28 Sep, 2007
Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon enters beta
Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) has entered beta. I have been running the Tribe 5 alpha version for a while, and I have been pretty happy with it.
[via Download Squad]
Technorati tags: Ubuntu, Gutsy Gibbon, beta
28 Sep, 2007
$7 CD sale
AnywhereCD is going out of buisness, and is selling CDs and 192kbs mp3s from those CDs for $7 , for a limited time.
It is unfortunate that this business model failed, as the customer paid full price for a CD, and then got a digital copy of that music file. (Which they will probably do as soon as they receive the CD.)
Technorati tags: AnywhereCD, mp3, CD, drm
27 Sep, 2007
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24 Sep, 2007
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Tips on getting Ubuntu to work on Dell XPS m1330 (in french)
23 Sep, 2007
Bleezer
I have been setting up my new laptop, this weekend, to run Vista and Ubuntu. The hardest thing so far, is to find replacements for the various Mac OS X applications that I used. For example, ecto is a great blog editor for Mac OS X. There aren't many blog editors available for Linux.
apt does include some blog editors, but they are pretty limited in their functionality. Scribefire is also available, but if I wanted to write blog posts while in my browser, I will just use my blogging software's web interface.
The best application that I have found so far is Bleezer. This is a cross-platform java application, that supports many blogging services. Some of the other features it has are:
- Image uploading
- Multiple category support
- built-in tagging support
- spell checking
- integrated xmlrpc pinging
Technorati tags: bleezer, blog, xmlrpc, Vista, Ubuntu, ecto
23 Sep, 2007
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22 Sep, 2007
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Fix to make Google Desktop open Firefox by default on Windows Vista
20 Sep, 2007
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18 Sep, 2007
INSTEON SwitchLinc Relay Countdown Timer
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We are trying to conserve electricity where ever we can. We have switched all of our light bulbs, that aren't contolled by dimmer, to compact florescent bulbs. We also turn off all unnecessary lights.
The lights that have been usually left on, are the one down to and in the garage. Since we normally keep the garage door closed, I tend to not notice that the light is on, so the light gets left on. The other problem is that when we are rushing out in the morning, the lights get left on
I wanted to find a solution that would automatically turn off these lights, but I also wanted the light switch to look like a regular light switch. Unfortunatelly, the motion sensing light switch that we used in our previous house wouldn't work with florescent light bulbs. Also, many of the timer light switches aren't as easy to use as regular switches.
(More)Technorati tags: compact florescent, INSTEON, light, Switchlinc, timer
17 Sep, 2007
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14 Sep, 2007
LockerSync 3.0
In this post I mentioned that I wanted to try MP3Tunes to store all of my music content in a central location where I can have access to it, both inside and out side my house. I previously had problems uploading my content with their synchronization tools.
LockerSync 3.0 is an new application that performs this same action. This is working perfectly for me, so now I am in the process of syncing my music collection.
[via Webware]
Technorati tags: LockerSync, MP3tunes, music
13 Sep, 2007
Wii Remote API
jbanes posted a comment to this post and pointed out the Wii Remote API that can be used by game developers to recognize all of the remote buttons and the accelerometer input.
13 Sep, 2007
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12 Sep, 2007
Online Wii Games
Since the Nintendo Wii has a Opera-based browser, several sites list games that are playable on the Wii. Here are some of these sites:
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/games/wii/
http://www.eiksoft.com/wii/index.htm
http://www.wiicade.com
These games are flash games that can be controlled with just the mouse, which the Wii remote emulates.
(More)Technorati tags: Nintendo, online, Opera, Wii