Monthly Archives: November 2009

Wheres my ARM netbook??

Posted on November 30, 2009 by Shane

I was at the talk at the ubuntu developer summit and I went looking for any computers available with an ARM processor. I failed badly, there were a 4 netbooks at that plenary the sharp one (only available in japan) … Continue reading →

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Random bug day

Posted on November 28, 2009 by Shane

I just had an idea, how about everyone take a day (doesnt have to be any particular day) and check on the bugs you reported. I had a look today and found a load of bugs had been fixed but … Continue reading →

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UDS lucid back home

Posted on November 22, 2009 by Shane

Im back from the UDS, it was loads of fun. The music store and the google chrome OS collaboration with canonical were the main surprises. It was great to meet everyone put some faces to names and have some fun … Continue reading →

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UDS :D

Posted on November 13, 2009 by Shane

Leaving for Dallas on Sunday. I cant wait. Canonical kindly sponsored me(Thanks Canonical). It should be fun im going to be at the desktop track mainly. Im particularly interested in my parental control blueprint which is a session and the … Continue reading →

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Parental Control

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Shane

Ive done a good bit of work recently on parental control to get it ready for the UDS. It currently works but it takes a little bit of effort (you have to start the daemon in command line). Im going … Continue reading →

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Some help translating parental control

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Shane

I have the first version of the GUI for my parental control program. I need 6 strings translated for the moment so 5 minutes should do it. https://translations.launchpad.net/parental-control Thanks in advance to anyone who helps.

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Parental control and quickly

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Shane

I thought id add an update about the progress of the parental control system im designing. Thanks to Seif the backend is working (ish). I started making a blacklist editor so people can add rules to the system. I decided … Continue reading →

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Dumb ideas for cutting the deficit in government

Posted on November 3, 2009 by Shane

I was watching http://www.rte.ie/player/#v=1059155 have a look at it first. So my opinion is that we could A. Cut jobs in the public sector B. Cut wages C. Do nothing Cutting jobs is the bad solution, no one should lose … Continue reading →

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