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Mmmmm

I got a new monitor, picked up one of those dell 2005FWP or FPW or WFP, whateveritis whide screen 20.something inch LCDs while they were on sale (price is going back up, my hand was forced, wasn't planning on doing it til after getting a new camera) and it's very nice, have a screenshot yeah, it's windows, my desktop box has specific tasks, most involve not having much space around on it, so there's no linux install on there at the minute.

Oh, and be warned, the screenshot is a 1680x1050 png :)

not quite as easy as it may look

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The black stuff

saw this linked by someone on planet GNOME the other day, thought I'd share it, typos, grammer-os, anything else, not mine, I'm copy and pasting here

A Guide For The Un-Initated To Buying Guinness In An Irish Pub

1. Choose your pub carefully. A pint of Guinness does not appreciate loud music, loud people or bright flashing lights.

2. Ask politely for a pint of Guinness. Depending on the pub, it is possible to catch the barmans eye and mouth the word "pint", he will translate this accurately.

3. The barman will fill the glass between 70% and 80% capacity. It will then be put to the side for a few moments to allow it "to settle". Once the brownish liquid has almost turned to a solid black the barman will then fill the rest of the glass. NB: do not under any circumstances take the glass before it is filled. Some virgins seem to think that the settling stage is the final stage and walk away with an unfinished pint. At this point we Irish DO understand the predicament, but I assure you it causes endless mirth as well.

4. Once you have received your pint, find a comfortable stool or seat, gaze with awe into the deep blackness, raise the pint to your mouth and take a large mouthful. Be firm.

5. A good pint can distinguished by a number of methods. A smooth, slightly off- white head is one, another is the residue left on the inside of the glass. These, surpise surprise, are known as rings. As long as they are there you know your're okay. A science of rings is developing - the instance that comes to mind is determining a persons nationality by the number of rings (a ring is dependent on a swig of Guinness each swig leaving it's own ring). An Irishman will have in the region of 5-6 rings (we pace ourselves), an Englishman will have 8-10 rings, an American will have 17-20 (they sip) and an Australian won't have any at all as they tend to knock it back in one go!

6. As you near the end of your pint, it is the custom to order another one. It is a well known fact that a bird does not fly on one wing.

a geek post

Ubuntu has started filtering various bits of gnome 2.11 into my system recently, and I noticed a gnome-panel update yesterday, then today, I noticed it doing something

divx avi, recorded with gvidcap, no, I don't know why it stretched it out a little bit, but you can see the eye candy anyway

panel-notify.avi (87k)