It’s fairly easy to complain about bloat in the Windows world, and even Linux and Mac users can certainly no longer claim to have the most efficient OSes in the world. With projects like OpenOffice, as wonderful as they are, taking up vast amounts of CPU time, and others like FireFox (currently using about 128 meg of RAM as I write!) grabbing as much memory as they can. Maybe it’s the trade off between eye-candy and efficiency, but sometimes I hanker for a time when things were much simpler. So as I wandered through the InterWeb the other day, I stumbled across these hidden gems from the past. It just goes to show that you don’t need the latest ninja PC to run a reasonable GUI-based OS.
Continued…
8-Bit GUIs – Eye candy’s not just for the 32-bit!
Posted in OpenSource, Retro.
– October 30, 2005
Site Updates
Yet more movement on the site front. The categorization was getting a little out of hand and needed tidying up, so that’s been done. You’ll also notice the handy Quick Navigation bar at the top of the post, and of course the forums. The way adverts have been handled has also changed, so now instead of getting adverts in-post, or plugs for products on Amazon, adverts should now stay in the same place, separate from the content. Depending on how this works out, this might change.
Anyways, enjoy the new features, and leave comments (or contact me) if you have any suggestions.
Posted in News.
– October 29, 2005
Wahey, Forums!
Yup, SnakeOil Labs now has a discussion forum. It’s powered by BBPress. If I get time, I’ll integrate it a bit more into the main site, but for now it’ll have to do as is.
Posted in News.
– October 29, 2005
Fan-produced Music Video using Apple II
Check out this fantastic music video for Jed’s other poem by Grandaddy. The video, produced by a fan was written in AppleSoft Basic on an Apple ][ (I kid you not)
Link.(Via BoingBoing)
Posted in Links.
– October 28, 2005
What was that TV Advert?
Every now and again, you come across something ideally suited for the Internet. The Best Ads on TV is just that. It’s a site containing some of the better TV ads doing the rounds.
Of course there’s plenty to choose from, making it an essential visit for anyone into Beer, Transforming Cars or home appliance wrestling.
– October 25, 2005
