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Category Archives: Tech
A month, give or take, living in linux land…
And I’m as pleased as ever. A little over a month ago I installed Ubuntu Linux ‘s Edgy Eft on my production workstation. I use this machine pretty much all day everyday. I’m a network admin/help desk/server admin IT guy … Continue reading
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Adventures with Composite Desktop Managers
One of Mirosofts Windows Vista’s most touted “features”, is the upgraded user interface. The newest incarnation of Microsofts OS ultilizes graphics cards that are in most recent consumer computers to off-load some of the processing of desktop effects … Continue reading
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The Chronicles of Vista…
2/1/07 I took the plunge. I upgraded to Vista. Well I made my first feeble attempt at it anyway. I downloaded the upgrade from Circuit City, backed up my data, and kicked off an “in-place” upgrade. It failed royally. The … Continue reading
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Firefox Extensions that rock
Firefox has always shined in my mind as the browser of choice for people that know how to use the internet. Its fast, at least faster, than internet explorer and has features that everyone should have out of the … Continue reading
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Intelligent Streaming
Pandora.com iTunes is great about dividing up its streaming radio stations by genre. If you want to listen to Punk or Pop you can usually find a station that plays it. However what if you love Bob Marley, but want … Continue reading
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FF XII drops…
So this weekend Bigg’s came up for the weekend to cover the election for his Broadcast Journalism class at Columbia. Basically he was technologically inept and couldn’t get past recording sound clips to mini-disc. I drove him to Bridgeport. He … Continue reading
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Dual Core finally
So after a few of these and this wonderful piece of Technology : I get this : Its no Core 2 Duo but it sure flies compared to my 3700+. More pictures of the upgrade here
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“Network administration of Dummies for Dummies”
“Network administration of Dummies for Dummies” A guide to guiding the non-technical boss to making the right decision. As I sit hear fuming having been asked to Install a medical database and the application server that accesses it for the … Continue reading
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Writely is pretty neat.
This is a test document written with the tool provided at www.writely.com. It’s a pretty impressive “Web 2.0″ word processor that has what seems to be a multitude of different ways to collaborate on and share documents. The application is … Continue reading
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Exactly.
Why Slashdotters slashdot A Harvard Kennedy School of Government Study called “The Hype vs. Reality vs. What People Value: Emerging Collaborative News Models and the Future of News” analyzes why people participate in sites like Slashdot and Digg, and what … Continue reading
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