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6
Jan

Ring in 2011 with Old School Apps

It’s a few days in to 2011, which means most of us have made (and broken) a set of resolutions for the New Year. While I may not drop all the pounds I want in 2011, I have already shed some baggage: Newfangled apps that don’t measure up to the old school Linux utilities.

5
Jan

From the Canyon Edge: Ubuntu and an Eagle Scout Candidate

I never made it to Boy Scout status.  I had a lot of fun as a Cub Scout and as a Webelos, but at about 10 years old, I opted out, in favor of spending as much time as possible hunting and fishing in the swamps of south Louisiana with my dad and my uncles.

But I have always had considerable respect for my friends who made it all the way to Eagle Scout.

Dr. Valerie Taylor, the head of the Computer Science department at my alma mater, Texas A&M University shared this story with me recently, and I really enjoyed it.  I thought I would pass it along, here, to Planet Ubuntu…

http://www.wisdomgroup.com/blog/ubuntu_lab_built_by_scouts/

In short, Eagle Scout candidate Raymond Westbrook of Boy Scout Troop 534 from Chicago, IL built a computer lab from 6 recycled PCs and running Ubuntu 10.04.  The lab is now available to members of the community, particularly the youth.

I thought this was a pretty cool story, and a fun way to start the year.

Happy New Year,
:-D ustin

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3
Jan

From the Canyon Edge: New RSA 4096 GPG Key

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Welcome to 2011!

I’m ringing in the new year by transitioning to a new, stronger GPG key (F1529469).  I followed the excellent instructions from the Ubuntu Security Team (thanks guys!) and the process has been relatively painless.

If you’ve signed my old key (83A61194), I’d appreciate it if you could review my signed transition statement and sign my new key too.

Thanks!
:-D ustin

3
Jan

From the Canyon Edge: Ubuntu and the Boy Scouts of America

EagleScout.png

I never made it to Boy Scout status.  I had a lot of fun as a Cub Scout and as a Webelos, but at about 10 years old, I opted out, in favor of spending as much time as possible hunting and fishing in the swamps of south Louisiana with my dad and my uncles.

But I have always had considerable respect for the Boy Scouts of America, and especially my friends who made it all the way to Eagle Scout.

Dr. Valerie Taylor, the head of the Computer Science department at my alma mater, Texas A&M University shared this story with me recently, and I really enjoyed it.  I thought I would pass it along, here, to Planet Ubuntu…

http://www.wisdomgroup.com/blog/ubuntu_lab_built_by_scouts/

In short, Eagle Scout candidate Raymond Westbrook of Boy Scout Troop 534 from Chicago, IL built a computer lab from 6 recycled PCs and running Ubuntu 10.04.  The lab is now available to members of the community, particularly the youth.

I thought this was a pretty cool story, and a fun way to start the year.

Happy New Year,
:-D ustin

20
Dec

Canonical Design Blog: Design museum exhibition London

Something exciting Next year
Bruno Maag from Dalton Maag has been asked by the Design Museum London to put on an exhibition of his work. This is a collaboration between ourselves and DM,
the exhibition will be in two parts a substantial part of which will be featuring the Ubuntu font.

Exhibition from 28th January for a month

more details to follow in the new year

16
Dec

Daniel Holbach’s blog: Christmas video cast

As I mentioned earlier, today I’m working with Ara, Matthias, Michael and Yaiza at Büro 2.0 and we just finished a very funny video cast together.

Matthias ‘doko’ Klose made sure to arrive AFTER the video cast was done, but rest assured he can not evade. In recompensation he brought Father Christmas hats, so to you here’s from the Canonical Berlin team:

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year