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Various vexillological societies and The Wikipedias are reporting that Malawi has changed its flag to restore the previous Pan-African colour layout, a change the opposition party is none too pleased with. I don’t pretend to know or understand the political motivation behind the change, but I like it. It looks brighter, more cheerful :).

When I was growing up I was intensely interested in flags and logos because so many designs could be visually expressed with so few colours and geometric shapes. People used to call me a loser, can you believe it? Don’t answer that.

Despite not knowing the first thing about graphic design, I’m a unabashed logo and symbol nerd so I’ve been intently following the story of India’s search for a Rupee symbol. Now Reuters is reporting they’ve found one. Reminds me of something.

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While I’m ragging on Android and on my mobile soapbox thingy, why is it the media consistently gives the platform a free ride but criticises everything Apple does?

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Imagine the uproar on Slashdot if this story description was posted about an Apple product! But I digress.

According to Liliputing, Intel is bringing the sweet eye candy of Android to x86, which — if all goes well — means it will land on (more) netbooks and tablets soon.

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Andreas Constantinou has written one of the most interesting blog posts about Android that I’ve read in a long while; he argues its claim to being open source is not only suspect, but that the platform’s relative success has very little to do with it. The following are my own thoughts.

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David Olsen on Twitter said something this morning which I think is endemic of the reason why Microsoft is being crushed in the consumer space and can’t understand why. For once, a more serious post here on Rubénerd.com!

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I get my insatiable appetite for trivia from my dear granddad. From the time I was a kid he would regale me with a particular fact, then triumphantly exclaim "so there’s another one to add to your vast store of useless information!"

The Hyundai logo, a slanted, stylized ‘H’, symbolizes the company shaking hands with its customer

I never saw that, but I can kinda see it now. Clever logos are cool.

Beware the wrath of Dave, poke fun at his netbook and he’ll just crassly assume you’re a spineless puppet of Apple folk because they’re naturally the only ones who are uninspired by flimsy designs. I resemble [sic] his remarks… for one thing not all Apple fans are boys ;).

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This could be the greatest CD cover, ever! I don’t know why.

Howard Hanson: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7; Piano Concerto; Mosaics

Main performer: Gerard Schwarz
Time: 67:48
Release Date: 1992

I don’t know how I ended up at this review site, but I was less surprised by the fact the unit they were discussing was so shamelessly ripping off the iPod (right down to the headphones), but rather the reviewer actually liked it. Were they wearing those beer glasses Bart Simpson tried on?

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