The New Site is Up! After a quiet summer too quiet the new Ars Communica web site is finally live! The content of this blog has been migrated to the new site. All the posts that are available here, plus all the comments, are now live on arscommunica.

AfterStep is a window manager for the Unix X Window System. Originally based on the look and feel of the NeXTStep interface, it provides end users with a consistent, clean, and elegant desktop. The goal of AfterStep development is to provide for flexibility of desktop configuration, improving aestetics, and efficient use of system resources. Some of the distinguishing features of AfterStep compared to other window managers are its low usage of resources, stability and configurability.

Dream , Fantasy and Hope. We shall dream it? Or Hope for it? Thursday, October 28, 2010. Friday, September 25, 2009. When the moon hits your eye. Like a big-a pizza pie. When the world seems to shine. When the stars make you drool. When you dance down the street. When you walk in a dream.

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