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Google Home: An Insight Into a 4-Year-Old’s Mind

by Jono Bacon | May 18, 2017 | Random

Recently I got a Google Home (thanks to Google for the kind gift). Last week I recorded a quick video of me interrogating it: Well, tonight I nipped upstairs quickly to go and grab something and as I came back downstairs I heard Jack, our vivacious 4-year-old asking...

DirecTV Charge You To Fix Their Service Issues

by Jono Bacon | Mar 12, 2012 | Planet GNOME, Planet Ubuntu, Random

Update: I cut the cord from DirecTV and life is so much better. Read about how I did this with Playstation Vue here. I don’t write a lot on my blog about issues with companies, service providers, and otherwise, but yesterday my wife and I discovered something...

Coffee Car World Record, Powered By Bacon

by Jono Bacon | Jul 29, 2011 | Planet GNOME, Planet Ubuntu, Random

My brother, Martin, is working hard right now to prepare to set a new Guinness world record for the fastest land speed record for a car powered by coffee. Crazy, yes, awesome, definitely. I am so proud of him, my nephews, and the rest of the team. What’s better...

On Zareason

by Jono Bacon | Aug 28, 2010 | Random

These views are my own, and not necessarily those of Canonical. Some time back the always awesome Earl and Cathy from Zareason loaned me one of their Strata laptops to play with. I met them at an event some time before, and while I had heard of Zareason, I really knew...

Help Colin Get His Kids Back

by Jono Bacon | Aug 23, 2010 | Random

I don’t tend to blog about appeals, but I came across this terribly sad story and I really want to encourage you all too also pledge and support him. Here is what happened, written by a friend of Colin: Colin & I have been close friends for 13 years when we...

Proud To Be a Son

by Jono Bacon | Feb 12, 2010 | Random

Today my dad was informed that he will be awarded a masters degree at Cambridge University where he has been studying recently. While I am overflowing with pride over his achievement, what really makes me smile is the incredible journey that led him there. Born and...