Best Xfce distro of 2017

One more. After exploring the ups and downs of the Gnome and KDE/Plasma crop of this year, we now focus on what Xfce…

Best KDE/Plasma distro of 2017

Plasma me, Plasma you, a-ha, there was nothing we could do. But wait! Yes we can. Let us glimpse back upon Year 2017,…

Following in the best of traditions, it is that time of the year, when we wrap up the previous twelve months of hard…

24th October 2014 by Paul Brown No comments.

NASA has just put online a huge number of sound clips for free download and use. Ideal for mixing into music, or for…

20th October 2014 by Paul Brown No comments.

The Folger Shakespeare Library is sharing tens of thousands of high resolution images on their site covering book covers, inside pages from original…

8th September 2014 by Paul Brown No comments.

Always on the look out for new resources, we came upon the Internet Archive’s Book Images account on Flickr. The account contains well…

10th August 2014 by Paul Brown 1 comment

Using nearly exclusively the free Blender 3D and compositing software and a lot of talent, the Karma Pirates crew have created DYNAMO –…

28th May 2014 by Paul Brown No comments.

Admittedly, to write a novel all you need is a pen and paper, and to paint a picture all you need is a…