Musings of an aging computer nerd hitting 0x32
Google Chrome OS First Look
First look at Chrome OS running in a VM by following the instructions on gHacks

Login screen after quick boot up, use your Gmail account details.

Looks basically like the Chrome browser at this point.
Doodle’s Geek Monkey by Alastair Montgomery
Fractal tree with spikes
Fractal tree created in Context Free using the script below.
startshape trees
rule trees {
tree {hue =1 sat =0.8016 b =0.9502}
}
rule tree {
spike {}
tree {y 2 s 0.7 r 30 hue +5}
tree {y 2 s 0.7 r -30 hue +5}
}
rule spike {
point {}
}
rule point {
CIRCLE {}
point { y 0.1 s 0.96 sat -0.005 }
}
Context Free Spikes
More context free art

Here is the script, just change the “r -40” to “r 40” to generate the other image.
startshape spin2
rule spin2 {
spin {}
spin2 { r -40 x 1.5 y 1 s 0.9}
}
rule spin {
spikes {}
}
rule spikes { spike {hue =1 sat =0.8016 b =0.9502} }
rule spike { point { } spike { r 10 s 0.95 hue +1 } }
rule point { CIRCLE{} point { y 0.1 s 0.96 sat -0.005 }}
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Context free tree edit
Created with Context Free and edited in the Gimp
Script used to create this below.
startshape forest
rule forest {
4 * {r 90} trees {}
}
Tweet from the command line with Twidge
Note: 14 of this post’s 23 links are now broken — mostly dead 2008–2013 feed-syndication infrastructure (FeedBurner, Gawker, AOL’s old blog network, Pheedo, Yahoo Pipes). Left as originally published.
For the longest time I refused to see the value in Twitter. Over the last six months I have changed my tune on that. Now I use Twitter primarily as a PR tool for my articles. And since my renewed belief in micro-blogging, I have found plenty of tools with which to enact with Twitter.
Context Free Fractal Trees

Context Free Fractal Tree created with the Context Free software


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"Mandelbulb," a 3D Mandlebrot Construct, Discovered
Free Image Editors
Note: 3 of this post’s 4 links are now broken — mostly dead 2008–2013 feed-syndication infrastructure (FeedBurner, Gawker, AOL’s old blog network, Pheedo, Yahoo Pipes). Left as originally published.
Good image editing software doesn't have to cost hundreds of poundsMandelbrot and Lambda Fractals
A couple of new images created with gnoFract 4d.


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Google Go Test
The install on my Ubuntu 9.10 Linux machine went painlessly following the instructions on this page http://golang.org/doc/install.html
Now I can can't wait until lunchtime to crack on with the tutorials


