Balancing discussion

Balancing discussion

Recently the subject of mailing list discussion and offensiveness has erupted in the community. This has been triggered by a joke being sent to a list and the fallout that ensued after it. I am not going to comment on the specifics of that incident, but instead look...
Song titles

Song titles

I am pleased to announce the titles of the seven songs to appear on The Big Red Recording: * Untouched Face * What Is Me? * Unfolded Notes * Laying Broken Bones * Death Lane * Under a Blackened Sun * Blood Red Day All lyrics are now finalised and complete, although...
Organic interface design for GNOME

Organic interface design for GNOME

Interface design is a complex business. There are a great many schools of thought about how to build an effective interface, and ultimately no-one is 100% correct. Lots of theory, lots of academia, lots of opinion, but little hard evidence about what design constructs...
Update on TBBR

Update on TBBR

Quick update on [The Big Red Recording](https://archivedblog.jonobacon.com/?p=907). Pretty much all the songs are complete, and I am feverishly writing lyrics. I have written lyrics for three of the songs, and the fourth is on-going. One of the songs may be an...
Update on TBBR

psubuntu

Now I am [about to become a Playstation 3 owner](https://archivedblog.jonobacon.com/?p=927), things like [psubuntu](https://psubuntu.com/) perk my interest. Am I the only person who thought it was Ubuntu for power supplies? 😛 Oh, and no, I won’t be running Linux...