by Jono Bacon | Jan 3, 2007 | Random
For all you British people, you need to sign this official government petition that is against software patents. Ex-pats can sign it too. [Click here to sign the petition](https://petitions.pm.gov.uk/softwarepatents/). This is important, head over and do your...
by Jono Bacon | Dec 31, 2006 | Advocacy, Community, Desktop, Dogs, Jokosher, LUGRadio, Music, Speaking, Ubuntu, Writing
This time one year ago, I was peering into 2006 wondering what the year would bring. Back then I worked at [OpenAdvantage](https://www.openadvantage.org/) as an Open Source Advocate. I knew 2006 would be a challenging year, and back then I was gritted and determined...
by Jono Bacon | Dec 30, 2006 | Music
I have released a new song – [Reflections](https://www.recreantview.org/blog/?page_id=76). Not the usual thumping metal but a good-time acoustic tune. I am quite pleased with it, and it is quite different to my usual style, even the acoustic work I have done....
by Jono Bacon | Dec 30, 2006 | Random
I normally don’t do memes, but I figured [this one](https://blogs.msdn.com/markjo/archive/2006/12/28/5-things-you-didn-t-know-about-me.aspx) from my friend Mark Johnson at Microsoft may be interesting. So, I have been trying to think of things you lot may not...
by Jono Bacon | Dec 27, 2006 | Desktop, Jokosher
*I actually started writing this tutorial back in September but have been hugely busy and not got round to posting it. Well, I managed to pull my finger out and get it online. Enjoy!* Friends, a while back I posted a short tutorial to get you lovely people up and...
by Jono Bacon | Dec 25, 2006 | Advocacy, Community, Desktop, Jokosher, LUGRadio, Ubuntu
Well, its late on Christmas Eve and I am a bit drunk and about to get to bed. I just wanted to say a quick Happy Christmas to everyone! This has been a roller-coaster of a year for me, and a lot of people have helped it to run smoothly. A quick thanks to the...
by Jono Bacon | Dec 23, 2006 | Community, Jokosher
I suck at coding. I really do. Its odd y’know, as when I was a kid I really, *really* wanted to be a good coder, the whole idea of writing code and running programs excited me. The idea of controlling the raw power of that 386 got me all-a-fruity sometimes. Not...
by Jono Bacon | Dec 23, 2006 | jonobacon.com
Just a quick housekeeping update. I made some changes to jonobacon.com to tidy some things up: * [Speaking Events](https://archivedblog.jonobacon.com/?page_id=703) – Speaking events are listed much more clearly now, and I have also added my current schedule of...
by Jono Bacon | Dec 21, 2006 | Desktop, LUGRadio
Another post outlining something that seems rather cool, but unnoticed. [Last time](https://archivedblog.jonobacon.com/?p=835) it was [Flightgear](https://www.flightgear.org/). A mail to the LUGRadio email address pointed to a media player called...
by Jono Bacon | Dec 20, 2006 | Jokosher, Music, Uncategorized
…is proving difficult right now as [Recreant View](https://www.recreantview.org/) is having DNS problems. Jokosher.org is also having the same DNS quirks. I have copied the new blastbeat-double-bass-drum-metal-tastic tune to jonobacon.com so you can grab it. So,...
