Sandcurves

Blogging appeals to one desire that almost everyone on the planet shares: the desire to be remembered.  Nobody wants to be forgotten, but there’s a difference between being remembered and not being forgotten.  There is some measure of peace knowing that our family and close friends will hold the memory of us in their hearts, but scores and scores of people want fame in addition to love — which is where blogging often comes in. 

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It really is amazing how technology marches forwards.  This video clip is just the most interesting thing I've seen in some time, and thought I have to share it on Sandcurves. 

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I've been teaching myself to program in c as something of a hobby recently.  I'm spending a lot of time writing little programs, and they're getting bigger. 

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This is an idea I'm borrowing from The SaltyCrane.  Earlier this year I upgraded to Ubuntu's 11.04 and found really quickly that I didn't really like it. 

It's taken me months to completely move away from Ubuntu, and I'm still somewhat of a fan of the idea behind Ubuntu, but just found the Unity desktop frustrating. 

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I've been a keen Linux user for a couple of years now.  Like many people, my introduction into the Linux world was with Ubuntu.  I've played around with many distros, but on my main computer at home I've mostly stuck with Ubuntu. 

In the beginning I'd upgrade to each next version, but more recently I've just done a clean install each time and set up things afresh. 

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