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Windows goes Fanculo
Nico just posted a notice claiming Ubuntu having equalled Windows XP in Google Trends. While this is definitely nice, as it may mean people are no more looking for a Windows XP downgrade rather than for a Ubuntu switch, if you compare the full Windows vs Ubuntu you’ll find Ubuntu has still a …
Pasquetta’s roundup
Pasquetta is the italian name for the day right after easter. I hope you enjoyed your eggs and had a happy easter.
Here’s a quick round up, but with quite nice stuff, nice enough to make me feel sorry about not writing a dedicate article for each entry.
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Top 3 worthless things in technology
Here’s my top three:
ISO
As shown by the multiple irregularity claims, ISO is to be considered largely irrilevant.
Whereas in the past it has been assumed that an ISO/IEC standard should automatically be considered for use within government, clearly this position no longer stands.
– CONSEGI 2008 DECLARATION (Brazil, South Africa, Venezuela, Ecuador, Cuba …
Send some love with Unicode
If you’d like to have a fast way to produce those funny and unuseful symbols that your friends use to annoy you in chat – and annoy them back, this may be your thing:
It’s a handy bookmarklet that makes a symbol tab …
I hate partial feeds
Quick note to everyone subscribed to my feed and disappointed to see a partial feed. This is a temporary problem due to yesterday night’s hacking on my website. I’ll bring shiny full feed back as soon as I can.
Apologies ! I hate partial feeds too !
Update: the issue should be fixed.
By the way, I will [...]
Linux experts needed
Are you good at Linux ? Do you log every drop as you pipe your beer to the glass ? Then probably there’s a good work for you.
This company was ranked on Fortune Magazine’s 2008 100 Best Companies to Work For List and it’s apparently always …
Sunday+1 Round-up
Who said I should publish round-ups only on Sunday ? And who said I shall do them every sunday ?
Ok, I have to admit that I’ve been bad lately with round-ups, here’s some good stuff I found around, enjoy !
Ubuntu installed on Nokia internet tablets
That’s right, Nokia N810 and N800 have been bent …
LifeHacker’s best distro contest
Lifehacker just launched their Best Linux Distribution contest.
Feel like giving back some love ?
Ps: also commenting this post to say any random thing will be appreciated 
What’s this Ubuntu thing all about ?
For those who don’t know, BUG #1 is the original reason that lead to the Ubuntu development. In a way, you could say that Ubuntu proposes itself as the bugfix to #1. (bug report text follows)
Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC marketplace.
This is a bug, which Ubuntu is designed …
Sunday roundup (again ?)
Karmic UDS
Along with the cool new Ubuntu’s codename, the location for the next UDS was announced.
Now, Barcellona is a nice place, and going there in late May even cooler I say. And the UDS is called ‘Karmic UDS’. That was so awesome, I couldn’t resist submit my request for sponsorship. …
