http://natanyellin.com The Personal Weblog of Natan Yellin Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:39:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We're looking for web developers to help out with Zeitgeist's website. If you have some experience with web development (of any kind) and don't mind volunteering some time then let me know. Thanks. http://natanyellin.com/2009/11/19/web-developers-wanted/ I left Bolzano back for Munich this morning. Here are a few quick thoughts on the Linux Desktop. Every year I read four or five magazine articles claiming that this year will be "The Year of the  Linux Desktop." Every article so far has been wrong, but I'm starting to think ... http://natanyellin.com/2009/11/13/linux-and-governments/ Here's a quick mockup from the Zeitgeist Hackfest.  The code for this should be online later today. http://natanyellin.com/2009/11/12/zeitgeist-hackfest-user-experience-team/ In 12 hours I'm going to board a plane at Ben Gurion Intl Airport for Munich. 8 hours later I'll take a train to Italy and only 3 hours after that I'll arrive in Bolzano, Italy for the Zeitgeist Hackfest. Many thanks go to the GNOME Foundation and Canonical for sponsoring ... http://natanyellin.com/2009/11/07/zeitgeist-hackfest/ From Google Israel: http://natanyellin.com/2009/11/05/494/ I'm not sure where to report a bug for Ubuntu's download page. My blog is aggregated on planet.gnome.org so I'm sure that the appropriate people will read this: Ubuntu's DVD downloads need to be updated. Right now anyone who clicks on them will start downloading Hardy Heron. http://natanyellin.com/2009/11/02/dear-lazyweb/ Today I met with Clemens Buss (creator of Project Gothenburg) who's doing research for his masters at the Weizmann Institute. We talked for half an hour about Zeitgeist, Feedgeist, and Gothenburg, along with an entrée of side topics including developer documentation and Mono. A few highlights: 1. It's very easy to extract ... http://natanyellin.com/2009/08/09/fellow-gnomeers-on-campus-and-a-lecture-by-adi-shamir/ Yesterday I arrived at the Weizmann Institute for the Amos De Shalit summer program. For the next two weeks, I'll be working in a chemistry lab which studies nanoparticles. Unfortunately, sleeping (somewhat) does take priority over open source projects I'm working on, but that doesn't mean that everything will have to ... http://natanyellin.com/2009/08/04/summer/ For some educational fun, I've decided to build a RepRap with my younger brother. RepRap 1.0 Darwin Here's the description from the website: RepRap is short for Replicating Rapid-prototyper. It is the practical self-copying 3D printer shown above - a self-replicating machine. This 3D printer builds the parts up in layers of plastic. ... http://natanyellin.com/2009/07/23/reprap/ After over nine months of hacking, Zeitgeist 0.2 has been released into the wild. Head on over to Launchpad or Siegfried's blog for the nitty gritty. It's worth pointing out that this release is aimed at developers only and includes the Zeitgeist Engine and DataHub. For the rest of you, the ... http://natanyellin.com/2009/07/15/release-release-release/