Day: 20 December 2007

  • Desktop Effects on Ubuntu

    Well, I’ve finally managed to get desktop effects (Compiz) working on Ubuntu Gutsy! I’ve been having problems for a while – I’m not sure why, could be a number of things… each time I tried to enable the desktop effects, it just came up with a message about not being able to enable them! Enabling…

  • All religions

    I came across this quote recently: We in the Orthodox church regard all religions as being an indication of God’s graciousness to mankind. (Father Gregory Hallam, being interviewed on the BBC Radio 4 Sunday Programme last Sunday, found via Dave Walker’s Blog) And it got me thinking. I’ve been re-reading “What’s So Amazing About Grace?”…

  • Finally! – IE has standards support

    Well, I heard today that Internet Explorer 8 has passed the Acid2 Test. In case you’re not aware, the Acid2 test is a website which is designed to test capabilities of the browser to determine whether it is fully compliant with certain web standards. This is a highly significant milestone for any web developer —…