A controversy-free post about Chinchillas

It appears that pretty much every post I’ve made to my blog in the past year has been about Mono, or related topics, and caused enormous offense, anguish, and controversy. I have therefore decided to balance it with a completely controversy-free, risk-free post. A nice, safe topic. So, ladies & gents, allow me to introduce [...]

Banshee by default – outlook looks hazy

So. Banshee as a default media player for Karmic, replacing Rhythmbox. You’ve read the analysis on the Internest, you’ve read ill-informed tripe from pretend-journalists, and you’re running in fear of a switch to a “worse” player. Well, it’s time to lay down a little dose of reality for all you naysayers. Firstly, Ubuntu’s feature freeze [...]

Eek!

I mean, really. Some of them have big beards, or have trained Velociraptors!

A puzzle wrapped in an enigma wrapped in bacon

If the anti-Mono crowd were provided with their GPL-compatible patent grant for Mono, which they spend so much time talking about the absence of, how would they react? Well, let’s watch together!