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Episode 8: Sleepytime Show

Lococast.net Episode 8 - Sleepytime Show

• Intro - We're Back!
• Amber: http://akgraner.com/?p=763
  • http://granerfamily.chipin.com/the-graner-family
• Events:
  • Codemash Jan 12-14th Sandusky OH
    • Rick's Talk at CodeMash
  • You've got some events to pub let us know feedback@lococast.net
• UDS
  • Unity
    • Current state, what is it? We all probably know by now
    • Default...parts that are missing
    • Overall goals, touch, etc
    • Conflict with Gnome, still a 'gnome-toolkit' desktop?
  • Other UDS highlights
    • New ad they had? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYTJPaM82nQ
    • Tons of youtube video
    • Banshee - amazon mp3 vs U1 music store?
  • http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DevWorkstation
    • Developer push with things like software center, paid apps, donation for apps, trying to get more apps into center
• Jim Barber
  • Got some feedback in from a guy sailing his boat Esmeralda and uses the podcast to help pass the time from port to port. Running Ubuntu and learning python after doing some pascal stuff back in the day.
  • Want to see about an interview, back from his last voyage this Dec. Try to get a skype interview going
• Books
  • Rick:
    • Everyday Scripting with Ruby: for Teams, Testers, and You
    • Art of Community - Jono Bacon
    • Pulling Strings with Puppet
  • Craig:
    • Cryoburn - Lois McMaster Bujold
      • http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/24-CryoburnCD/
    • JavaScript: The Good Parts - Douglas Crockford
• Nook Color - the non (E-) e-reader

Music:

• Kudai - Kudai 2.0
• Binarpilot - KDR Assault
• Reno Project - Hot Street
• Countdown - El Diablo
• REVENGE - eat me one more time