The Linux Launderette

By Jimmy O'Regan

Contents:

• "New" Windows Vista features vs. OS/X
• Ultimate xmas present for the geek you love/admire

Launderette extra:

• TMTOWTDI
• The languages of TAG
• The squirrels are nice here
• The Divine Bandwidth
• What's our 'zine called again?
• January 19, 2038....
• link suggestion - blog banned by Google
• Linuxmanship
• Saluton de kanadio

"New" Windows Vista features vs. OS/X

Benjamin A. Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
Sun, 1 Oct 2006 13:21:10 -0400

Somebody took the audio from a Micr0s0ft Vista "we're so brilliant, we've invented all this new stuff" shill session and overlaid it on a video of themselves doing it all on their OS/X desktop - with a few additional twists. High amusement factor, including Bill G's 1977 "jailbird" photos.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4134446112378047444

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[OT] Ultimate xmas present for the geek you love/admire :-)

[[[ Sorry, this is a bit late - but maybe it'll be useful for next year! Belated seasonal greetings! -- Jimmy ]]]

Predrag Ivanovic [predivan at ptt.yu]
Sun, 26 Nov 2006 21:26:07 +0100

Neuros OSD Linux Media Recorder
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/drives/8af5/
http://open.neurostechnology.com/

And yes, I want one, why do you ask? And 'Hack the Duck' coffee mug...

/me goes to pressure^Wpersuade friends to buy one.

Pedja

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Jimmy is a single father of one, who enjoys long walks... Oh, right.

Jimmy has been using computers from the tender age of seven, when his father inherited an Amstrad PCW8256. After a few brief flirtations with an Atari ST and numerous versions of DOS and Windows, Jimmy was introduced to Linux in 1998 and hasn't looked back.

In his spare time, Jimmy likes to play guitar and read: not at the same time, but the picks make handy bookmarks.