Is Linux the New Black, the New Red?

June 11th • 2 Comments • Under: Sidenotes • Tags: design, linux

Debian, Ubuntu, Slackware, Fedora, Gentoo, Knoppix, Mandriva, openSUSE, …

issuu — simple and intuitive document viewer

June 5th • No Comments • Under: Noticed on the Web, Sidenotes

issuu is a really simple, intuitive and easy to use document viewer for your offline publications or portfolios. And there is so much great stuff to read already.

Baltic Amber 1.32 — removed .youare section from your WordPress Dashboard

May 12th • 6 Comments • Under: Sidenotes, WordPress • Tags: plugin, WordPress

Version 1.31 1.32 applies display:none; to .youare <div> on the dashboard. The reasoning behind this move is the extensive user testing I conducted on myself — I had never touched that ‘Change Theme’ button since updating to 2.5., and the version of WordPress is visible in the footer of every administration section.

However, if you want to keep it, simply use Baltic Amber Themes & Schemes 1.3. If you would like to see this as an option (rather than by default), please leave a comment.

Sounds of typing

April 8th • 1 Comment • Under: Sidenotes

On Web Worker Daily I found this little article about CushyCMS. Watch the introductory screencast and listen to those keystrokes, especially enter. Aside from that, I actually think that CushyCMS is very useful for the work its meant to do (and its free).

Simple Fullscreen Text Editors for Students, Bloggers, Journalists and Writers

April 1st • No Comments • Under: Sidenotes • Tags: writing

Do you ever catch yourself changing the typeface, line spacing or the color of the text instead of actually writing? You might want to try one of these: Q10 — Finish that first draft. Now. (Windows only, no frameworks required); JDarkRoom — A simple full-screen text editor. (requires Java 1.4 or greater); Dark Room — Dark Room is a full screen, distraction free, writing environment. (requires .NET Framework 2.0).