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I just customized the GUI of my Ubuntu Gutsy install. Here are some of the addons & themes I used:

- avant window navigator (https://launchpad.net/awn)

- Murrina Eternal Blue theme (http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Murrina-Eternal_blue?content=44517 )

- Humanoid-OSX Black window border (http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Humanoid-OSX-Black-ColouredButtons?content=73130)

- Emacs theming: Clarity and Beauty (https://gna.org/projects/color-theme)

- Conky system monitor (yet to create my own config file) ... continued

I love GNU Emacs and use it for all coding, note taking and basic text editing. For those who haven't used EMACS, the reason its so great is you never have to reach for a mouse - you can navigate around, open and close, edit documents without your hands having to leave their natural typing posture.

I have been using the default emacs theming for a while now. The theming was quite bland until I found the color-theme package that has tens of cool themes. My EMACS sessions went from looking like the top left pic to the top right. Check out how the themes look here

Well, MZK and I were excited about starting waziwazi with the hopes of turning it into a free-for-all online magazine dedicated to robotics. Unfortunately, given our day-time engineering jobs, it became difficult to find the 2-3 hours a day required to write the stories, prepare for events and expand the site.

Wazi means 'open' in Kiswahili. I've been thinking about restarting waziwazi by opening up the site to the robotics community. If you have any ideas or want to get involved, drop me a line via the 'Submit a story!' link above or by email at dskhatri{shift-2}waziwazi{dot}com