Archives for 21 January 2006

History Online

Saturday, 21st January, 2006

Just to give people a heads up - there are some amazing photos of medieval british castles available at www.etrusia.co.uk. I honestly think that our cultural history is something we, in the UK, seem to neglect and are almost embarrased about. This should not be the case.

To steal a quote - why dont you take some time out and learn about the history of Britain :-)

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Dead Whale

Saturday, 21st January, 2006

Sadly it seems the whale that spent the last few days sightseeing London has died on the way to the open seas.

You can read more at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4635874.stm

May I be the first to propose a minutes silence to mourn the passing of such a remarkable mammal.

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Ubuntu is not the only distro!

Saturday, 21st January, 2006

Well, while we may not be as dedicated to the fine arts of Linux as some people we could mention, we at Why Dont You use Linux and can appreciate its strengths.

Now, as we exist in the real world and dont (yet - donations always welcome) have the handheld ebook reader of our dreams (see http://www.whydontyou.org.uk/blog/2006/01/14/portable-pdfs/ for more information) we also read computer magazines (and a lot of them). If you took a snapshot of the world based on these over the last month or so, you could easily be fooled into thinking that there was but one Linux and its name is Ubuntu.

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