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macewanmacewanUbuntu Linux Tutorials and how to's. There are step by step instructions on how to test software on Ubuntu Linux. Articles
Refurbished POS
2008-04-05 15:52:00 Today’s business requires folks to wear many hats in their day to day activities. Technology is more and more used to assist the with time associated moving the product from being store owned to that of the customer. Let’s take the technology of point of sale also know as POS. Refurbished point of sale systems ...
Ubuntu beats OSX and Vista during hack attack
2008-04-01 20:38:00 Information Week is reporting that Ubuntu Linux beat out OSX and Vista during the ‘08 PWN to OWN taking top honors. OIO Publisher Direct Does anyone here ever watch HGTV? Do you ever see the shows when the real estate agent is showing multiple houses and they have to pick one? Or have you seen the one where it’s ... More About: Hack , Beats , Attack
Adobe Linux Foundation membership
2008-04-01 20:22:00 Adobe has announced that their membership in the Linux Foundation . This comes on the heels of the Alpha release of Adobe Air for Linux on March 31, 2008. More About: Adobe , Membership
Google Docs access offline availability
2008-04-01 18:34:00 Google’s official blog is reporting that Google Docs provides offline access via Google Gears. More About: Google , Technology , Gadgets , Offline
Howto install Adobe Air on Ubuntu Linux
2008-03-31 23:35:00 Step by step wget http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/a ir/linux/adobeair_linux_a1_033108.bin chmod +x ad*.bin ./ad*.bin Tags: Adobe , Air, Linux More About: Ubuntu , Ubuntu Linux , Howto
Adobe Air Linux
2008-03-31 22:57:00 Ars Technica has reported that an alpha version of Adobe Air for Linux is now available.
JaneyBell in Business Week over Obama question
2008-03-24 03:08:00 Little Miss JaneyBell of Penalties and Parenthood fame has not only bumped up in Google Page Rank to 3 she has also shown up in Business Week > Business > Investing section. Thankfully we cleansed that site of Izea trash code. Third site under a month to jump along =) the sweet track record my ... More About: Question , Obama , Business Week
Buying Ford F-150 trucks
2008-03-23 17:41:00 Flipping through the web, you know what I mean, brought me to a site dedicated to buying Ford F-150 used trucks. There’s nothing fancy when it comes to this work horse web site just search, click and buy. Let’s take a peek at one truck. From the site I see that there are 2 days 5 ... More About: Society , Projects , Buying , Culture
Hosting problems
2008-03-23 14:24:00 Earlier this morning around 8:21 aloud boom rang through the downtown area. This was quickly followed by an additional two booms. Each time the lights flickered off and on as anything powered with electricity lost power. All except my desktop thanks to the battery backup unit. So I feel the pain of Kaushal Sheth, a WordPress ... More About: Hosting , Problems
Chickachicka bowow
2008-03-23 02:23:00 Hey all, just realized it’s been a few minutes days since my last post. We all know what it’s like getting caught up with things. The reason for this quicky is to share a few thoughts before I retire for the day. First, a giant congrats goes out to JaneyBell! She’s being interviewed by the ...
Reactions to perceived injustice
2008-03-14 13:01:00 What causes the transformation from observer to do’er? Clearly Gandhi was able to move towards improving lives after being treated wrongly by those that felt justified in their actions. They may have even been cheered. I listened to Gandhi?s grandson talk about his life. Her name was Arun Gandhi and this is some of what she ... More About: Injustice
Updates for March
2008-03-11 01:31:00 March has turned out to be quite the amusing month so far. Apparently I won domain bids which brings my total to 100. One project has taken a tad more time that I really wanted to spend with it, but over all things are panning out just fine. If forced at mouse point to guess ... More About: Updates , March
Imagination Station
2008-03-10 23:07:00 We took Ollie to the Imagination Station this Saturday. Besides the brzzbrzz devices, blood sucking snakes and the eganannosaurus rex the most fun he had was racing the cheetah. Tags: "Imagination, Station" More About: Travel
Qassia?s potential $500 in 12 hours
2008-03-09 20:37:00 Reading through Gary’s and then Dulce’s information gave me the urge to test whether Qassia’s $500 in 12 hour potential has any merit. As mentioned in other blogs the Qassia site looks like other wiki’ish sites where you write content and receive a cut of the advertising profits. It’s true Qassia is in Beta but ... More About: Business , Economy , Hours
PayPerPost without forums?
2008-03-07 18:10:00 Keep in mind that www.posties.us is available while you await them to fix their boards. Tags: Izea, PayPerPost, forums More About: Forums , Payperpost
Microsoft?s cash offer for Yahoo!
2008-03-06 18:26:00 Microsoft is reported to be considering an all cash offer for Yahoo !! So if I understand this right Yahoo! haad been testing strategies to boost their stock price. Either to bump the price Microborg would pay or keep them at bay. With the 100% cash strategy Microsoft locks the price at 31′ish a share. Too ... More About: Microsoft , Cash , Offer
Overwhelmed
2008-03-05 02:45:00 Today I find myself 5 domains short of 100. Yup, that’s right 90freaking5 domains. The last 5 were won at auction - my first endeavor in the fine art of finger crossing and wishful thinking. Luckily the price was right or the sun spots love me. All this excitement has let to a self imposed ... More About: Overwhelmed , Predict
What is White Label Social Networking?
2008-03-03 13:47:00 For those wondering White Label Social Networking would be a turnkey Facebook like software solution. Want to create a social network? Just buy the software and install on your server and there you go. Tags: "White, Label, Social, Network" More About: Social Networking
I was incorrect
2008-03-01 13:53:00 In my previous post I ranted on Izea’s decision to create a new forum. I see now that I was incorrect and would like to apologize to Ted & his crew at Izea. I stand by the forum posties.us because it represents a counter balance of sorts not only for the posties of Izea’s PayPerPost ...
Posties not welcomed by PayPerPost
2008-02-29 00:22:00 Well, I’ve signed up posties.us with PayPerPost to test them as an advertising platform and after a couple of posties took our money we were censored once again. So… let’s get this straight. They censor their “community forum” They censor the forum for posties by posties by not allowing they to advertise on the network. They do not ... More About: Censorship , Payperpost
World?s Largest Pool seen from space
2008-02-26 03:14:00 Tags: pool, world, record More About: Space , World , Chile , Pool , Largest
rankspank dose of reality
2008-02-24 02:45:00 Time and again I get asked how it’s possible for me to continuously add new domains and where dear child do I get the inspiration for these creations. I use Go Daddy Bulk Domain Registration as for the thought bulb… well, that’s a totally different story. Let’s take http://www.rankspank.us for example. After watching Izea joking at ... More About: Reality , Dose
PayPerPost forum dives as posties.us jumps
2008-02-23 04:14:00 Many of the folks signing on with the posties.us forum say their afraid to use their real names. They worry about retaliation from the Izea mods on the other boards. I can tell you that the day the site went live traffic to the Izea boards sank as the posties.us traffic jumped. Following the board ... More About: Censorship , Forum , Payperpost
Hulu.com beta invitation
2008-02-21 04:15:00 Shortly after the discussion on TechCrunch and my mini Newsclipper review an invite for Hulu .com arrived in my inbox. My first impressions will follow shortly. First impression was an instant liking of the smart design. Clean crisp and well thought out. Absent was the forever loading advertisement iframe everone hates. So far two thumbs up. Before ... More About: Technology , Gadgets , Beta , Invitation
Techcrunch on Newsclipper.org
2008-02-21 01:12:00 Just came across an article on Techcrunch on the Newsclipper.org video site. Now I wasn’t heading over there to read through his usual material - no the purpose of the visit was much different indeed. I eyes-n-ears however are oh so happy for the deviation none-the-less. We’re working on a breakdown of the site as I ... More About: Society , Culture
PayPerPost crash prone Tuesday
2008-02-20 03:34:00 Did anyone else run into problems with PayPerPost last night around 7:15 through 9:25 pm? What’s that all about? Tags: PayPerPost, server, crash More About: Payperpost , Crash , Tuesday
Posties.us $1000 Tuesday
2008-02-19 13:29:00 Scanning through www.posties.us this morning I came across the news that P3 appears to have $1000 Tuesday up again. If true this is great news for all posties.
TugLink job referral network
2008-02-15 15:37:00 From a part-time number cruncher to an advertising executive to another warm body with janitorial experience to work on the plant floor, success in recruiting a qualified applicant can be a real pain. HR departments have limited resources in these tough economic times. It can be especially tough in the technology industry. Locating a social ... More About: Business , Economy , Reviews , Network , Link
Brown Street Used Brick Society
2008-02-15 15:19:00 The Great Wall of MacEwan will expand yet again. Having found a new source for old brick, Val says it’s time to get back to task at hand — constructing a wall around the back yard. Once it’s tall enough, we’ll add some support rods to hold it in place so the grandboys can climb on ... More About: Society , Brown , Street , Brick
Crete has found me and wants me back
More articles from this author:2008-02-13 06:51:00 Corissia Group Hotels in Crete Greece presents their offering in the village of Georgioupolis, in the unspoiled western part of the island of Crete in Greece. Now is just a good a time as any to disclose that I am not stranger to travel on the islands and I’m sure Greece hasn’t changed much in ... More About: Back 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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