Archive for December, 2009

Recent Upgrades And Changes

Hi Everyone! First and foremost, thanks to you all for getting so involved right at the beginning of the Shot Of Jaq story. Aq and I have both been blown away by the discussions going on in the shots, and they have been oodles of fun to be a part of. It is awesome to see our community growing. We are keen to continue improving different aspects of the shots themselves and shotofjaq.org.

With that in mind, I just wanted to share with you all a few recent changes:

  • Studio Upgrades – some of you had commented on Aq’s audio quality not being quite so good, so we have ordered an upgrade to his setup which will bring it up to par with my own (same quality audio interface and mics), and I have recently upgraded some core chunks of my own studio, which will continue to raise the quality of the show.
  • Discussion Formatting – we have tried to tidy up the discussion part of a shot to make it look a little nicer and more spaced out. We are keen to make this part of the site as easy to use as possible as that is where you all get involved, so let us know what you think.
  • Shot Of Jaq Regulars – the main sidebar on the site now shows those users with the most comments to Shot Of Jaq shots. While this is not a means of assessing quality of posts, it does show who is most involved on the site. These numbers are reset every year.
  • Donate – we had some folks asking if they could donate some money to Shot Of Jaq to help us keep our equipment up to date, run the site and produce merchandise and other goodies, so we set it up (see the Donate button at the bottom of the sidebar). Please give generously! :-)
  • Podcast Feeds – the podcast feed should be working fine now. If you have any problems, please drop us a note in the comments on this entry.

So those are the changes, but what else would you all like to see? What would make your Shot Of Jaq experience more fun and more engaging? Share your thoughts in the discussion on this entry. :-)

The Arm Invasion

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Jono Bacon and Stuart ‘Aq’ Langridge grab a hammer and a screwdriver and de-construct the current fascination with the ARM architecture. Boasting tempting reports of battery life, promising opportunities in the netbook space and oodles of work going on in various Open Source projects, are we at the beginning of an ARM invasion or a hype smackdown?

Listen to this latest shot and let us know your thoughts in the comments below!