Fun with graphs

meta = {'category': Ubuntu, 'date': Sun 09 October 2011}

For awhile now, I’ve felt like the ubuntu-motu mailing list has been a shadow of its former self. It turns out that empirical data backs up this feeling. I produced a histogram of mailinglist volume over time:

I also figured I should take a look at ubuntu-devel:

That graph …

Ubuntu Developer Membership Board Election

meta = {'category': Ubuntu, 'date': Tue 23 August 2011}

An election for a recently opened spot on the DMB has just begun. While all the names of those nominated are familiar to me, I still need some more information to make a decision. All of the candidates are eminently qualified. Unfortunately, the call for votes didn’t include any …

Ubuntu Release Calendar

meta = {'category': Ubuntu, 'date': Fri 19 August 2011}

One thing I’ve been missing recently has been having the Ubuntu release schedule in my calendar. Steve Langasek used to provide one in ical format, but it wasn’t update for Natty nor Oneiric. The Fridge has a calandar containing a schedule of events for  #ubuntu-meeting, but that doesn …

Can i haz answers?

meta = {'category': Ubuntu, 'date': Thu 14 July 2011}

AskUbuntu is continuing to grow. According to the Stack Exchange site directory, we have:

• 17k Questions
• 31k Answers
• 19k User
• 21k Visits/Day
• 81% of questions have accepted answers

While 81% puts us into the same league as Stack Overflow and Super User, we still have hundreds of questions without …

U.K. National Lottery Winner!

meta = {'category': Ubuntu, 'date': Mon 05 October 2009}

Well, not really….

For some reason, my spam folder doesn’t contain the usual Viagra, porn, and Nigerian prince emails.  The most frequent spam I receive generally is letting me know that I just won £1,000,000 in the U.K. National Lottery. As I’ve only been in …