Pixels and Widgets

A blog by Tai Toh

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  • ATI x1600 + Ubuntu 8.10 + Xorg 7.4 = Meh

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    I made an impulsive decision today to upgrade my Ubuntu box from 8.04 LTS to 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex). In hind sight, that was not the best move, as I didn’t do any research, just made a slight change in the System -> Administration -> Software Sources application and hit the upgrade to 8.10. The reality…

  • PC World reports 38 percent revenue from online

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    When I was at PC World, I explained to anyone who’d listen that our editorial strategy was pretty simple: We had to be a Web site that had a magazine, not a magazine that had a Web site. That philosophy affected the decisions we made in 10,000 different ways. And it’s nice to see revenue…

  • RIP! A remix manifesto

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    RiP: A remix manifesto is an open source documentary about copyright and remix culture. Created over a period of six years, the film features the collaborative remix work of hundreds of people who have contributed to this project, helping to create the world’s first open source documentary. I’ve been tracking this movie for several years.…

  • Courage to create

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    UPDATED: I added some further thoughts on why I think MB Design is being really brave Mark Boulton and his team are the bravest designers I (don’t) know. [stag_intro]Designers all know that design by committee doesn’t work. However, can design by community succeed? [/stag_intro] I personally don’t know, but Mark Boulten & Leisa Reichelt intend…

  • We have no clue

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    At this point, it’s better to tell people right up front, ‘We don’t know,’ as opposed to trying to put out numbers that we’ll be dissatisfied with in maybe less than a week. // To put numerical ‘certainty’ on the Canadian and Ontario outlooks at this point in time . . . seems silly –…

  • Some good things about Drupal

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    [stag_intro]I am often overwhelmed with feelings of bitterness when I think about Drupal. My wife thinks it is cute that I am so passionate about a platform. [/stag_intro] Frequently, I tag entries referring to Drupal on my web journal with “suckage“. It’s horrible, but the sense of frustration I’ve had with Drupal is greater than…

  • Bill C-61: The Conservative Party of Canada is Insane

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    One formal definition of insanity is doing the same thing twice and expecting a different outcome. Canada’s DMCA is, by this measure, insane — and so is the party that insists on ramming it through. From BoingBoing.net (via Michael Geist’s Blog) regarding the reintroduction of Bill C-61 if the Conservatives are elected to government. Cory…

  • Where is the Drupal Joy?

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    [stag_intro]I realise that with any system there will always be challenges and new things to learn. The “Drupal Way” is very different from the “Tao of Textpattern”. Even today, I struggle to get the underlying concepts for how things are done in Drupal.[/stag_intro] I have always stood by the adage of using the “right tool…

  • Resume is finally up and running

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    So I finally had a chance to finish rebuilding my resume. It uses an identical “time line” metaphor from my old side, but this time it is standards compliant with a little bit of jQuery mixed into it. I’m working on my portfolio now. I am hoping that it will be done a bit more…

  • Book Making from 1947

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    This is a fascinating “How did they do it” from 1947. The movie features all of the moving parts for a book to be produced and mass-manufactured. I found the “type setter” job fascinating. I remember going to “Blackcreek Pioneer Village” and hand typsetting a small poem onto paper. It was a real pain. I…