Can anyone tell me what’s wrong with this picture?
Note the line that says “Total filesystem capacity”. It reports that I’ve used 266.3 GB out of 291.5 GB, yet immediately under that, it says I’ve used a total of 37.6 GB. This morning I woke up to a message saying my home partition has less than two gigabytes remaining.
So, what’s up with that?
Tags: Ubuntu
Today’s post is brought to you by You and Your Johnson.
H/T BoingBoing
Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim has a great selection of free music to download. I especially like Ghostly Swim and Definitive Swim, but they also have Dethklok, and ATHF, and more.
Preview of Ghostly Swim after the break because it stupidly plays automatically.
Cory Doctorow speaks to the New America Foundation about the challenges facing democracy in respect to copyright in the digital age. Copyright may not seem like an interesting subject, but it impacts nearly everything you see and do on the internet, and soon will have very real implications for how you live your daily life. This is a must-see speech. I re-post it here in the interest of freedom.
H/T BoingBoing
Seabrook, where I live, just lost its only bicycle shop. It was a cool little place on Second Street called Gulf Coast Bicycles or something like that, and was run by two very friendly guys who were obviously dedicated to biking and bike culture. I’m very sorry to lose them, and even sorrier I was unable to support them more than I did. I bought a chain, which they installed for about fifteen dollars.
I went down there yesterday to see if I could get them to install a new bottom bracket for me. Mine is making griding and popping noises, which indicates missing bearings, and I’m afraid it won’t last very much longer. Alas, their shop is cleaned out and no longer in business.
They will be missed.
Never one to miss an opportunity for free stuff, though, I happened to notice some discarded wheels in their dumpster, including a complete wheel set by Vuelta. The front wheel had a missing spoke, and the back wheel had several more that were broken. I took a spoke from the back wheel and put it on the front and voila!, a working front wheel. Swap the tire and tube from my old wheel and I’m good to go.
Tags: Bikes
I made this using Inkscape and the GIMP. So it’s not fantastic, but I’m not a professional graphic artist. I like it anyway. You can see it as a background image at my Twitter feed.
Don’t you just love old PSAs?
Edit: There’s some sort of bug that allows the video to download and play for a brief second when you load the page, so I’ve moved it below the fold.
Tags: Bike Safety, PSA
I’ve seen Jamendo in Ubuntu’s Rhythmbox media player for some time, but I never thought much of it. Today I decided to give it a look.
Jamendo is a free music service where artists can share their music and users can download it for free, legally. All music is offered under Creative Commons or Art Libre licenses. This means you can legally download and share the music you find there and in some cases you can even remix or redistribute the music.
I downloaded two albums by Antony Raijekov. See U and Jazz U are two wonderful acid jazz albums that are great for easy listening while you work. The works are smooth and funky, featuring full bass lines mixed with cool drum sequences. If you are into smooth jazz or acid jazz at all, you must look up Raijekov. Here’s his song Deep Blue from Jazz U:
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Tags: Art Libre, Creative Commons, Music, Ubuntu
I’ve been meaning to mention Masuelli Bikes for a few days now. They struck a happy nerve with me. They combined three subjects that I care deeply about: web site design, environmentalism, and bikes. Unfortunately, further examination of the site left me rather less impressed, as we will see.
First, the bikes. Masuelli builds their bikes out of bamboo. Yes, bamboo. It’s an incredibly strong building material; light, flexible, and responsive. I would love to ride one. I can only dream of owning one. The bikes are attractive and unique, always a plus. Making bikes out of bamboo is a great way to promote environmentalism and sustainability. While one might quibble about how much of a difference the bikes themselves actually make, I’m more interested in the message it sends. There are many ways to create more sustainable and environmentally friendly products. All that lacks is imagination and the drive to get good ideas into production. Massuelli achieves that goal in a way that is original and inspiring.
Tags: Accessibility, Bikes, Environmentalism, Usability, Web Design