I’m not a computer programmer (sometimes I wish I was), so I’m going to guess that implementing the ability to save handouts as PDFs in OpenOffice.org’s Impress (OpenOffice’s version of…
I tinker with tech…
I’m not a computer programmer (sometimes I wish I was), so I’m going to guess that implementing the ability to save handouts as PDFs in OpenOffice.org’s Impress (OpenOffice’s version of…
We periodically watch videos from the internet on our TV. I found a cool piece of software that is getting a lot of attention – Boxee. It’s pretty slick, though…
I mentioned a while back that I switched all of our computers (currently 5) to Linux (Ubuntu, to be specific). I was committed to making the transition this time and…
One of the great features of Tivo (and one of the reasons why we won’t switch to a different PVR) is that you can transfer shows to your computer. This…
While Ubuntu does about 95% of what I need my OS to do, there are a few things it doesn’t do (or at least doesn’t do well). I occasionally need…
For most new users of Linux, automounting an internal NTFS drive is probably not a concern as you’ll just have one hard drive and it will be reformatted to either…
After about three years of toying with each new release of Ubuntu Linux, the latest version, Jaunty Jackalope 9.0.4, sold me. It’s about 95% there, and that’s enough. So here’s…
If you’re a fan of Google Reader, like I am, that means it is now part of your life – something you’re not sure you could live without. I use…
I’m not exactly sure why it is happening (probably cut and paste issues), but occasionally I get some encoding errors on my blog. Quotes and dashes end up as: –,…
A little less than a year ago I posted footage of a shuttle launch filmed in Titusville, which is about as close as you can get to a shuttle launch…