It was interesting to see the Unity talks by Ted Gould at SCaLE9x last month, but I have to admit I’ve never really put much practical thought into UI design for touchscreen devices. I am not even a huge fan of the mouse, a touchscreen beyond that of my phone is that much worse! However, […]
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Misc computers, books, television and travel
February 8th, 2011 by pleia2
It’s been a few more days with the new Cr-48 and I’ve really developed quite a fondness for it, but there are a few nagging issues. I switched back to regular mode when I noticed that in developer mode it wasn’t sleeping properly and I had done most of the poking around that I wanted […]
“Nothing but the web”? The Cr-48.
February 3rd, 2011 by pleia2
Today I went downstairs to pick up an Amazon package which had arrived, and to my surprise there were two packages waiting for me. The second package, to my shock and delight, turned out to be a Cr-48 from the Cr-48 Pilot Program for Google’s ChromeOS. Now before you ask, no, I’m not installing Ubuntu […]
Linux devices
January 23rd, 2011 by pleia2
Linux Journal has a “New Products” section of their magazine which frequently features (among other things like books and software) new devices that are running the Linux kernel. It’d be interesting to know if their job has gotten easier over the past couple years regarding devices. In addition to my traditional PCs running Linux, the […]
Ubuntu Hour, Ubuntu upgrades at CACS with Partimus
January 1st, 2011 by pleia2
On Thursday I wrapped up work and MJ and I headed down to Palo Alto for an Ubuntu Hour at Antonio’s Nut House. It ended up being a great venue for the meeting, we got a booth right near the door, it was relatively quiet, the food was good and we had plenty of space […]
Review: ZaReason Strata Pro 15 Laptop
December 19th, 2010 by pleia2
With the exception of my netbook, I have never owned a new laptop. In the recent past I’ve tinkered with the beloved old Pentium 2 Inspiron 7000 series laptops, of which I ended up with 3 of in varying states of disrepair, and my current laptop is a Pentium 3 Compaq Presario, which primarily runs […]
Some recent tech meetups
September 27th, 2010 by pleia2
On September 15th, the Women Who Tech telesummit occurred. Work has been pretty busy for me lately, so I had to take care of obligations there and couldn’t participate in the summit, maybe next year. However, I was able to go to attend the San Francisco after party, which was delightfully held just a couple […]
Ubuntu at the Creative Arts Charter School
August 15th, 2010 by pleia2
One of the schools Partimus has been working with over the years is the Creative Arts Charter School in San Francisco. Today I finally had the opportunity to visit the school. I arrived around 12:30 this afternoon where I met Christian Einfeldt who gave me a quick tour of the school and introduced me to […]
Second San Francisco Ubuntu Hour
July 29th, 2010 by pleia2
On Tuesday I hosted the second San Francisco Ubuntu Hour. We had four people in attendance (thanks for dropping by James, Grant and Michelle!). It ended up being quite an evening for gadgets. As is typical, I brought along my mini9 and Grant showed up with his ever popular OLPC laptop. Then Michelle showed up […]
Painting, Partimus and Open Computing Showcase
June 13th, 2010 by pleia2
I’ve been on call this weekend, which was one of the busier ones I’ve had, but I still had time for other things. Saturday was spent finishing the major painting work of the storage units, I’m so glad that’s almost done, we just need to do some touch up later this week. From there it’s […]