The Dancing Poodle

This is about the funniest thing I’ve read in my life! Take a look - it’s great!

Topologilinux is a full distribution of Slackware Linux (including Gnome 2.6, Kde 3.2.3, Xorg 6.7, Gcc 3.3.4, etc…) that runs either in “Real Mode” (via a Grub bootloader that it installs) or in a window inside Windows via coLinux.

This is absolutely perfect for cross-platform development work, such as work I’m currently doing for OpenLP in which I’m looking at a wxWidgets based GUI which should compile and run under both Windows and Linux.

All lemmings™ accounted for!

This must be the perfect gift for … somebody you … like?

I guess it was inevitable. While Adobe have been pressing ahead in the desktop application area of graphics and so on, Macromedia have been pounding the web-centric graphics arena. Problem is, as we know, these two areas are becoming closer and closer together. So Adobe are purchasing Macromedia for US$3.4billion. Having been a user of Coldfusion since the Allaire days (remember them?), it will be interesting to see what happens…

…and they’re not kidding!

Saw this on IEBlog, explaining why IE doesn’t download more than 2 files from a single server at a time. Also found that Microsoft are damned no matter what they do…

Just spent the best part of the day playing this and it’s sequel, Viridian Room. Really complex, but fun!

We’ve all heard about General Motors’ response to a comment by Bill Gates comparing advances in computing to the automotive industry. Who am I to let facts get in the way of a good story?

Joshua loves his new little brother…