elky: Elky, collector of shiny shit (ooh! shiny!)
[Belated crosspost from my main blog]

World Play Day is coming up on May 28th. To mark the occasion, Ubuntu Women is holding another competition! Yep, that's right, another one!

The competition task is a simple one. All you have to do is take photos of your girls (toddlers through to 12yrs) playing with and loving Ubuntu. The quick guide can be found on the wiki. Entries close 2359UTC May 14th.

And do we ever have a competition for you. Just like last time, there'll be 2 winners; a community choice winner and a random draw. So, you don't have to be a star photographer to win at all.

We've even managed to get more prizes. We know you all like prizes. I know I like prizes.

The first of whom will be the popular voted Community Choice, and will receive a Dell Mini 10n (or equivalent net-book based on availability). The second winner chosen by random drawing will receive a Canonical Sponsored Ubuntu SWAG collection that includes: Mouse- pad, Silly putty, Recycled Ubuntu Notepad, Ubuntu pen, Ubuntu lanyard, Ubuntu pack of 3 pin-badges and 1 Organic Circle of Friends Ladies T-shirt.


Yes, that's right; the community choice winner gets a whole computer. We did think about just sending the box and keeping the computer for ourselves, but we're just too nice for our own good.

You can read the full announcement on the Mailing List.
elky: Elky, collector of shiny shit (ooh! shiny!)

I think I need new gadgets. Yeah I know, #firstworldproblems and all that.

I've had a 3g modem for a few years now; 2 years to be precise since this is the last month of the 24mth data contract I had to sign to get it. The modem is one of the soap-on-a-rope things, and well, the rope isn't so good anymore. The solution? Find a new 4" USB cable, or find a new modem.

Since there are new modems out now with better signal and speed ratings, I'm inclined to go that way. Further to that, there's also wireless 3g hotspot modems, but I don't really understand how these work. I mean, can your average smartphone connect to them as though they're a normal wifi network? If so, then I can probably drop my phone off the monthly un-plan it is currently on to a 365 day recharge option and save pennies.

Speaking of phones, I'm finding that I'm at the end of my tether with the e71. Nokia's default email client is probably the single worst email client I've ever used in the history of ever, and I realised a while ago that the single main reason I talked myself in to coughing for a proper smartphone was so I could access my email from it. Obviously that isn't working out. Besides, I really really really want an Android. I'm not wanting to ditch having a physical keyboard, so I'm limited to a choice of a G1 or a Motorola Dext (528MHz) Milestone "Droid" (1GHz). I can't seem to find the Samsung physical keyboard models for sale in .au, so they're not really much of an option.

Dear lazywebs, which gadgetastic solutions should I take?

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