Ubuntu Artwork?, San Andreas, Heading Out To Oliver

Sorry about the lack of posts recently, but that would be an accurate description of how eventful things have been around here lately. Got out and did some gardening today. I have also been learning about using GnuCash (accounting for Linux) (which requires the old GTK 1, which isn't very Ubuntu friendly). So many things I would like to learn over the summer, yet it feels like there is so little time.

Some of you may remember the old Ubuntu artwork controversy from October of last year. This featured models who were showing off a little too much skin for some people (PG 13 perhaps). Today Jeff Waub, GNOME hacker, linked to a very interesting possible splash screen. This is only a joke, and you will need to be 18 or over to see the artwork (not work safe!). It is over at Alvaro's blog.

Got Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas today. That is a massive game, shipping on DVD, and sucking up 5GB for the full install. My machine only has 256MB (once there was a time, children, where 256MB was more than enough), and it gets around 5 frames per second, with everything on low. I have actually determined that it is a RAM bottleneck issue, and turning off all audio clears up enough RAM to push the graphics up and maintain around 20 frames per second. If you want to play this game, you'll definitely need more than 256MB system RAM. Other than that, it is a nice game, with much more to explore than VC or Liberty City. I'm letting Kevin do all the missions, then I just step in and play with the new goodies and areas he unlocked.

Tomorrow morning I'll be heading out to Oliver, near Osoyoos. Going to a garden wedding on Saturday afternoon, so hopefully the weather will be nice. I'm hoping the drive up and back will also be nice. I'm not driving (we're carpooling with some friends), but I would like to take some nice photos with my camera of the mountains and scenery. I took photo down in Washington that would have been perfect, only it turned out blurred due to the movement of the car. Had I stopped the vehicle and used a tripod it would have been a great desktop background. Now I'm mad that it didn't turn out, and I'm determined to take more photos in hopes of getting more really good desktops.