As some may be aware I elected to install Unity on my Acer Aspire One. I found it totally unusable, mainly brought on by a non functioning nautilus 
Thankfully my system was not borked, as I was able to use the traditional UI session instead of Unity.
I do not recall where but I came to hear that more development had been on Unity and I believed it would be worth seeing how the development is progressing (especially given it will be installed by default in the next Ubuntu Netbook Remix). I am happy to report that that Nautilus is now functional! 
Well done to all the developers who have been working so hard on the project, it is really appreciated.
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Although not finished I have found Unity to be a little sluggish. That could be related to my Acers technical specifications (Only 512mb ram for example). I am intending to install an additional 1GB of RAM in the future. This upgrade could make all the difference in these lags that I am experiencing. Regardless, I am very impressed and look forward to using Unity more in the future
I have been setting up my mac for web development work, this naturally meant MAMP. MAMP is an acronym of Macintosh, Apache, MySQL and PHP. Initially I thought it would be tricky to setup, but in fact it was rather simple.
To get going all I needed to do was download MAMP from here. Once you have installed the application all you need do is have a quick read of the readme file to sort out MySQL and then you are all set. Simply place your scripts inside the htdocs directory (under MAMP in Applications). Pretty simple To run your scripts locally you will have to navigate to http://localhost:8888/index.php inside your browser of choice. Fairly simple I think
From my understanding a non free version of MAMP is available. Details of what you get for your cash can be seen here. Personally speaking I am happy with the free version, though if the software proves to be quality and used regularly (as oppose to just testing on my server) then I shall consider the upgrade. I suppose it would also be a nice thing to support the developers and thus making it feasible for them to offer a free version.
I completed Monkey Island 2 today on my xbox360
The game certainly brought back memories, the special edition for the xbox360 is superb! The controls are far easier to work with, as well as improved graphics. The character dialog is now also fully audible. Don’t worry though you can still play in “classic” mode if you want without the improvements. The game has had a nice overhaul and is highly polished. It has not been rushed and has a high degree of quality. Very impressed and would recommend to any Monkey Island fan. In case you were wondering, my stats show I completed the game in a little under 5 hours. 
Well, I found myself doodling earlier today. Here are the sketches. No idea why I drew them…
Both are flawed and not up to a good standard. Just thought I would share. Please do not judge too harshly. I wouldn’t even call them drafts.
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