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RSSHugger
2007-12-17 09:45:00 OK, this post is about RSShugger.I'm trying to drive more traffic here to this blog, so I try to list myself in all sorts of blog listing directories. This is one of them.I do not yet know how well it works :-) only time will tell.
RSSHugger
2007-12-17 09:45:00 OK, this post is about RSShugger.I'm trying to drive more traffic here to this blog, so I try to list myself in all sorts of blog listing directories. This is one of them.I do not yet know how well it works :-) only time will tell.
The way of a bully
2007-12-16 17:10:00 Hi readersAs I have stumbled through my stories with Blogger and blogging, I got to thinking about 2 things that I believe are important. Both of them have relation to technology and software. These are those issues:What impact have large vendors on open source projects?Why my is browser slow?This time I will talk about the first issue.It came to me after I read an article, about Sun being bully to a developers of CIFS server in Java. The project was open source, and its main developers were all Sun's employees. But then, in weird series of events, all developers were fired from Sun, and Sun forced its control over the project. All that while the project is still open source!!So, what is the purpose of such a project? If a large company forces its own rule on an open source project - what is the point for the project to be an open source one? I can understand the business targets of any vendor. Its purpose it to make money, and the company would do almost anything to reach that goa... More About: Bully
The way of a bully
2007-12-16 17:10:00 Hi readersAs I have stumbled through my stories with Blogger and blogging, I got to thinking about 2 things that I believe are important. Both of them have relation to technology and software. These are those issues:What impact have large vendors on open source projects?Why my is browser slow?This time I will talk about the first issue.It came to me after I read an article, about Sun being bully to a developers of CIFS server in Java. The project was open source, and its main developers were all Sun's employees. But then, in weird series of events, all developers were fired from Sun, and Sun forced its control over the project. All that while the project is still open source!!So, what is the purpose of such a project? If a large company forces its own rule on an open source project - what is the point for the project to be an open source one? I can understand the business targets of any vendor. Its purpose it to make money, and the company would do almost anything to reach that goa... More About: Bully , Gentoo
Linux Blogging Sucks no more
2007-12-13 16:06:00 I want to apologize to you all.I know I hurt some people with my post about how Linux blogging sucks. I apologize for that. At the time of writing that post, this was exactly how I felt, and all I could think of was letting things out. I was bitter that there's no good application for Linux that I could use for blogging in offline mode using the New Blogger platform.But now its gone, I feel better and more objective (or even more subjective? You decide). I started to look around on what supports Blogger as a blogging platform, and then it had actually got me.There are no good offline tools for posting on Blogger! At least I haven't found one. Even BlogJet (which is probably my favorite application now) does not support all the features.Why is it so? Is it so hard to implement a simple feature? I'm sure the API is completely open, isn't it?Fine, I thought, I would go the way of samurai open source, and create something of my own for a change. I would at least answer my own goals ... More About: Blogging , Gentoo , Sucks
Linux Blogging Sucks no more
2007-12-13 16:06:00 I want to apologize to you all.I know I hurt some people with my post about how Linux blogging sucks. I apologize for that. At the time of writing that post, this was exactly how I felt, and all I could think of was letting things out. I was bitter that there's no good application for Linux that I could use for blogging in offline mode using the New Blogger platform.But now its gone, I feel better and more objective (or even more subjective? You decide). I started to look around on what supports Blogger as a blogging platform, and then it had actually got me.There are no good offline tools for posting on Blogger! At least I haven't found one. Even BlogJet (which is probably my favorite application now) does not support all the features.Why is it so? Is it so hard to implement a simple feature? I'm sure the API is completely open, isn't it?Fine, I thought, I would go the way of samurai open source, and create something of my own for a change. I would at least answer my own goals ... More About: Blogging , Sucks
Better Than Kindle?
2007-12-09 08:56:00 OK, so by now I think there are no people left who didn't hear about the Amazon Kindle . Or read about it. Or written something. Or something.I just listened to a podcast by Leo Laporte (it's on Twit network - go check out), where he and his guests in the studio are talking about the kindle device and are not really thrilled by it. These are the sort of people who jump on all the newest and the greatest in the gadgetry, but they don't jump on this one.Why?I could probably take a guess, and to be correct as much as anyone. But here are few things that pop into my head when I'm thinking about any eBook:It has to be sorta cheapIt has to have a great screen - quality is importantThe screen size should be convenient (I know, this one is very subjective)It should be lightweightThe power should have a long life for thisWhile I'm thinking about all the things I'd do with it, this is what comes to my mind: this thing cost around $400. There are few other devices that cost that much thes...
Better Than Kindle?
2007-12-09 08:56:00 OK, so by now I think there are no people left who didn't hear about the Amazon Kindle . Or read about it. Or written something. Or something.I just listened to a podcast by Leo Laporte (it's on Twit network - go check out), where he and his guests in the studio are talking about the kindle device and are not really thrilled by it. These are the sort of people who jump on all the newest and the greatest in the gadgetry, but they don't jump on this one.Why?I could probably take a guess, and to be correct as much as anyone. But here are few things that pop into my head when I'm thinking about any eBook:It has to be sorta cheapIt has to have a great screen - quality is importantThe screen size should be convenient (I know, this one is very subjective)It should be lightweightThe power should have a long life for thisWhile I'm thinking about all the things I'd do with it, this is what comes to my mind: this thing cost around $400. There are few other devices that cost that much thes... More About: Asus , Gentoo
KDE4 vs. Gnome: where the passion is
2007-12-03 10:47:00 OK, so I'm not here to judge anyone, or bash anyone. I just speak my mind. And this is what I think:First, please let me announce that I'm currently a Gnome user. I so say at the beginning, so everyone would know where I come from. Now, it's been awhile since I read first about the upcoming release of KDE4. I've read and followed the process since it was announced to the public.About the same time, I started digging into the state of Gnome and KDE in sort of a comparative fashion, and I found the one thing and one thing only - the passion has long been lost in Gnome, and in fact in KDE as well.Then I rechecked myself, on what should I use. I compared visual and resource-taking aspects of both KDE and GNOME at the time(say, about a 1.5 years ago), and have decided to stick with Gnome.Here are my reasons:I like the simplistic approach of Gnome. Everything is simple, and not more complicated that it needs to beCustomizations are not that important to me. I prefer usability over eye... More About: Passion , The Passion
KDE4 vs. Gnome: where the passion is
2007-12-03 10:47:00 OK, so I'm not here to judge anyone, or bash anyone. I just speak my mind. And this is what I think:First, please let me announce that I'm currently a Gnome user. I so say at the beginning, so everyone would know where I come from. Now, it's been awhile since I read first about the upcoming release of KDE4. I've read and followed the process since it was announced to the public.About the same time, I started digging into the state of Gnome and KDE in sort of a comparative fashion, and I found the one thing and one thing only - the passion has long been lost in Gnome, and in fact in KDE as well.Then I rechecked myself, on what should I use. I compared visual and resource-taking aspects of both KDE and GNOME at the time(say, about a 1.5 years ago), and have decided to stick with Gnome.Here are my reasons:I like the simplistic approach of Gnome. Everything is simple, and not more complicated that it needs to beCustomizations are not that important to me. I prefer usability over eye... More About: Passion , The Passion
Accounting Web 2.0
2007-11-30 17:19:00 I have another blog of mine, where I express more targeted opinions. I said there once, that I intend to find a way for additional income, such as from blogging. While the bloggins thing is not going that well as I would like it to be, I have few friends which I help with their projects, and for that I'm getting some money. It is a sort of system consulting and integration help. I help them specifically with creating a little customized Linux distribution. But this doesn't come easy. To save on the taxes, I've opened my own business, so I'm independent now :-). Now, the only thing I have to deal with, is of course taxation authorities.According to the law, I have to prepay the income tax and insurance tax on a regular (bi-monthly) basis. But, well, I tend to forget. Besides, will all the receipts and invoices, I can loose myself. I was trying to find all sorts of different reminders, to-do lists, apps and what not.In this post I review a web app from LessAccounting - LessAccount...
Accounting Web 2.0
2007-11-30 17:19:00 I have another blog of mine, where I express more targeted opinions. I said there once, that I intend to find a way for additional income, such as from blogging. While the bloggins thing is not going that well as I would like it to be, I have few friends which I help with their projects, and for that I'm getting some money. It is a sort of system consulting and integration help. I help them specifically with creating a little customized Linux distribution. But this doesn't come easy. To save on the taxes, I've opened my own business, so I'm independent now :-). Now, the only thing I have to deal with, is of course taxation authorities.According to the law, I have to prepay the income tax and insurance tax on a regular (bi-monthly) basis. But, well, I tend to forget. Besides, will all the receipts and invoices, I can loose myself. I was trying to find all sorts of different reminders, to-do lists, apps and what not.In this post I review a web app from LessAccounting - LessAccount...
Mobile likes Linux
2007-11-29 17:10:00 I've read an article today about a school in US that equipped its students with a new Asus eeePC 701 laptops. Aside the pedagogical issues, I find that very interesting from technological and social points of view.As a social effect, I think that using a computer in the classroom have long halted to surprise anyone. The fact that schools are now doing this on their own, show that technology is moving forward, making other sides and areas to consider its impact on how things are done. I'm not saying that teaching has to be accompanied by a computing systems, but I believe that it definitely can benefit from it. For similar purpose an OLPC project was created, and I have written an essay on that.Many of today's newly created small-sized computers are run with Linux . It is well done business decision, as at that price grades, the price of an operating system can reach up to 50% of the final consumer products' cost. That's really outrageous - if I only would like to use a browser ... More About: Mobile
Mobile likes Linux
2007-11-29 17:10:00 I've read an article today about a school in US that equipped its students with a new Asus eeePC 701 laptops. Aside the pedagogical issues, I find that very interesting from technological and social points of view.As a social effect, I think that using a computer in the classroom have long halted to surprise anyone. The fact that schools are now doing this on their own, show that technology is moving forward, making other sides and areas to consider its impact on how things are done. I'm not saying that teaching has to be accompanied by a computing systems, but I believe that it definitely can benefit from it. For similar purpose an OLPC project was created, and I have written an essay on that.Many of today's newly created small-sized computers are run with Linux . It is well done business decision, as at that price grades, the price of an operating system can reach up to 50% of the final consumer products' cost. That's really outrageous - if I only would like to use a browser ... More About: Mobile
Installing Mac OS X on HP pavillion laptop
2007-11-24 10:58:00 Hi folksBeing affected by all “Hackintosh” series posts in Lifehacker and other places (such as installing it on eeePC 701), I’ve decided to get and install it on my aging laptop, HP Pavillion , model ze4508ea.Here’s the laptop’s specs:CPU: AMD Mobile XP 1.8GMemory: 750MB (can be expanded to 1G)HD: 20GGraphics: ATI Mobile 320M integrated up to 64MBCDRW/DVDScreen: 14”Wireless: PCMCIA RTLink 2500 series cardPlease let me know what my expectations can be regarding the functionality of the Mac OS X 10.4.8 on such a laptop.Thanks a bunch! More About: Laptop
Installing Mac OS X on HP pavillion laptop
2007-11-24 10:58:00 Hi folksBeing affected by all ?Hackintosh? series posts in Lifehacker and other places (such as installing it on eeePC 701), I?ve decided to get and install it on my aging laptop, HP Pavillion , model ze4508ea.Here?s the laptop?s specs:CPU: AMD Mobile XP 1.8GMemory: 750MB (can be expanded to 1G)HD: 20GGraphics: ATI Mobile 320M integrated up to 64MBCDRW/DVDScreen: 14?Wireless: PCMCIA RTLink 2500 series cardPlease let me know what my expectations can be regarding the functionality of the Mac OS X 10.4.8 on such a laptop.Thanks a bunch! More About: Laptop
Apple Advertisement on CNET's Vista Page... it gets better...
2007-11-21 12:39:00 Go to the Windows Vista page on CNET and watch this ad :-)read more | digg story More About: Apple , Advertisement , Page
Apple Advertisement on CNET's Vista Page... it gets better...
2007-11-21 12:39:00 Go to the Windows Vista page on CNET and watch this ad :-)read more | digg story More About: Apple , Advertisement , Page
Zoundry Writer in Linux review
2007-11-20 18:04:00 For a few days, I've been testing different blog editors and trying to find which one I would prefer to use. My requirements are simple at the moment. You can go over them in my previous post on the matter - BlogJet editor in Linux Review .I've written 2 articles, in which I told that Linux Editors sucks (and that was my personal feeling after I tried more than 5 different editors and found all of them either not working or sucking big time on features), and also that I've decided to try running a Windows blog editors (yes!) using WINE and I have written another post on that.So, I've found couple of editors that I succeeded to run in Linux. Here, I will talk about the second one, Zoundry. First, here's the screenshot of using this editor (click on the image to see in full size):So, as you can see, I'm writing this post in ZoundrySo here's my good feelings about this editor:Setting accounts is very easy and very good.Writing is very easy. All the regular features work (Italic, ... More About: Microsoft , Writer
Zoundry Writer in Linux review
2007-11-20 18:04:00 For a few days, I've been testing different blog editors and trying to find which one I would prefer to use. My requirements are simple at the moment. You can go over them in my previous post on the matter - BlogJet editor in Linux Review .I've written 2 articles, in which I told that Linux Editors sucks (and that was my personal feeling after I tried more than 5 different editors and found all of them either not working or sucking big time on features), and also that I've decided to try running a Windows blog editors (yes!) using WINE and I have written another post on that.So, I've found couple of editors that I succeeded to run in Linux. Here, I will talk about the second one, Zoundry. First, here's the screenshot of using this editor (click on the image to see in full size):So, as you can see, I'm writing this post in ZoundrySo here's my good feelings about this editor:Setting accounts is very easy and very good.Writing is very easy. All the regular features work (Italic, ... More About: Writer
How much time do you spend on Digg?
2007-11-20 16:49:00 Hi allI'm having a research so I need your help first. I would like to ask you all a simple question:How much time do you spend on Digg ?Any answer is the good answer, but please be honest and true to yourself. The poll is at the top right sidebar.Thanks More About: Time
How much time do you spend on Digg?
2007-11-20 16:49:00 Hi allI'm having a research so I need your help first. I would like to ask you all a simple question:How much time do you spend on Digg ?Any answer is the good answer, but please be honest and true to yourself. The poll is at the top right sidebar.Thanks More About: Time
BlogJet editor in Linux review
2007-11-19 14:39:00 For a few days, I've been testing different blog editors and trying to find which one I would prefer to use. My requirements are simple at the moment:Being able to publish to a blog platform I use at the moment. That's being Blogger (with a New Blogger [Google] API)Being able to publish in draft first. I don't mind to "touch" an entry before publishing, and doing so from Blogger's own web-based editor helps to "preview" the entry how will it really look like.Adding tags to the post. Labels, categories, tags - I don't care how would you call this, I want it working if my platform supports them (and it does).as a subset, pinging to Technorati and/or other services and including their links in the posts is welcome albeit unnecessary requirement.Convenient linking to other things. For example, suggesting to use what I have at the moment in the clipboard cache is convenient, as it allows me to copy something in the browser, and then directly paste it in the editor. I would also welc... More About: Linux , Review , Editor
BlogJet editor in Linux review
2007-11-19 14:39:00 For a few days, I've been testing different blog editors and trying to find which one I would prefer to use. My requirements are simple at the moment:Being able to publish to a blog platform I use at the moment. That's being Blogger (with a New Blogger [Google] API)Being able to publish in draft first. I don't mind to "touch" an entry before publishing, and doing so from Blogger's own web-based editor helps to "preview" the entry how will it really look like.Adding tags to the post. Labels, categories, tags - I don't care how would you call this, I want it working if my platform supports them (and it does).as a subset, pinging to Technorati and/or other services and including their links in the posts is welcome albeit unnecessary requirement.Convenient linking to other things. For example, suggesting to use what I have at the moment in the clipboard cache is convenient, as it allows me to copy something in the browser, and then directly paste it in the editor. I would also welc... More About: Windows , Linux , Microsoft , Review , Editor
Terminal Codes for Leopard Tweaking
2007-11-19 09:57:00 Beautify your Leopard with single liner terminal codes.read more | digg story Technorati : apple. leopard More About: Terminal , Tweaking , Codes , Odes
Terminal Codes for Leopard Tweaking
2007-11-19 09:57:00 Beautify your Leopard with single liner terminal codes.read more | digg story Technorati : apple. leopard More About: Terminal , Apple , Mac , Book
Home Theater Modeled After Enterprise Bridge
2007-11-19 09:55:00 Someone thought it would be a good idea to model their home theater after the Enterprise NCC-1701D from Star Trek : The Next Generation. The result is super geeky, but actually rather cool. The system also features "one of the largest Kaleidescape hard-drive based storage systems" ever created, amassing eight servers with 3,816 DVDs.read more | digg story Tech norati : Star Trek, tech More About: Theater , Home , Home Theater
Home Theater Modeled After Enterprise Bridge
More articles from this author:2007-11-19 09:55:00 Someone thought it would be a good idea to model their home theater after the Enterprise NCC-1701D from Star Trek: The Next Generation. The result is super geeky, but actually rather cool. The system also features "one of the largest Kaleidescape hard-drive based storage systems" ever created, amassing eight servers with 3,816 DVDs.read more | digg story Technorati : Star Trek, tech More About: Theater , Home , Home Theater , Bridge 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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