Maybe they're on to something after all

 A phone that is a fully functioning Android - until you hook it up to a dock, and then it becomes a fully functional Ubuntu desktop with your data automatically integrated?   Could be impressive.  Will a manufacturer offer it installed, or will you have to root your phone and arguably void your warranty?  How hard will the install be?

At any rate, sounds like a move in the right direction.

Ubuntu OS for Smartphones May Come Next Year | PCWorld Business Center

better late than never (so long asits not too late)

Canonical is pushing developers to make it easy to install an application by clicking a button on a website.  This sure would have been a nice feature back when I started with Hardy - and its something Windows users have come to expect since at least Windows 2000 (if not earlier).  

Sometimes I get to wondering what a distro like Ubuntu is trying to do.  They seem focused on improving the PC experience for the average user (when they're not trying to distance Unity from Gnome Shell for its own sake) - and they've generally done a good job. Yet they don't seem to have any viable plan to increase the settings in which people will encounter Ubuntu in their everyday life, there's no reason to believe that manufacturers are going to start shipping Linux machines (Ubuntu or otherwise) without public demand, and the PC is going to start being a harder place for a user like me to install after the fact.   Plus, all the smart money is moving away from the x86/AMD64 PC and towards ARM powered mobile devices - where iOS is increasingly dominant and Android serves the alternative market.  So what the hell is their big picture objective?  What's the ultimate vision for this thing?  

But hey - I'll take whatever convenience I can get! 

‘Download for Ubuntu’ Button Campaign | jonobacon@home

best shoes = flat shoes

I go for big walks.   When I wear athletic shoes, my feet get blown.  with chucks there's never a problem.  Sometimes I'll throw in a flat insert to reduce the shock.  But even without one, I can walk forever.  I think its because they let your feet do their job - they're just a flat protection against bumps like the sandals the long walking ancient romans wore - or mocassans worn by native americans. 

To Heel or Not To Heel…The Toe-nnoying Truth About High Heels (and your poor toes)

Lucky nobody was killed

Doesn't change the fact that using a swat team to raid several family homes, sticking machine guns in kids faces, over the sale of bongs is an utter disgrace.

Reason Magazine - Hit & Run

"Bipartisan usually means that a larger-than-usual deception is being carried out." - George Carlin

   
Congressmen Seek To Lift Propaganda Ban

According to the Bible, what group of people would Jesus put in a concentration camp until they die out?

Icould be wrong, but I think Jesus' support for concentration camps can be found somewhere between "judge not lest ye be judged", "love thy neighbor", and"let he without sin cast the first stone."

Local Pastor Calls For Death of 'Queers & Homosexuals' - YouTube

I'm not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, but . . . .

As happy as I am to see New Jersey's criminal penalties for small level drug possession be eliminated, I'd rather see all penalties be eliminated altogether - especially considering the statements made by lawmakers.  In reducing the penalties for small amounts of marijuana to a small civil fine, Assemblyman Michael Patrick Carroll stated, ""Some acts harm society, and they warrant the intervention of police, prosecutors, and perhaps even incarceration. Other acts warrant, at best, a spanking.  The harm to society, if it exists at all, is de minimis" in these possession cases.

An adult shouldn't be subject to a spanking by the state, no matter how light, for doing something that doesn't harm anyone.  Period.