Mac4Lin: ditched

A few days ago I decided I didn't want all the leopard-lookalike stuff on my linux box, just a nice ubuntu look. The main reasons were: (1) that it created gtk errors for EVERY app, and (2) it also used a hell of alot of RAM. I also thought, 'why would I want to make Gnome look like a propietary GUI?'. What I ended up doing is just having preset icons/themes and stuff, then hacking it a little. Right now I have Human icons, Clearlooks window border (with default blue color), and Glossy controls. I hacked icons like the rhythmbox tray icon (I actually got that icon of gnome-look) and the computer icon (I bodged that together in GIMP). Here is an overview of my desktop, grey-propietary-leopard-look free (I got the wallpaper from interfaceLIFT):

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OMG PRESENTS

List of presents:

The Orange Box
USB Missile Launcher
Milk Chocolate Computer, Keyboard and Mouse (!)
Why Don't Penguins Feet Freeze (book)
Shed Scientist (book)
...more books

Ultratasking with 2.5GB RAM

Here's me running way, way too many apps, and it shows (although not in system performance :p)!














This is what I'm running:
Fission
iTunes
Chess
60 or so Finder windows
GIMP under X11
Google Earth
Stickies
BitTyrant
Bittorrent
BrainVoyager
Mail
Camino
Chess
Calculator
Frozen Bubble
Tidy Up!
iMage Tester for image webcam
System Preferences
DVD Player
iCal
Automator
QuickKeys
Address Book
Adium
Audio Hijack Pro
Audio Hijack
CyTV Server
Dashboard
Deeper
Dictionary
DMGConverter
EyeTV
Final Cut Express
Flickr Uploadr
Font Book
Front Row
GifBuilder
GoodPage
Hex Fiend
HierarchicalDock
iChat
Image Capture
iPodDisk
iShowU
iSync
Jing
JollysFastVNC
LingTreeConstructor
Logic Express
Mathematica 5
Microsoft Autoupdate
Microsoft Messenger
MidiKeys
MyTV/x
Photo Booth
PopChar
Preview
Q
Quick-O
QuickTime Player
RealPlayer
RecordPad
Safari
Say Something
Script Editor
SiteSucker
Spaces
Mount two DMGs
TechTool Pro 4
TextEdit
Time Machine
ToolPlayer
Vine Server
Vine Viewer
VLC
Wallsaver
Yahoo! Messenger

That was everything in my applications folder except stuff that are in folders (which is a shame as I have the Microsoft Office 2004 suite and the Adobe CS suite, all in folders). That's why I have so many finder windows open anyway. Here's what my dock looked like (although I might of quitted a few apps by then):


I did all this using 2.5GB RAM, and I can prove it:

Christmas: overview

Here's a list of all the stuff I got for Christmas and Hannukah:
Christmas:
1) iMage USB Webcam
2) Acecad (whatever that is) Graphics Tablet
3) Really (as in REALLY) comfy cusion/pillow/bean bag kinda thing
4) Two books that I cannot be bothered to repeat the names of
5) 2GB RAM (so I now have 2.5GB RAM in my PowerMacG5 w00t)
6) Really (as in REALLY) comfy/warm/c00l leather jacket
7) Massive Calendar showing images of the earth that look so hi-res they might aswell be vector graphics!
8) T-shirt with a picture of a COMPUTER (from my 6-year-old sister)
9) Moon phase calendar
10) Kit to make a paper model of the celestial sphere
11) Fountain pen
12) Pen to check counterfeit banknotes
13) A ton of chocolate and other gack (including a packet of chocolate raisins from myself)
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And if you want to know what I got for hannukah, look down about 10 posts or so!

More RAM finally...

I just installed my new RAM, and now have 2.5GB of RAM in my PowerMacG5!!! I also got a cool graphics tablet!

Postal Service

The UK postal service ('Royal Mail') is so rubbish. I'm expecting 2gig RAM in the post and they don't even work on Christmas OR Boxing Day. So the RAM should be coming on the 27th or maybe even the 28th!!! THAT IS NOT GOOD, I NEED IT NOW.

Cool screensaver on ubuntu

There's a really cool screensaver called Helios that comes with the Gnome based ubuntu distribution. If you use ubuntu, try it out!