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Thursday, August 28, 2008
Thursday, August 28, 2008
And here I thought Ireland was just a country of rainbows, shamrocks, and lilting-voiced innocents frolicking through the fields. You know, because like every good American I make it a point to base all of my stereotypes on popular breakfast cereals.
This is one instance where the packaging hugely overshadows the cake itself. I especially like the font choice: it's like they were going for "suggestive" and ended up at "crazy deformity" instead. And despite the "busty" claim, this is actually a pretty tame cake. Here submitter Rachel S. and friends set up a comparison shot:
Well, Cute Overload has Cats 'n' Racks: I guess now we have Cakes 'n' Racks. (And no, you may not start sending in candidates for the new category, ladies, no matter how clever you think your new cupcake holder is. We have standards here, doncha know.)
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- knittinglane said...
I love the new post, your blog is adorable!
- August 28, 2008 at 11:31 AM
I think cutting into this cake might make me feel as though I was performing a biopsy. Somehow I don't think that would make for very enjoyable cake eating!
- August 28, 2008 at 11:40 AM
- beloved30 said...
I hope they are serving that with milk!
- August 28, 2008 at 12:27 PM
As a lilting-voiced innocent who is currently frolicking though the fields of County Cork in Ireland, I really feel I must point out to you that the cake above is actually made and brought into this country by Tesco... a British company, who incidently are looking to rule the world - let Walmart's cake makers look out... Clearly we Irish would never stoop so low.
- August 28, 2008 at 12:31 PM
- V. Nicharico said...
So...is a girly cake, or do you serve one to every fella at the bachelor party (So says the husband...*sigh*)
- August 28, 2008 at 12:40 PM
or else plastic surgery! "Doctor, I'm unhappy with my yellow cake A cup! Could you make me a Chocolate C?
- August 28, 2008 at 12:56 PM
- August 28, 2008 at 1:49 PM
- Beki - TheRustedChain said...
Oh my!!!
- August 28, 2008 at 2:19 PM
- Kara said...
And yet, if I just saw the cake I'm not sure I would know what it was supposed to be. Surely they can make them more boob-like! If you're trying to be tacky, you can't go halfway.
- August 28, 2008 at 2:57 PM
- CULTURE CREATORS said...
Ohhhh goodness haha hmmm the cake isn't that cool they could have done so much more with the idea...
xCC - August 28, 2008 at 3:21 PM
- evil cake lady said...
that the ladies were so thorough as to take a comparison shot makes this post hilarious.
- August 28, 2008 at 3:25 PM
- Danielle said...
Am I the only one who doesn't understand the logistics of this cake? Does it actually come boxed and ready to eat? Also, it appears to have the bikini-type thing in the front of the boobs when it should be sort of on top. Am I seeing this wrong? All around, a weird cake. I can't imagine them selling so many that they would need special packaging for it either. Silly American, the Irish LOVE boobs.
- August 28, 2008 at 3:41 PM
As my daughter said years ago when looking at some pictures on the front of Cosmo..."Mommy that woman has a butt on her chest":)
- August 28, 2008 at 3:54 PM
- Dea said...
LMAO!!! Oh man, you're so right - those ain't busty, they need implants to get to busty!!!
- August 28, 2008 at 3:58 PM
- CRUSTY MOM-E said...
the best part of this pic is the balance of boobies surrounding the deformed cake battered ones..
very cool!
Crusty beef~ - August 28, 2008 at 4:01 PM
- Sabina E. said...
mmm, edible boobs! lol
- August 28, 2008 at 4:06 PM
You can get that everywhere in Britain... including in Tesco next to the Winnie the Pooh and Hannah Montana Cakes!
- August 28, 2008 at 4:09 PM
- Jenny said...
Good Old Tescos - as their moto says "Every Little Helps" although they're not so little in this case, are they??!!
- August 28, 2008 at 5:10 PM
- Amy-Jo said...
like a couple of other people have said, this is widely available in the UK from Tesco and has been for some time...my Boyfriend had one bought for him as a 21st birthday cake by friends,and that was February 2007!it never got eaten though,all the lads were having too much fun having their picture taken holding it up as their own boobs.think it eventually fell off the cake board!though why that didnt stop them eating it i'll never know...
love the blog! - August 28, 2008 at 6:07 PM
- Erin said...
You may already know this, but this blog got a shout-out on the Charm City Cakes blog! Mary Alice mentioned it here:http://www.charmcitycakes.com/noflash/index.cfm?rd=blog&pos=3.
- August 28, 2008 at 6:29 PM
- Sleepwalker said...
Makes perfect sense. This company was once busted *insert rimshot here* for this:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-412195/Tesco-condemned-selling-pole-dancing-toy.html - August 28, 2008 at 7:01 PM
At least it is not red velvet!
- August 28, 2008 at 7:11 PM
- August 28, 2008 at 8:06 PM
Oooo I love these cakes. They've been around the UK for as long as I can remember and I always thought they were pretty tame, I mean if I wanna buy busty boobs I want BUSTY BOOBS! Something to sink my teeth into...
- August 28, 2008 at 10:42 PM
- pablueeyes said...
This is the best blog ever...I send it to everyone I know.
- August 28, 2008 at 10:45 PM
- Laura/Notepad said...
At first I read Laura and it made me laugh, hard (my first name is Laura xD)
LOVE this post :) - August 29, 2008 at 2:24 AM
I'm also happy to say that this cake is from Tesco, I'd like to think Irish people have far more class than to invent something like this!
- August 29, 2008 at 7:17 AM
Tesco also did a cake using the same mould but it was decorated to look like a builders bum (ie bum crack popping over the top of a pair of jeans). I have no idea if its still available.
- August 29, 2008 at 9:40 AM
- Melanie said...
At first I thought the box contained a "Rusty Boobs cake". HUH? Imagine how foolish I felt when I realised it actually said BUSTY, not rusty.
- August 29, 2008 at 4:27 PM
- Tepid Halibut said...
Reminds me of a window display I saw in a Bruges Chocolate Shop.
Nice to see them in both Milk Chocolate and White Chocolate. - August 29, 2008 at 6:17 PM
- Unknown said...
I work on the bread and cakes department at Tesco, where this cake is sold - one of my weekly tasks is to record upcoming expiry dates on cakes (yes, about as interesting as it sounds). I hate hate hate reaching up to the top - yes, the top! - shelf to check the Boobs cake. Please, customers, it's not my own curiosity, I have to do this!
- August 30, 2008 at 4:36 PM
- Leah Winkler said...
- August 30, 2008 at 6:05 PM
- Theo said...
Hey, we have standards too! They're just are our own custom standards.
- September 2, 2008 at 9:47 PM
- Nue said...
Hi my name is Nkauhnue and I'm loving the busty boob cake. So cute and of course.....GIRLY!
nkauhnue- - September 4, 2008 at 10:27 PM
- Whereismyrobot said...
Someone made me this cake. It was awesome.
http://flickr.com/photos/whereismyrobot/385602571/ - September 6, 2008 at 4:33 PM
- Unknown said...
Then how come I've never seen one in the Tesco where I live? Maybe it says something about the kinds of people I live near...
- September 9, 2008 at 3:29 PM
my mom actually made my dad a titty cake when i was a kid...but alas the boobs actually looked believable.
if only it looked bad! - September 14, 2008 at 12:40 AM
- tarajackson said...
We just got back from England a couple weeks ago, and we saw this cake in a Tesco! I grabbed one and shook it at my husband and proclaimed, "IT'S THE BOOB CAKE FROM THAT BLOG I READ!!" He about died laughing. I almost bought one just to show everyone here in the US, but I resisted. I couldn't think how I could get it through customs. Oh, Tesco, how I love thee and thy cake making ways.
Tara :) - November 12, 2008 at 4:17 PM
Well for starters, you're right, the boobs are not THAT busty. I know quite a few people with boobs that are bustier than that!!! (O.K... I am one of them!!(and i'm only in uni!!))
And next, they do not even look THAT much like boobs. I hate to seem nit-picky but they're not THAT realistic. There's no line down the middle!!
Also..why is it curved at the TOP??? It should be curved at the bottom!!!
And lastly... do you think it's guys or gals who are making this cake? I wonder how a guy would know... Unless...? (Sorry to put that image in your head if it wasn't already there!!)
Scarlett Robyn - June 3, 2010 at 9:16 AM
- Cupcakes Lady said...
A Tesco special...every little helps - obviously not! lol xx
- October 7, 2010 at 3:59 PM
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Thursday, November 27, 2008
And Now, a Word From Your Thanksgiving Turkey Cakes
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"Don't look at me! I'm just a cuter version of this guy:"
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- Unknown said...
Ouch! That CCC looks like he's being roasted alive!!!!
- November 27, 2008 at 9:35 AM
That chicken (cupcake)cake is so unintentionally impressive.
- November 27, 2008 at 9:38 AM
- Angie McCullagh said...
ZOMG! Are you this funny in real life? Because if so, I'd like to eat cupcakes with you. I'm ROLLING and snorting over here.
Angie (from over at www.HalfAssedKitchen.com) - November 27, 2008 at 9:39 AM
- An Apron Straitjacket said...
Gee, I kind of hate to see them say goodbye.
Happy Turkey Day! - November 27, 2008 at 9:40 AM
- ~Bethany~ said...
Looks like someone ran off with the peacocks wing.....his purple feather is a little deflated.
- November 27, 2008 at 9:42 AM
- Marissa said...
ok, those are just baaaaaad.
i would, however, eat the turkey leg/foot of that nasty CCC just to put it out of its misery.
my current favorite CW is the upside down, candy corn thing from a few days ago. i've actually randomly thought of it a few times in the past few days and cracked up. that person needs a raise... or a transfer to a different dept. - November 27, 2008 at 10:13 AM
- Angela said...
OMG - it's a turkey massacre!!!
- November 27, 2008 at 10:23 AM
- Liberty :) said...
Hilarious!!! The CCC's are awful, I hope to god they never make it across the pond!!!!!
Happy Thanksgiving Americans!! :) - November 27, 2008 at 10:36 AM
That turkey with the peacock tail is the logo for NBC's new line-up... combining the peacock logo with the shows' contents. Too bad they couldn't add some of the diaper-contents look for a complete thematic blend.
- November 27, 2008 at 10:37 AM
I think the second one down is a Golliwogg cake. I, for one, am offended.
- November 27, 2008 at 10:40 AM
- Becky said...
Why oh why do they insist on the CCCs???????? Geez!
Happy Thanksgiving everybody! - November 27, 2008 at 10:43 AM
It seems that Holidays bring out the CCCs in full force! 90% of the Thanksgiving cakes we've seen have been CCC!!
- November 27, 2008 at 11:00 AM
- undergrad RN said...
I love that they all seem to look like piles of poo!
- November 27, 2008 at 11:01 AM
- CathyBB said...
Alternate theory on the turkey cookie, though - he kinda looks like he's staggering after being shot - or is that chest hair???
Fantastic commentary as always... thanks for a great laugh today - and every day! =) - November 27, 2008 at 11:01 AM
- Vashti said...
The first one looks like a poo with wings! and all are pretty horrible!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING! - November 27, 2008 at 11:06 AM
- Kimberly said...
wings on fire.....*lol*...*rofl*...*crying***...on fire....You are going to make me wake my family up early this morning laughing!
- November 27, 2008 at 11:06 AM
- searching_for_something said...
The one at the end is too cute. I couldnt eat him, nto with those sad eyes!
- November 27, 2008 at 11:26 AM
ROFLMAO! I can hardly wait until the Christmas cakes are created. To be honest, I'm not big on Christmas, but this website may change my mind. :-)
Happy Thanksgiving! - November 27, 2008 at 11:31 AM
- Llyra said...
It looks like someone yoinked one of the tail cupcakes out from under the frosting on that first CCC...
- November 27, 2008 at 11:32 AM
I think the first one is a gay pride turkey actually, I've seen him doing a leaflet campaign for single sex marriage ;-)
- November 27, 2008 at 11:43 AM
The white turkey immediately struck me as the Ghost of Thanksgiving Past. It's sad when a bakery runs out of icing colors.
Most of the others look like some grade school had a contest and only those between 6 and 8 were allowed to enter.
--cpeter133 - November 27, 2008 at 11:49 AM
In my mind, this is THE best Cake Wrecks commentary of 'em all. And some of the worst cake wrecks, too, which makes it even better.
Bravo, Jen! Fantastic! *applauds*
-Deb - November 27, 2008 at 11:56 AM
Oh my. That second-last one is the best of them all.
- November 27, 2008 at 11:58 AM
- CakeEater said...
I saw a turkey one where the "feathers" were two cupcakes each, iced separately, but then they piled and piled icing on in vivid colors going towards the bird's body - a giant pile of brown icing in the middle of the cupcake semi-circle. I SO wish I had a camera!
- November 27, 2008 at 12:00 PM
- Hyena Overlord said...
OMG...is the turkey cookie from hallowe'en? CCC are hilarious. They still can't grasp the concept here at the local bakeries. Although that's not a bad thing.
I do like the Statue of Liberty turkey CCC. Very good use of two icons for one holiday.
Tee hee
wvotd:jeziesva.."what the jeziesva is wrong with the decorators these days?" - November 27, 2008 at 12:12 PM
- MarieA said...
LOL.. I thought exactly the same thing... NBC Peakcock!
Am enjoying the wrecks here and am now taking my own camera with me when I hit the grocery stores and bakeries ... looking to find my first wreck and become a wreckporter!
Happy Thanksgiving. Hope your turkeys are ..... less .... goey!
wordver- BRR TOM! LOL - November 27, 2008 at 12:15 PM
- Feisty Irish Wench said...
Did anyone else notice that someone snuck a cupcake out from under NBC's feathers, leaving only the pile of icing, almost virtually undisturbed?
- November 27, 2008 at 12:23 PM
"So long, and thanks for all the Wrecks" Man, now I have to go watch HHGTTG!!!
- November 27, 2008 at 1:07 PM
- Ms Ashley said...
The turkey cookie looks like he's about to throw up all those cranberries!
- November 27, 2008 at 1:09 PM
- Bri said...
Oh wow.
that poor bird creature. I actually wish someone would rearrange that CCC so the thing doesn't look dismembered. That's so sad. - November 27, 2008 at 1:27 PM
- Lauren @ Sassy Molassy said...
Oh wow, those are some ugly turkeys. :) Thanks for stopping by. Yes, I read 5th sacred thing during a women's and gender studies class in college. Great book!
- November 27, 2008 at 1:48 PM
- Kitty said...
I love that the first one is missing a cupcake and they just frosted right onto the board like they figured that no one would notice...
- November 27, 2008 at 1:48 PM
- Garret said...
That was funny! I actually felt sad for the last one. He looked like he was going to suffocate in there.
http://jimandgarret.blogspot.com/ - November 27, 2008 at 1:51 PM
- Mari said...
Wow, you outdid yourself.
Happy Thanksgiving! - November 27, 2008 at 2:02 PM
- Jenn said...
I have to agree, the turkey on the cookie looks like he's not long for this world. Or maybe he's dead already and is a ghost turkey.
- November 27, 2008 at 2:18 PM
Seriously, does that black-and-white one look like a zombie to anyone else?
- November 27, 2008 at 2:54 PM
- WendyB said...
The first one made the NBC station identification get stuck in my head.
- November 27, 2008 at 3:07 PM
- Orsolya said...
Why is it that all the "necks" (and I use the term loosely) of the "turkeys" (also using that term loosely) look like piles of poo? How hard is it to *not* poo on a cake? Or even a CCC for that matter?
Love the Hitchhikers reference btw! :o)
WV: Bevis - just seems apt somehow... - November 27, 2008 at 3:43 PM
- Cindy said...
Awww.. I like the first one, except the missing cupcake part. It's bright and cheerful and gives me a sugar tummy ache just looking at it.
- November 27, 2008 at 4:01 PM
- fuzzandfuzzlet said...
am I the only one that thinks a lot of these turkeys look... ummm..... uncircumcised?
- November 27, 2008 at 4:38 PM
- E.A.D. said...
/snickering helplessly
That's all I can think of right now. Too much funny, not enough words!
Word verification: hobit. Er, wait, when did Merry and Pippin get into the blogging business? - November 27, 2008 at 5:11 PM
The white turkey looks like he's having a heart attack.
- November 27, 2008 at 5:28 PM
- queenb said...
FABULOUS!!! Those poor sad litte things will be so happy to finally be put out of our misery.
I will miss them...But on to scary holiday cakes!!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone...I for one am thankful for the hilarity of Cake Wrecks!!
~Bonnie B~ - November 27, 2008 at 7:27 PM
- Unknown said...
The turkey on the cookie cake looks like a zombie turkey out of a B horror movie.
Must. Have. Braiiinnsss! - November 27, 2008 at 9:16 PM
I think the peacock one is actually Mr. Hankey crapping a rainbow (perhaps as a result of excessive brightly-colored frosting consumption?).
- November 27, 2008 at 9:49 PM
- Alexis said...
Aw, the third one looks like a Fraggle!
- November 27, 2008 at 10:06 PM
It looks like someone ate one of the cupcakes from the NBC "turkey"before they got the picture...other than that- its execution was done well, just didn't turn out Thanksgiving enough.
- November 27, 2008 at 10:18 PM
- Jen said...
This one is Laugh Out Loud funny!!! Such sad, sad turkeys.
- November 27, 2008 at 11:51 PM
- Stephanie said...
The NBC comment and the Valentine tin comment...have me rolling...LOL
- November 28, 2008 at 1:01 AM
- wundermary said...
"Uh, I'm pretty sure I'm just an anthropomorphized version of the Statue of Liberty's crown, not a turkey. Sorry."
Interesting. I thought it was a hedgehog being electrocuted! - November 28, 2008 at 4:49 AM
That NBC cake is actually cupcakes
I also like the cute turkey that suppose to look like a frill-neck lizard
Happy Thanksgiving from the land downunder - November 28, 2008 at 5:05 AM
- Fhtrkstr101 said...
Well, everytime I scrolled down more my two year old brother would exclaim "It's a Turkey!" so i guess that says something.
- November 28, 2008 at 7:40 AM
- Heidi said...
Hilarious. I say these turkeys are disguising themselves as anything but a turkey to not be eaten.
- November 28, 2008 at 8:44 AM
- Utok said...
My daughter, who is four, took one look at the second picture and said, "It looks like a chick inside a cornucopia with corn all around."
- November 28, 2008 at 11:50 AM
It's a good thing I know better than to drink & look at this site at the same time...I'd have had soda coming out my nose! And that's on the SECOND viewing of these cakes!
ROLFMAO!!!! - November 28, 2008 at 2:30 PM
- Wolf Woman said...
Please tell me I'm not the only one who thought the NBC mascot was a turkey.
- November 28, 2008 at 2:32 PM
these turkeys are soo messed up! I can't believe a deorator woyuld pass these off as turkeys!
word- nerse I'd like to nerse these poor birds back to health - November 28, 2008 at 2:55 PM
- Mozart said...
Hmmmm....I am somehow reminded of a Mexican cockfighting bird.
- November 28, 2008 at 7:59 PM
- Sara said...
I want an NBC turkey!
- November 28, 2008 at 10:38 PM
Those are some sad turkeys. Hilarious.
- November 29, 2008 at 1:35 AM
- Vanessa Rogers said...
ahhhh!!! Those are hilarious.
- November 29, 2008 at 10:29 PM
Haha! Did anyone else notice the second one is actually a DOUBLE LAYER CCC??? Run for your lives!
- December 1, 2008 at 12:26 AM
- Meg Natraj said...
The cookie turkey keeps making me think of the skeleton koopas in the dungeon levels of Mario! The color, the posture, the slightly gaping mouth... Am I really the only one to make that association?
For comparison:
http://www.mariowiki.com/Dry_Bones - December 2, 2008 at 2:45 AM
I'm not sure that the first one's problem is that he's the Peacock...I think that it's because his body looks like a giant...ummmm....fallic symbol. Yeah. That's the word I'm looking for! (Katie)
- December 4, 2008 at 10:49 PM
Forget CCC's, I declare war on cookie cakes! They are always hideous, without any exceptions.
- December 6, 2008 at 3:00 AM
- Red Wolf said...
Ooooh, now I want a Dilophosaurus cake!
- December 11, 2008 at 8:48 PM
The turkey cookie looks like he's gripping his chest for an oncoming heart attack!!! LOL
- March 29, 2009 at 3:41 PM
- June 6, 2009 at 12:11 PM
- katydid25 said...
ok so the turkey cookie cake soooo has chest hair. Niice. going for the david hasslehoff look I see.
- November 25, 2009 at 9:59 AM
- Connie Moreno said...
- November 25, 2009 at 10:02 AM
I've figured it out! the cookie cake looks like the Blue Meanie from Yellow Submarine. Only he's not blue
Meghan the Smith - August 6, 2010 at 10:32 PM
- Cupcakes Lady said...
Are those my wings behind me? 'Cuz I think they're on fire." lol...sitting here laughing my ass off lol xx
- October 13, 2010 at 7:29 AM
Is it just me, or is the NBC mascot missing a cupcake?
The icing seems to be sliding off. . . .LIKE A WATERFALL!
Or is it deflating? - February 22, 2011 at 4:17 PM
That Turkey photo you have is actually a turkey vulture :P
- August 3, 2011 at 10:48 PM
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Kubuntu was actually one of the first Linux distributions I've seen. It was the second major one, after Ubuntu itself, which I saw. That was a version 10.04 LTS. I still keep a ShipIt CD on my shelf.
Kubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin was released on the same day as Ubuntu 12.04 and Xubuntu 12.04. I have written about these systems already. Let's talk about Kubuntu today.
The ISO image size of Kubuntu 12.04 is just a little bit smaller than Ubuntu 12.04. It is 698 Mb. It is available to download either directly from one of many mirrors, or from the torrent. My personal copy of the image was taken from the torrent.
I used Unetbootin to "burn" the image onto the 8 Gb USB stick.
During the Unetbootin process, I activated persistence to check how it works in Kubuntu. I can approximate that it would work the same way in other systems of 12.04 release.
USB stick is ready and plugged into the port of my Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Pi 1505 laptop. Reboot. Choose to boot from USB. Let's go!
Booting the system
If you expected that Kubuntu 12.04 would follow the KDE's traditional blue colour scheme, then you will be disappointed. This was surprise #1 for me. You can see it right after the start of booting process. Even the splash screen of Kubuntu 12.04 is... grey! There are different shades of grey, but this is still grey. Not blue.It is funny that usually-blue-themed KDE became grey in Kubuntu 12.04, while usually-grey-themed XFCE follows the blue-and-grey pattern in Xubuntu for a few releases now.
Kubuntu 12.04 has the same boot mechanism as the previous version 11.10. It copies Ubuntu's behaviour, although with a slightly changed interface. System boots automatically for some time, finally leaving you with selection between "Try Kubuntu" and "Install Kubuntu". This screen has similar choice, including set of languages, to the ones in Ubuntu and Xubuntu 12.04, although design of the window is radically different.
My choice, obviously, was the "Try Kubuntu" option.
Once selection was made, it took the system some more time to get me to the desktop screen.
I have noted in my Ubuntu 12.04 review that the system took more time to boot up to a window with Try/Install options than to make final preparations. I would say that it was 80-20 proportion. Kubuntu's proportions are 60-40, so total waiting time for Kubuntu Live boot is more than for Ubuntu. I can say this is surprise #2.
Once booted, I found myself in KDE 4.8.2 running on top of Linux kernel 3.2.0-23, as the other 12.04 systems.
Kubuntu 12.04 desktop with memory, CPU and network widgets |
Freshly booted system took about 280 Mb of memory, which is quite a lot, but that could be expected from KDE-based distribution. This is about 40 Mb more, than in version 11.10, but still 40 Mb less than Unity-based Ubuntu.
It is worth mentioning that Kubuntu 12.04 uses the kernel with pae requirement, similar to Ubuntu 12.04. So, if your processor does not have pae support, your choice should be either Xubuntu, or network installation disk with further selection of KDE environment.
It should not be a surprise for you any more if I tell you that the default wallpaper in Kubuntu 12.04 is in grey colour. However, there are two more surprises here.Suprise #3 is that the default wallpaper image is... ugly! I can't find a better word for it. KDE is famous for its eye-candies and nice user experience. This experience simply cannot start with an image like this: straight segments of grey shades beaming from the bottom-right corner.
And, if you want to change the wallpaper, then there is suprise #4: there are no other wallpapers in the default distribution! All the wallpapers are to be downloaded separately, either the "default wallpapers" package, or additional wallpapers from Internet resources.
There is nothing on the default desktop, apart from a single folder with "Install Kubuntu" shortcut in it.
First of all, I added my favourite widgets there: CPU, memory and network monitor. All of them were available right out of the box.
There is a standard panel at the bottom of the screen in Kubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin. It has all the usual elements of KDE distribution. If you want to get a list, I'd ask you to check my Kubuntu 11.10 review.
Surprise #5 was waiting for me on the panel. The titles of minimised windows are barely visible there. They are in light-grey fonts on the light-grey panel.
KDE is famous for its desktop effects. I have already mentioned this above. So, I went to the system configuration and tried to activate these effects. Result? Surprise #6! Result was negative! System listed a couple of dozen effects, which could not be activated. As a result, I was left with a very simple desktop. There even were no shadows under the windows and menus! The fix was around the corner. Switching from OpenGL to XRender helped a little. Only few effects were left inactive. But I believe that the previous version of Kubuntu was able to work with OpenGL normally. Why did it change?
I had no issues with network connection in Kubuntu 12.04. It automatically found and configured my wireless network card Intel 3945 ABG. The Network Management utility automatically listed available wireless networks when I clicked the icon in notification area. All I had to do was to type in my security code and click "Connect".No surprises here. Oooogh.
Keyboard layouts
Keyboard layouts are configured in the same place in the System Settings of Kubuntu 12.04: Input devices. You will find the KDE standard interface there. Additional layouts, keyboard hotkeys and panel indicator can be configured in the same place. It took me less than a minute to replace the default English US layouts with combination of English UK + Russian, Ctrl-Shift hotkey and the flag indicator.Here I'd like to mention the surprise #7. Again, it is in the user interface design area: the flag on the panel is visibly smaller than other elements. Why?
Kubuntu, as usual, comes packed with some applications. Let's see what is inside.Rekonq is the only browser in Kubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin. I used it for some time. I actually drafted this blog post using Rekonq. Here I'd like to mention couple of surprises.
Surprise #8 is that Rekonq recommends you to install Flash plugin at the start. If you do so, you still... have no flash! So, the installation basically does nothing good for you.
Surprise #9 is that Rekonq never crashed in my Live run! This is a good surprise! I remember issues with Rekonq stability in Kubuntu 11.10. They're now gone. Rekonq is now a mature browser, which you can use if you don't need advanced features of Firefox or Chrome.
Of course, Firefox installer is also available in Kubuntu 12.04. Other than these two items, the Internet section of the menu contains BlueDevil bluetooth manager, Kopete, KTorrent, Akgregator, KMail, KPPP and Quassel IRC. As you see, all of them are KDE-centric applications.
LibreOffice applications are in the core of the Office section of the Kubuntu 12.04 menu. This is not full set of LO applications: Base and Math are not in the distribution.
KPatience is the only representative in the Games section of Kubuntu 12.04.
Okular, Gwenview, KSnapshot and LibreOffice Draw are listed in the Graphics section of the menu. Funny enough, LibreOffice Draw is not listed in the export options of KSnapshot, it is only available through "More applications". That's not what I would call good integration of components.
Multimedia utilities have DragonPlayer, Amarok, KMix and K3B burning tool.
Kate, Klipper, KNotes and some other useful tools are in the Utilities section of Kubuntu 12.04 menu.
The System part of the menu includes the same K3B, plus Muon Software Centre, Muon Update manager, Muon Package Manager, Konsole, Dolphin browser, Akonadi configuration tool and some other utilities.
As you can see, there are enough tools in the Kubuntu 12.04 to get you started. The necessary office, graphical, Internet and multimedia tools are available.
But, of course, you're likely to require more. That's why you're more than likely to need Muon.
Muon came to Kubuntu as of 11.10, and now fully owns the package management of this distribution.
Kubuntu 12.04 comes with Main and Restricted repositories activated by default. At the same time, Universe and Multiverse repositories require additional manual activation.
Interestingly enough, Kubuntu 12.04 LTS default settings show upgrade available to any newer release. That was not the case for Kubuntu 10.04 LTS, which allowed only LTS version upgrade by default.
Just out of interest, I asked Muon Update manager to check if there was something for me. Kubuntu 12.04 was released exactly a week before I drafted this post, and there were some updates already: 8 security updates and many more system updates. Their total was about 40 Mb. Not that bad.
Of course, the installation of updates was not in the plan of my Live run, so I closed Muon Update manager without installing anything.
Muon Software Centre is the tool which you need to use to install the software. It looks fine, intact with other Kubuntu applications. Unfortunately, I found surprise #10 here, which would definitely stop me from using MSC. Search... does not work! I could navigate through the MSC menu to the Chromium browser. But search gave me nothing! It makes this tool useless. I know, this maybe an issue of Live run. But how could I (or any average newbie) ensure that all my applications are in the repositories, if simple search does not work? How can I trust the system at all after this?
Network partition
Mounting of partition from my external network drive was an easy task in Kubuntu 12.04. Dolphin lists Microsoft Windows Network Drive as one of the options in Add Network Folder tool. Connection took me only a few seconds, and then I was able to browse folders and files on remote device.Multimedia, which is absent
Neither DragonPlayer, nor Amarok were able to play MP3 files in Kubuntu 12.04 Live run. Even the Dolphin's built-in "preview" player failed. All of them recommended to search for the required plugin, but then the search window disappeared without any visible feedback. I should name it surprise #11, even though I was not prepared for this by similar behaviour of Ubuntu 12.04.I have already mentioned that my attempt to install Flash in Rekonq failed. The only option to get Flash would be to install it manually. Unfortunately, and this is surprise #12, that was not possible either. I received an error message in Rekonq:
Unable to create io-slave: klauncher said: Error loading 'apturl %u'.At this moment in time (and it was far beyond midnight), I thought: "Enough". That was a time to stop my experiments with Kubuntu 12.04.
When connecting to: apt:adobe-flashplugin?channel=$distro-partner
Next day was a test for the persistence option I activated in Unebootin.Surprise #13: persistence works.
Kubuntu 12.04 LTS kept my changed wallpapers, network connection, attached network drive. This is really useful feature, if you want to use your USB stick for pocket-size distribution.
What do I think about Kubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin?
The system was relatively fast on my laptop with dual core Centrino 1.7 GHz and 1Gb of memory. I found no significant delays or unexpected waiting time.The system was solid. I faced no crashes during my Live run.
Both these points say that Kubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin is good enough for Long-term support version.
But, on the other hand, I found 13 suprises in this operating system during the Live run. And only two of them are nice: maturity of Rekonq and working persistence. All the other are more or less unexpected errors or defects.
I think that the design team of Kubuntu was on
Should the long-term support version be like this?
I doubt it.
And what about you?
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Text from a sample letter by a CEO to a new CEO. Some great points for our C-suite leaders as a whole during these trying times.
Dear Matt,
It was great to meet for dinner yesterday. Once again, congratulations on your appointment as CEO. It's a big honor, and an opportunity that I am sure you will relish.
I am glad that you found our discussion on CEO transitions useful. You mentioned that it would be helpful to you if I jotted down the key points we discussed, so I am putting pen to paper. My suggestions are focused on making a successful leadership transition—not on the role and attributes of a successful CEO, about which so much has already been written. They are based primarily on personal observation of many CEO transitions, as well as on interviews with a number of leading CEOs and chairmen from around the world.
1. Context is critical. As an outside appointment, you must quickly learn about the history, board structure, governance, and national heritage of the company, not to mention its financial performance, morale, and capabilities. Then you must look at this context through the eyes of other constituencies and stakeholders. An early sense of how they might see things is valuable in its own right; it also can help provide a reality check on any assumptions or prejudices, as well as insights, that you may have built up during your interview and recruitment process. Too many CEO transitions get off to a poor start as new leaders learn that what worked in one context doesn't necessarily transfer well to another. Experience is valuable, but it also creates bias. You won't often get such an opportunity or time to step back and reflect, so take it.
2. We talked about the alleged importance of the first 100 days. In my view, this is an arbitrary number to be treated with a critical eye. In a crisis or turnaround situation, for example, you would not have the luxury of a 100-day transition. In other cases, like the one you are stepping into, you can afford to take a more measured approach. You don't want or need to make decisions on, say, strategy or people or core control processes when you are not confident in your knowledge. There is a big difference between being undecided and indecisive.
The key is to be thoughtful and purposeful about your transition time frame and to be very clear on what you believe would constitute a successful leadership transition. Set specific transition goals (for example, establishing the trust of your top team and developing a good relationship with your chairman).
Transitions involve leaving as well as starting. Do not overlook the task of disengaging from your prior job elegantly and professionally. Apart from it being the right thing to do, people will notice and remember. People will also notice and remember how you talk about and acknowledge your predecessor as CEO, and how much respect you have for the past.
3. Taking over as a new CEO is exhilarating but can also be overwhelming. A critical task early on is to establish priorities. On day one, you will be handed a list of commitments and meetings. Many of these will be nonnegotiable (for instance, board meetings, annual general meetings), but some will be driven by history and the preferences of your predecessors. Take time to decide which ones you want to attend, bearing in mind the signaling effect your decisions will have.
Your style in these early transition days and in your first meetings will be watched and noted. It will be important to establish early what you stand for. It will also be important to engage early with employees at all levels to understand the mood and culture and to get a sense of what they actually do and how they feel about the company. People will pay particular attention to how you conduct internal meetings, how you listen, and how much attention you do or do not give to process.
As you establish your priorities you will need to understand the expectations of the different constituents—for example, your chairman, key investors and analysts, regulators, unions, as well as the people in your organization. You will receive a lot of advice to set bold expectations, but during the transition period it is more important to understand expectations. This understanding will help you stress test your emerging priorities and your degrees of freedom. It will also help you establish your communications approach.
4. Time will be a big challenge, particularly as your truly discretionary time will be limited. It will seem that everyone wants a piece of you. This will be true externally and internally. Be ruthless on the use of your time and on what you will and won't do. Avoid developing a habit of cancelling meetings because of time pressures. This will make you look disorganized and will be demoralizing to those you stand up. Don't underestimate the possibility and impact of unforeseen events, particularly when things are going well. Leave space for reflection and for crises—you won't know when they will happen, but they will. The rule of thumb is that you can expect at least one potentially career-threatening event a year.
5. You are fully aware that constructing your top team and building relationships with key people will be a fundamental—perhaps the most important—early task. In your case, coming in as an external appointment, you will need to get to know the current team and to understand their motivations, capabilities, attitude to risk, and ways of operating. Be open minded and take time to reassess initial impressions or previous experiences. (This would be all the more true had you been an internal CEO appointment.) As always, don't be shy of biting the bullet if you feel it necessary: it can be easier to make tough calls early in your tenure as CEO. There is always the temptation to surround yourself not just with people you respect but with people with whom you feel comfortable and who are aligned with your way of thinking. This is important, but it can also be important to have a "bit of grit in the oyster." This diversity should enhance the quality of challenge and reduce decision-making bias and risk. It will also send a message of openness to the broader organization.
6. Do not underestimate the importance of building a professional, respect-based peer relationship quickly with your board and, particularly, with your chairman. It's difficult to overstate the importance of the support and confidence of both—you will need them, particularly when the going gets tough. This is a two-way street, of course, but it's essential to invest the necessary time and to start this process early. Do not feel that this is solely the responsibility of the chairman. In particular, observe your chairman closely and get a good feel of how he likes to run the board and how he likes to be kept informed.
It's useful to remember that the board consists of individuals, each with his or her own experiences, perspectives, and priorities; it's valuable and rewarding to understand these. Remember, it is the board that appointed you and it is the board that is accountable to the company's stakeholders for your success. They, and particularly the chairman, will be as anxious as anyone that you get off to a solid start and establish an effective working relationship with the board, as well as credibility within the organization.
As you work on building your relationships with your chairman and board, also make sure that you become familiar with the formal corporate governance principles and company by-laws. Your chairman and key institutional investors will expect it, and you don't want to get caught out on such technicalities.
There will be many other relationships that could merit your time during the transition period when you are establishing yourself as CEO—for example, with customers, investors, external advisers, media, and suppliers. You will not be able to do them all justice initially, so it's useful to draw up a map of whom you will (and won't) contact and when, based on your judgement of priorities. It may be advisable to share this map with your top team and seek their input. Again, the key thought here is to get control and make mindful choices, rather than letting circumstances or your staff dictate your priorities.
7. The quality and credibility of your direct support team will be key. Your choice of personal assistant and of the support office and technical infrastructure around you will be among your most important (and sometimes most difficult) early decisions. They should both support and reflect your own style and method of operating and be designed to take as much of the burden off your shoulders as possible. One CEO I know made a big mistake in keeping his predecessor's assistant and support set-up, even though he was committed to a radical change agenda.
8. It is advisable to develop—early—a clear transition communications strategy, both for internal and external audiences, recognising that what appears in the external media has a bigger influence on internal and board perceptions than you might initially think. Are you going to be personally visible and accessible to your organization and to your customers, or are you primarily going to delegate through the line? How are you going to use communication technologies (such as WebEx, blogs, and video messaging) to leverage your presence and reach? How will you use management conferences to build understanding and alignment? What sort of external personal profile do you want or need to have in the media and with investors? What role will your chairman play in the company's communications and external profile?
Consistency of message is key. Over time you will need to develop coherent themes and directions that enable you to "tell the story." But in the CEO transition period, particularly if you are an outside appointment, you may not be clear on your key messages, and, in fact, people may not want or expect you to be too specific. In this circumstance, it can be highly effective to focus on your beliefs and what you stand for. In time, these can evolve into specific themes that reflect your strategic priorities and direction as well as your own style and personality. Don't underestimate the damage and confusion that can be caused by saying too much too soon or by making promises (sometimes unintended) that cannot be delivered on subsequently.
9. A perennial challenge for all in positions of authority is how to get objective, balanced feedback and information. This can be all the more problematic in a CEO transition. As soon as an appointment is announced, relationships shift in both context and tone. What you hear directly will now usually be filtered in some way. People may be more prone than usual to tell you what they think you want to hear. Conversely others may over-state their criticisms and worries in their desire to make an impression or simply to reflect their own temperaments and frustrations.
Successful CEOs use a range of techniques to get around the problem, but all involve some form of triangulation and diversity of perspective. The chairman and board have a role to play as do investors, customers, and suppliers—it's always advisable to keep an external orientation to check that the messages from the market are aligned with the messages from within your organization. Some CEOs use external advisors to help gain perspective; others use more formal techniques such as surveys and systematic feedback mechanisms. Find some room and time for the mavericks inside and outside your organization. Find some room and time to talk to frontline staff. Most boards review the CEO's performance annually. In your first year, you may well find it helpful to have a six-month review as well. This may sound like unwanted extra pressure, but in reality it will provide additional objective feedback.
You should aim to build your own bulletproof fact base, so challenge data and information that is presented to you, particularly in your early days as CEO. How was it collected? How reliable is it? Have there been any definitional problems in the past? Such a judicious approach will increase your knowledge and confidence in the information you receive (and occasionally, but valuably, they will do the opposite!). They will also send a strong message to your organization about the importance of accuracy and of making assumptions explicit.
10. This note is too long already, but one final thought about personal priorities and ground rules. The CEO role has the structural potential to be all consuming. "The reality is enslavement," a CEO once said to me. It's hard to escape and it's hard to switch off. Nevertheless, there are some tips and techniques that might help. It's important to establish early on how you are prepared to live your CEO life, at least when you are not in those occasional situations that require a 24/7 commitment. Are you going to be routinely available during weekends for meetings and travel? Will you honor holiday commitments? Do you intend to use air travel as a chance to work or as a chance to relax? Will you routinely go to external functions and dinners? It's important to establish your own pattern and priorities relatively early—not just for you and your family but also to allow your organization to adjust.
It can be helpful to develop simple habits and rules that reduce stress and wear and tear—examples include not looking at your phone within two hours of going to bed, controlling your accessibility via e-mail or mobile phone, setting limits on alcohol consumption, planning travel meticulously to avoid continental crisscrossing, and setting aside specific time for exercise or non-work reading. And, as we discussed over dinner, the nine-hour rule has always helped me put sufficient space between my last appointment on one day and my first appointment the following day—and get a reasonable night's sleep.
Finally, don't forget that the role of CEO brings an element of celebrity as well as power, with all the attendant benefits, temptations, and dangers.
Matt, I hope this letter is a helpful summary of our discussion. I am attaching a page which summarizes the key questions that new CEOs might ask during their transition period. Hopefully it will be a useful checklist for you over the next months. As I have said, there are few absolute rights and wrongs, but it is important to make mindful choices about each of them. I will obviously be interested to hear of your experiences and feedback.
In the meantime, as we discussed, I will set up meetings with a few other CEOs. I'm sure you will enjoy getting to know them and that they will form a useful peer group and sounding board for you.
Best of luck in what I am sure will be a great experience. I look forward to catching up with you in a month or so—my turn to pay this time.
Yours ever,
CEO transition checklist
1. Have I reflected on the context of my transition—not just from my own perspective, but from that of all key stakeholders?
2. Have I established in my own mind the time frame and intended outcomes of my leadership transition?
3. Have I established my initial set of priorities with a full understanding of what others expect of me?
4. How will I control my agenda and allocate my time?
5. Have I developed a clear process and time frame for selecting my top team?
6. Have I committed sufficiently to building a relationship with my chairman and board?
7. Do I have a mechanism for building the necessary support office and infrastructure?
8. Have I thought through my communications plan—internal and external?
9. Do I have a mechanism for getting balanced feedback and information?
10. Have I established appropriate personal ground rules?


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