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On Writing

I've been asked by a number of people how progress is coming on my latest project, and it seems I never have a very exciting answer... until now, that is! I've decided to finally compile my entire sordid story here, in one central place, to save myself having to relate it multiple times. (Plus, this way I can make all my embellishments official! Haha!)

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Proof that Ubuntu 8.10 outperforms Vista

In a recent series of Geekbench tests, Ubuntu scored almost 20% higher (18.6% to be precise) than Vista on identical hardware. The Geekbench test is especially noteworthy because it is designed for cross-platform comparisons, it tests both hardware and software performance, and every test can be run in both single and multi-threaded modes. A glance at the official tests involved reveals other interesting metrics, depending on your application usage: convolution filters (common in Photoshop/GIMP), data compression, fractals (recursive algorithms), STREAM, and more.

Scraps

• "Remember to always be yourself. Unless you suck."— Joss Whedon <permalink>
• Ever wondered why fonts look different on Macs and PCs?  This article provides a great explanation/discussion: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/06/12.html. <permalink>
• As if Windows users needed one more reason to NOT pay for virus software, this story is all over the news today.  If you still use Windows, try a free virus scanner - like AVG or Avast.  Both these products offer better detection and lower memory footprints than Symantec and McAfee, and both are free for home use. <permalink>
• "...In the end, science offers us the only way out of politics. And if we allow science to become politicized, then we are lost. We will enter the Internet version of the dark ages, an era of shifting fears and wild prejudices, transmitted to people who don't know any better. That's not a good future for the human race. That's our past. So it's time to abandon the religion of environmentalism, and return to the science of environmentalism, and base our public policy decisions firmly on that." -Michael Crichton <permalink>
• If you've never seen Firefly, drop whatever you're doing and head to Firefly's Hulu page.  If you have seen it, check out this article, which discusses the possibility of another movie.  I hope the rumors are true! <permalink>