July 2007
41 posts
JigZone.com Jigsaw Puzzle Games →
Cool site that lets you do puzzles customised to your own specifications (number of pieces etc. You can then try to solve them online and beat the best times made by others.
Mac Dashboard widgets in kde? Its possible....
Zack Rusin has been porting QtWebKit to Qt4 as a QGraphicsViewItem….and demonstrates this by loading and distorting web pages and a simple dashboard widget. The best part? The distorted web page is still interactive…. (via News dugg by timlinux)
Scribus native OSX →
Scibus is a great little open source desktop publishing application. Now its available as a native OSX application too.
CONFIRMED: More top-tier PC manufacturers offering...
At Ubuntu-Live by Mark Shuttleworth. (via News dugg by timlinux)
Ecogeek - recycle basin water into your toilets... →
fitPC mini pc with 5v/3-5watt ower requirement →
Greenbox device captures car's carbon dioxide to...
Welsh biochemist and engineers have developed a device they believe can capture greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles, so they can be fed to algae, who in turn help produce a biodiesel. Capture rates is said to be up to 95% effective. The Greenbox device would get exchanged about once every full tank of fuel. (via News dugg by timlinux)
Configuring GnuPG (Mac OS X) →
gpg —gen-key
GnuCash 2.2.0 released (available on Microsoft...
The GnuCash development team proudly announces GnuCash 2.2.0, the new stable release of the GnuCash Open Source Accounting Software. With this new release series, GnuCash is available on Microsoft Windows for the first time, and it also runs on GNU/Linux, *BSD, Solaris and Mac OSX. (via News dugg by timlinux)
Acqualia | Picturesque →
Create great looking pictures for your website with this (unfortunately non free) photo tweaking application for mac.
Serviço de Consulta ao Andamento do Processo de... →
Searching for free audio books on Podiobooks.com →
This site is brilliant - lots of free audio books you can download for your ipod
QGIS 0.9 release plans
QGIS 0.8.1 is released and with it my first stint in my new role as Release Manager. I would like to say a very big ‘thank you’ to all the people who helped squash bugs, submit patches, convert the build system in 0.8 branch to cmake, update the msys environment and so on. Since it was my first time orchestrating a release, there were a few kinks in the process which hopefully will not...
“The paper I co-authored with Ari Jolma on open source GIS”
– http://www.iemss.org/summit/sessions/all.html
VirtualBox →
Free open source VMWare and Parallels competitor that runs on Max OSX, Linux and Windows
HOWTO - Install Debian Onto a Remote Linux System →
David Pogue - iPhone: The Musical
“And now the end is near, I’m sick to death of this old cellphone…” (via News dugg by timlinux)
Teenager From Rural Malawi Who Built A Windwill To...
Meet William Kamkwamba. At age 15 he built a windmill entirely from scrap parts, generating enough electricity to power his home in rural Malawi, one of the poorest countries in Africa. His personal blog details the steps day-by-day with pics. (via News dugg by timlinux)
Awesome Laser Illusionist Video →