Yes folks, it’s the craze that’s sweeping the nation (well the ‘tinterweb), it’s fun, it’s funky, it’s Spotify! It’s like a version of Last.FM that plays the actual songs you want to hear and what’s more, the app works with Ubuntu. OK, so it’s not a...

An interesting Slashdot article about high altitude balloon photography just sparked my interest. The first article tells the story of a group of students launching a balloon to a height of 20 miles, for just under $150 USD, using only off-the-shelf...

Just logged into a Jaunty desktop machine over ssh and got a reminder to update: 8 packages can be updated. 16 updates are security updates. Is this feature new? Has it been around for ages and I missed it? Whichever, nice one!