Monthly Archives: December 2007

Writing web apps with AppJet

By Richard Bradshaw | Published: December 19, 2007
AppJet bills itself as allowing “instant web programming”. As a relatively competent programmer, I had a look to see whether this tool would be useful to me. The key feature of AppJet is that it allows you to write code and publish it without having to host it yourself. Any application that you make has a [...]
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How to install KDE 4 RC 2 on Ubuntu 7.10 (screenshot tour)

By Richard Bradshaw | Published: December 19, 2007
If you’ve been following the development of KDE 4, then you are likely aware that the most recent release candidate was released a few days ago. To install on Ubuntu or Kubuntu: Remove any previous version of KDE 4. sudo apt-get remove kdelibs5 kde4base-data kde4libs-data Install KDE 4 RC 2: sudo apt-get install kdebase-bin kdebase-workspace kdebase-kde4 kdebase-runtime When originally writing this, [...]
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Eight features you didn’t know about in Ubuntu

By admin | Published: December 10, 2007
Ubuntu has caused GNU/Linux based operating systems to have many reviews recently, most concentrating on the more flashy parts such as the infamous rotating cube or wobbly windows provided by compiz fusion, rather than the things that actually make it such a enjoyable operating system to use. I tried to pick some features that I have [...]
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Pageflakes launches new portal for teachers

By admin | Published: December 5, 2007
Pageflakes is a customizable start page that allows you to add small widgets or flakes that can display custom content. They have recently launched a prepopulated page designed for teachers. Default layout of the Teacher’s Pageflakes page    The default items on the page include a teaching timetable, a calendar, email, online file storage, some educational bookmarks, [...]
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Retrievr – search for flickr images using sketches

By admin | Published: December 3, 2007
Ever wanted to draw a picture of what you want? Try Retrievr, it lets you draw a quick image, and in real time searches for images on flickr that look like your sketch. Really quite amazing – no idea how it works, but it’s good!
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