March 2010
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The High Price of Convenience Foods →
Would you be willing to pay someone $80/hr. to slice your apples for you? You might be doing it already.
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Use Linux to Scan Unusable Windows Drives for... →
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Google Maps Adds Bike-Friendly Directions and... →
They’re still missing a few bike paths in my neighborhood, but it’s a great start.
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Leave No Trace: How to Completely Erase Your Hard... →
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Ubuntu dumps the brown, introduces new theme and... →
The new “Light” theme looks really nice. I don’t think Canonical ever truly realized how much the default brown theme was holding Ubuntu back. First impressions are huge; you can make the best OS in the whole world but if an average user’s first reaction is “wow, that’s sorta ugly” it won’t go anywhere.
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Google Releases Gesture Search for Android →
This app is pretty smart. Even in this early experimental release it’s already an improvement from the built-in contacts search. You can also use it to launch apps and browser bookmarks, which is a nice bonus.
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Should Open Source Be An Enemy Of The State? →
U.S. Trademark groups have decided that Open Source is an enemy of the free market, and therefore also an enemy of Truth, Justice, and the American Way. Well, that and it keeps their clients from making a few bucks.