Rants, thoughts and interesting stuff…

Patronising Windows 7 adverts.

Filed under: Technology — Rich @ 1:12 PM 27/03/2010

Can I have my 7 seconds back?

Last night was one of the rare few times that I have watched TV lately, as suspected I didn’t really enjoy it. Not only were there way too many adverts but, some of the most annoying adverts I have seen in recent months. Specifically Microsoft’s Windows 7 in 7 seconds adverts, seriously they are probably the most patronising thing on TV I have seen .
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Tags: adverts, Microsoft, linux, Windows

My top 5 favorite Twitter clients for Linux

Filed under: Linux,Social Networking — Rich @ 7:53 AM 04/03/2010

I have been using Linux for quite a while now and have been searching to find a great all round twitter client. After spending a few days trying out a few I thought I would share my experiences with them. One of the things I will say for all of these applications is how well they have kept with the ‘simplicity is best’ style of the twitter website, something I personally feel is a quite important element.

What ever you’re looking for in a twitter client you should be able to find it in the following list. Also if you think I have missed any or have a recommendation please feel free to let me know via a comment.
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Tags: GTK, application, CSS, GNOME, environment

Why you should ditch windows.

Filed under: Linux,Technology — Rich @ 5:47 AM 25/02/2010

I guess it is only right I do the obligatory “ditch windows” post, lets face it every other linux user in the world who has a blog seems to. Well rather than write up a huge rant, I am going to copy some content from windows7sins.org, they sum things up rather well in my opinion.
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Tags: Microsoft, OpenDocument, opinion, linux, Ubuntu