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	<link>http://www.kilobitspersecond.com</link>
	<description>A blog about Destroyer, foobar2000, and Last.fm.</description>
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		<title>Mark Shuttleworth Speaks at PyCon 2010 [video]</title>
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The “good enough is good enough” culture is bullshit.
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		<link>http://www.kilobitspersecond.com/2010/03/12/mark-shuttleworth-speaks-at-pycon-2010/</link>
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		<title>The New Ubuntu Lucid Look pt. 2: Reactions and Follow-Ups</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever since my impatient and juvenile deconstruction of the new “light” GTK themes for Ubuntu Lucid, there’s been a lot of talk elsewhere, as well as some more clues about the new interface.
First came Mark Shuttleworth’s announcement on the rebranding.  Something that seems to have been overlooked, most likely because of its ambiguous wording, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kilobitspersecond.com/2010/03/11/the-new-ubuntu-lucid-look-pt-2-reactions-and-follow-ups/</link>
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		<title>The New Ubuntu Lucid Look: An Appraisal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Let’s start with the good.


The new logo, while not perfect, is acceptably good.  Certainly palatable, with a stronger connotation that this is an operation system to be taken seriously.
The new homepage is what conveys Ubuntu’s new “brand” most effectively.  It’s clear here that they are identifying themselves with orange and purple (although which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kilobitspersecond.com/2010/03/03/the-new-ubuntu-lucid-look-an-appraisal/</link>
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		<title>Ubuntu’s New Branding</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Details from Jono and the wiki.
Analysis to follow.
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		<link>http://www.kilobitspersecond.com/2010/03/03/ubuntus-new-branding/</link>
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		<title>Karmic is still just “Linux for human beings.”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Man I wrote this a long time ago.  Resigning now to the fact that I won’t finish it.
Even a couple years ago, video editing wasn’t considered an essential part of a desktop, for most users.  It was the realm of professionals and hobbyists who could afford the necessary hardware to transcode video in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kilobitspersecond.com/2010/02/25/karmic-is-still-just-linux-for-human-beings/</link>
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		<title>Read This Guy’s Blog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a couple rants-in-waiting about Ubuntu.  This guy says everything I could say way better than me.  Go read his blog.
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		<link>http://www.kilobitspersecond.com/2010/02/25/read-this-guys-blog/</link>
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		<title>I’m in a Rut</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My top ten most-listened artists of 2009 (according to Last.fm [i.e., disregarding CDs and most of my iPod plays])

The Decemberists
Destroyer
Pants Yell!
Brian Eno
Belle and Sebastian
The Clientele
Electrelane
Pastels/Tenniscoats
Pale Saints
Broadcast and The Focus Group

I blame Rhythmbox, Banshee, and Songbird.
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		<link>http://www.kilobitspersecond.com/2009/12/31/im-in-a-rut/</link>
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		<title>What I Want: A Comprehensive Photo Browser</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After watching a demo video of the litl webbook; watching with envy the face recognition features of iPhoto and Picasa; and using Polar Rose, Photo Finder from Face.com, and Cooliris — I realized just how much potential there is for a fully-integrated photo browsing application.  Either web– or desktop-based, photos could be pulled from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kilobitspersecond.com/2009/11/22/what-i-want-a-comprehensive-photo-browser/</link>
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		<title>Steve Ballmer Doesn’t Talk about Courier</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
But his face gets real red.
[via CNET]
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		<link>http://www.kilobitspersecond.com/2009/10/10/steve-ballmer-doesnt-talk-about-courier/</link>
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		<title>Nitpicking the Default Theme in Ubuntu Karmic Koala</title>
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As shown here and here, among other places:

The titlebar height is not quite tall enough to comfortably contain the titlebar text.
The titlebar text shadow is too prominent, and conflicts with the glossy 3D appearance of the titlebar.
The titlebar button borders and symbols are too high-contrast, and the symbols are off-center by one pixel.
The window corners [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kilobitspersecond.com/2009/10/06/nitpicking-the-default-theme-in-ubuntu-karmic-koala/</link>
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