links for 2007-11-01

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  Jungle Disk » Blog Archive » Leopard DNS Issues (and work-around)
  
  
  Problem in Mac OS X 10.5 with DNS lookups
  
  
  (tags: dns network macosx)
  
  

Flock blog editor

In this post, I mentioned that I was looking for a good blog editor for Ubuntu.  I saw this article that mentioned Flock, and decided to try it out.  This is a browser, based on Firefox code, that is gear towards social networking.

In addition to social network activities, Flock also included a blog editor.  This allows you to do offline editing of blog entries.

links for 2007-10-25

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  Install Flock On Ubuntu « Brent Roos
  
  
  (tags: flock linux install howto browser)
  
  

links for 2007-10-24

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  The Whole Internet
  
  
  Map of the whole internet
  
  
  (tags: map network web internet ip technology computer)
  
  

links for 2007-10-22

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  Ubuntu tip: Turning Ubuntu into Kubuntu or Xubuntu - Download Squad
  
  
  (tags: linux ubuntu kubuntu xubuntu howto)
  
  

Ubuntu media player

When I was using my Mac Book Pro, I used iTunes to play all of my content.  iTunes makes it easy to organize your audio collection as well as play your subscribed podcasts. Obvousily, iTunes will synchronize content with iPods.

When I switched to Ubuntu, I looked for a music player that would have a similar feature set.  I heard about Amarok, but I couldn't figure out how to import the OPML feed from iTunes.  Also I couldn't find a menu to subcribe to a podcast feed url. 

I started to use gPodder, as I was able to import my OPML file, if I posted it to a web accessible place. gPodder uses Movie Player to actually play the content.  This is great as it can play many formats.  Unfortunately, this also means the gPodder can not track podcast play state to know when to delete the file.  Also it doesn't rememer the play position if you pause while playing a partictular eposide.

I took another look at Amarok, and then I relaized that there were a bunch of tabs along the left side. The "Playlist" tab has a "Podcasts" folder.  If you right click on that folder, you can add a podcast feed.  I have added both my audio and video feeds to Amarok.  I listen to the audio podcasts within Amarok, and have configured Amarok to launch Movie Player for video items.

Great iPhone ad

This is a great iPhone ad. 

http://www.youtube.com/v/pqOEZPx3nC0

[via Apple Gazette]