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OpenMoko is an open source cell phone platform which powers the FIC neo1973.

Software updates via a apt-get kind of system would be great on a cell phone. The cell phone platform has such potential but is crippled by poor software with limited functionality. Making all the software open source creates all kinds of possibilities and makes me want to start spouting Web 2.0 buzz words all over the place.

Comparisons to Apple’s iPhone are natural (look here for specs) and while Apple may deliver a product that initially has more polish and features (not GPS though, which is a big sell for the neo1973), OpenMoko could be the start of a revolution. I think I’ll wait for a wifi enabled model before I buy though; it would be cool to connect to the Asterisk server at work.

I’ve been listening to these mixes a lot as of late. These came to my attention via Blentwell, a great source for mixes.

I hardly ever touch my MP3 collection anymore thanks to sites like Blentwell and the mighty Songbird. Songbird is a glipse of things to come. They were even ahead in the black GUI trend (Apple is moving to a darker interface is looks like).

Over the past few weeks I’ve set up an Asterisk VOIP box running centOS and a Debian based file / web server. There was a point where I saw images of terminal windows when I was drifting off to sleep.

This weekend (for fun) I installed Xubuntu onto the PIII 800 laptop I’ve got kicking around and upgraded my Ubuntu based media computer with feisty repositories.

I’m pretty enthusatic about linux and figure I should get serious about learning some of this stuff beyond just ‘making it work©’. It’s the same wall I run up against with web development: I’m not a programmer. I’m not sure if my brain works in the right way to create code.

I’m still trying to get a decent photo workflow happening. At this point I’m thinking that running windows apps (photoshop) in a virtual machine is the way to go. I’ll give this a go at any rate.

I’ve decided to try and dump windows entirely. I’ve been happily using Ubuntu Linux for most of my web developing activities and even have the media computer in the living room running it. With Ubuntu Studio, a distro aimed at media editing, slated for an April release it seems like lots of folks are trying hard to tune Linux for media manipulation. Now may be a good time to make the switch.

The biggest thing I’ve got to deal with right now is getting RAW support working. There is a version of Bibble that has been ported to Linux, but ideally I’d like a open source solution. Then there is the matter of Photoshop. I’ve never been a huge fan of the Gimp so I’ve thought about emulating photoshop under WINE, but there is also a problem with that as I’m running the 64bit version of Ubuntu and will have to compile WINE special like. Maybe I should just learn to love the gimp.

Lots of figuring out ahead – more to follow.

Crazy. 2006 was a non-blogging year by all accounts. I should make a resolution or something. More photos are pending as well.

Twas a busy year getting married and honeymooned and such.

Rob decided to get a tattoo of the Threadless t-shirt ‘cutter fish’ design by Bortwein. This was part of a promotion he’s doing for the tattoo edition of his magazine Urbane.

This got my thinking about social sites like Threadless and why there isn’t a similar one for tattoo designs. I guess that the individual (and permanent) nature of tattooing might be what makes this an unnatural application for a community site. I think a voting app for those who are waffling on a design might be a good feature.

boing boing link

threadless link

Andrew Dymond is Duracell.
The first time I saw Duracell it involved more pantslessness. Maybe it’s good I couldn’t find that video again.

The drum trigger thing really interests me… to the point that I’ve started looked at schematics on making a midi controler for peizos. I do have a drum kit that has been neglected for quite some time.

YTMND referencing Mighty Boosh (which is brilliant)