29th
May
2008
Peng’s links for Thursday, 29 May
posted in Blogs |[Updated to include a link I missed. - Peng)
- jdrago_999/Ubuntu Forums: Reflections after 1 month of Ubuntu 8.04. I rarely post links to posts on the UF but this one is so nice I had to share it. The user in question has used Linux on servers for about a decade but had “never successfully made the leap to Linux on the Desktop.” I think that has now changed.
- Mary Colvid/Planet Mozilla: At last, a shot at Guinness World Record fame! Mozilla has a chance at setting a new world’s record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours on the day Firefox 3 is officially released. (Sorry, the date hasn’t been set yet.) I talked with Nanci and we decided we’re not going to pimp this event due to our issues with Firefox 3, but we definitely wanted to let you know it was on the horizon.
- David Thomas: Microsoft’s deceptive advertising, again. Microsoft is trying to show they’re now open source proponents, but when you look at what they’re offering you may find that you have to laugh at them.
- Tristan Nitot/Planet Mozilla: How Firefox 3 performance boost makes a difference in the real world. There have been numerous claims about how much faster Firefox 3 is, but Tristan that it’s not just hype. He even gives you a real life test case that you can try for yourself.
- Marc Hershberg/LA Dodgers.com: Relive the 1988 World Series. The Dodgers are releasing a seven disk box set of DVDs includes over 17 hours of footage from the Dodger’s championship run against the Oakland A’s, including footage from their NLCS battle against the Mets. This set will be a winner for all baseball fans, not just Dodger fans.
Updated 10:48 am: Woops! I missed one. I actually saw this one a few days ago and just realized what is does.
- Edward Lee/Planet Mozilla: Edit Middle Add-on for AwesomeBar. If you have to fix a typo in the address bar as often I do you know that once you do the suggestions from the bulked up address bar don’t change when you do. With this addon it will. Good one, Ed! I just wish we could call the new address bar something else.
Adorable Feline Pic of the Day
There was another hard choice today, with an imitation of what I look like in the morning (which is too bloody close) and a repentant feline so adorable you can’t stay mad at them, and there was almost another tie. The win almost went to a picture so cute Nanci had to forward it via IM the minute she saw it yesterday afternoon. But after long and careful consideration a picture I saw this morning was just too adorable to come in second place.
Those guys are even better than a battalion of US Marines.
Have a great day, y’all. (If you want to, that is.) Friday’s almost here!