Monthly Archives: August 2008

The Matrix Vs. Carl Sagan

Posted on 8/18/2008 by Ben

Carl Sagan fans will love this brilliant mashup of The Matrix with a speech on the nature of matter from Cosmos. Now I know why I liked Hugo Weaving as Agent Smith so much: it was a Sagan homage. [via … Continue reading →

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How to improve Free Software usability

Posted on 8/3/2008 by Ben

Matthew Paul Thomas is back with an article about why Free Software has poor usability, with concrete suggestions for how to solve the problems. Thomas is an interaction designer who works for Canonical. You might remember his list of 69 … Continue reading →

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Get Your War On: The Animated Series

Posted on 8/1/2008 by Ben

The first episode of an animated version of webcomic Get Your War On is out and it looks like it will be great.

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