Hello from Ubuntu
So, lacking anything resembling a social life, I installed a dual boot OSX/Ubuntu on my laptop this past long weekend. Turns out there are some things (Flash, wireless) that are not well supported on...
View ArticleThe thing about Robots…
The thing about robots, is that we anthropomorphize them. Think about it. We want a machine to do things we don’t want to do, or that are dangerous or unpleasant for us to do. So we build a machine...
View ArticleRollins/Doctorow 2008
Maybe Doctorow/Rollins….I’m not that fussy. It would be one hell of a Convention, doncha think? Click the links for more info. It’s a long weekend in my corner of the world, and I have to start doing...
View ArticleShopping for OS Alternatives
With Quicktime release 7.2, my flash video support in Firefox became an on again – off again affair. Vista is….well, everybody knows what’s what with that beast. so often, new software seems like a...
View ArticleCelebrating the Spam Filter
The Spam Dance – Second in world wide popularity, right behind the Chicken Dance. Today is a momentous occasion. My trusty Akimset spam filter has blocked 3000 instances of time wasting, bandwidth...
View ArticleWhat the Flock?!?
So, after 11 intense weeks of class, I hang up the coding goggles for a bit, and check out my old haunts on the web. Lo and behold, there’s buzz about Flock again/still. I checked it out last year, but...
View ArticleIs Google Phone Far Away?
Google Launches iPhone App – Is Google Phone Far Away? | Mactropolis.com – The Global Mac Community I would be a happy camper if/when this happens. Talking on the phone – meh. Maybe 10% of what I would...
View ArticleThe End of the World as We Know it…
..and I feel fine. Actually, I feel GREAT!! I had this theory that I would cut my hair, play nice and bring the system down from the inside. Seems like my efforts won’t be all that necessary, as the...
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