Obfuscate Penguin

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1. Fedora Slideshow Template

   Last week’s Fedora Design Bounty involved creating an OpenOffice.org Impress slideshow template. I didn’t have time to claim the bounty, but I had a go at making something anyway. Here’s the result.

   Added to the code, and doodle sections at 07:00:59 UTC on Saturday the 17^th of July 2010.

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2. Revised Ubuntu Sound Menu Mockup

   Follow the link to the latest revision of my sound menu mockup.

   Added to the code section at 22:44:02 UTC on Friday the 16^th of July 2010.

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3. GNOME Battery-Charge–History Mock-Up

   Almost without exception, whenever I have my laptop running on battery power, I have the Power Statistics window open on one of the workspaces, showing me the battery charge history. It’s a great little chart that has magical powers to induce speedier working as I extrapolate that there’s only ten minutes of power left. But, with just a few small changes, I think it could be even better. Here’s how.

   Added to the code section at 22:09:35 UTC on Tuesday the 15^th of June 2010.

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4. CreBS Featured at OMG! Ubuntu!

   OMG! CreBS has been featured at top-notch Ubuntu news website OMG! Ubuntu!, hailed as “the ultimate wallpaper slideshow application”.

   Added to the code section at 21:13:36 UTC on Thursday the 27^th of May 2010.

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5. Ubuntu Volume Panel Applet Mockup

   Recently I’ve been working on an idea I had about making volume adjustments to applications quicker in Ubuntu, particularly when they don’t have their own control (e.g. Firefox) or aren’t immediately accessible (i.e. minimised, behind another window, or on another workspace). I’m opening it up to public feedback here with an interactive mockup of the volume panel applet.

   Added to the code section at 17:55:28 UTC on Sunday the 9^th of May 2010.

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6. Create Background Slideshows for your GNOME Desktop with CreBS

   For some time, GNOME has been able to use a series of images that change at specified intervals as the desktop background, but the XML files needed are time consuming to write or edit manually, and all users really ought to be able to create background slideshows with the same ease as setting static images as the wallpaper. I set out to make a programmatic solution, and so I present a little PyGTK app I call CreBS, an abbreviation of Create Background Slideshow.

   Added to the code section at 20:00:20 UTC on Thursday the 29^th of April 2010.

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7. Display Currently Playing iTunes Track On Your Desktop With Rainmeter

   A VBScript to monitor the track playing in iTunes and write its information into a file that can be displayed on the desktop by Rainmeter.

   Added to the code section at 23:31:22 UTC on Friday the 27^th of March 2009.

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8. Smart Icons 2.0 Released

   Just a quick note to herald the update to Smart Icons. Read all about it on the dedicated Smart Icons page.

   Added to the code section at 00:33:09 UTC on Monday the 9^th of March 2009.

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