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I totally forgot to add this video to my blog here!

North Texas got 12 inches of snow Feb 11, 2010. The news said this is a new record – the most snow recorded in this area since 1964! Here’s how it looked around my neighborhood.

So, this is OmmWriter by Herraiz Soto & Co. It has subtle interface controls, subtle background images, background music and ambient sounds.

Ommwriter from Herraiz Soto on Vimeo.

Each time I press a key, it makes a small sound. Like a dropped pebble or click … or tone.

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Being interviewed for the nightly news

Originally uploaded by MalevolentDust

A group of us from JWT were out to lunch at Champps today and FOX News interviewed a few of us about the current hullabaloo regarding Fantasy Football.

Apparently, four guys got fired from their job for participating in Fantasy Football at work. Their company has a strict policy against gambling (obviously NOT an advertising/marketing firm!) and these guys got terminated due to it. SUCKS to be them.

Anyway, I don’t play but certainly don’t see any harm in it as long as it doesn’t interfere with people getting their jobs done. So that’s what I told the news.

Will I get 15 seconds of fame (or even 5 seconds)? I don’t know – it was footage for the 4 o’clock news and I’ll be working — not watching tv!

Ubuntu? What the heck is Ubuntu?

Well, for those of you who don’t yet know, Ubuntu is the operating system analogue of “I’d like to buy the world a Coke” except that it’s even better than buying the world a Coke — it’s FREE!

Ubuntu is a free, open-source distribution of the Linux operating system. But what makes it really special is that it’s the first, and maybe only, Linux distribution that is this friendly, easy to use and familiar-feeling. Ubuntu uses the Gnome desktop user interface by default, which is very similar to the familiar Windows or Macintosh user-interfaces (desktop environments). Optionally, you can use the KDE desktop environment (called Kubuntu). Either one is well-developed and easy to transition to if you are familiar with Windows or Macintosh. (more…)