The new HTC Hero will soon be available in Europe. The great news is that the phone will be the first android phone with flash support. I just couldn't wait to own one of this beauties. Here is an overview of some of the phones features.
The easiest answer to the above question is simply to choose the Linux distribution that is right for you, but how do you know what is right for you before even having tried the distribution?
Distrowatch could be of great help in leading you in the right direction with their short description of different distribution and also by ranking their popularity. My obvious choice is to choose those running a gnome desktop it's quite simply much better than KDE, but that's my opinion.
You could also try the different distibutions by installed virtual machine software like vmware player or Suns Virtualbox, if you don't like the distribution just delete it and go on "hunting".
I am no trying out Sabayon Linux 4.1 Gnome 64 bits ver. live iso through Suns Virtualbox
Today I installed Open Solaris 64-bit version in Suns Virtualbox, it's running smooth and no problems so far, I have 1 GB Ram and 16 GB virtual disk dedicated to the virtual machine.
One of many new features on iPhone firmware 3.0 is teethering. For those of you not familiar with the term please refer to the following Wikipedia article about the topic.
The 3.0 firmware will be available on June 17th for free for iPhone users or $9.95 USD (55 NOK) for iPod Touch users. We could expect several new features. Another 8 days to wait......
Some libraries use YouTube to promote general information to their users. Not at all a bad idea. Take a look at University of Illinois libraries and their learning videos here.
The Library 2.0 network on Ning is the brainchild of Bill Drew. I have a my page on the Library 2.0 network but haven't used it much lately. I am planning to try and use it more often to see how it could fit into my work. It's easy to be judgemental before you have even tried something and seen it's true potential that's why i have decided to try and seek out the true potential of the social network of Ning.
My profile you will find here, expect to see "radical" changes in the near future.....
Now African Studies Journals is available in Wikipedia.
This has two big advantages:
-the list of African Studies Journals is now available for a wide audience
-the list can be expanded and improved by anybody with knowledge about e-journals on Africa.
To quote Jos Damen (African Studies Centre, Leiden The Netherlands www.ascleiden.nl):
This is not a definitive list: it is work "under construction". The list will be expanded (ISBN etc) and updated in the future. It would be nice if all African Studies Journals would get their "own" page in Wikipedia, like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aequatoria and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Affairs
At the coming meeting of the European Librarians on African Studies in Leipzig (3 June 2009 at http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliotheca_Albertina ) more information on this project will be distributed.
A very good introduction and overview of different Twitter services. The guide is a good help in starting to use Twitter in the library.
On the blog "Circulation just another librarian blog" by Lindy Brown I found a list of U.S. libraries on Twitter (updated 5/15/09).
Oz OS it's an Enlightenment (e17) Desktop Linux, built on a minimal Ubuntu base distribution (currently 8.04 "Hardy Heron"). It's has a great look and functionality. I have tried it through Suns Virtualbox. The number of pre-installed applications is quite minimalized. The menus looks great and also the rest of the desktop.
The new Fedora linux distribution called Leonidas is arriving in 16 days. One of my laptops is eagerly awaiting the update. I have tried several Linux distributions and landed on Fedora for my "old" Dell Latitude D430. The speed is quite an issue and that's the main reason why I picked Fedora and not other Linux distributions.
Create your own Linux distribution with Revisor or Suse Studio. Read more about it here.
Stream your life!
Lifestream.fm is a media and social aggregator that will keep you and your friends informed about what you're doing online at a glance and in realtime. With Lifestream.fm you can put all your profiles and activity from your favorite web services all on one page, making it easy for your friends to see your newest bookmarks, your favorite videos, your tweets, photos you've uploaded, your newest blog posts, and more.
[text taken from the introduction to the service from Lifestream.fm]
"Poor Man's WiFi". I really wanted to give it a try when I saw all this wonderfully homemade Wifi antennas. Some of them actually delivering a impressive gain of ~24 dB.
