Costlow
“I love those who yearn for the impossible.”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust
“Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right.”
– Henry Ford
Sun Radically Simplifies Content Authoring -... →
Sun Microsystems, Inc., today previewed JavaFX Script, a radically simple scripting language for creating rich content and applications to run on billions of Java-powered devices from mobile phones to Blu-ray Disc players to the browser. [ via Digg ]
WatchDistance & Temps by-nc-sa Manu Cornet
“Good ideas alter the power balance in relationships, that is why good ideas are...”
– Hugh MacLeod, How To Be Creative
“Say not, “I have found the path of the soul.” Say rather, “I...”
– Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
“I don’t feel that it is necessary to know exactly what I am. The main...”
– Michel Foucault
