Technology and Life
Version 7.04 of Ubuntu, Linux for the normal people, was released with a ton of fanfare. Released parties around the world (no joke!), and normal distribution channels were hammered with requests. My suggestion to you? Bit Torrent. The more people downloading, the more people will be uploading – and the easier you’ll make it on […]
AMD Customer Care has made their point perfectly clear. Support for Linux is poor – and you better be thankful for it. This explains the piss poor performance on my ThinkPad’s ATI video card, but the workstation with a Nvidia 5200FX and half the cpu kicks its ass. Queue the rocking chair squeek and old […]
I’ve been transitioning from purchased software to open source. My biggest leap is going to be making the jump from an old version of (pre-Adobe) Macromedia Fireworks to GIMP. My life just got a tad easier with this collection of GIMP Tutorials. Now I’ve got a greater understanding of Gimp controls and features. I’ve been […]
Following on the success of “The Colbert Report”, another alumni of “The Daily Show” may get his own spin-off. Lewis Black’s new pilot, “The Root of All Evil”, will be taped this Thursday in Los Angeles. The show is described as a round-table discussion of current events between Black and other comedians. Can’t wait to […]
Here’s my run down of internet April fool jokes on the internet today: Woot sold 1,500 random bags of crap (otherwise known as BoC’s, or simply “grab bags” to the uninitiated) for $1,00,001.00 each. Google didn’t disappoint, they have released TISP, Toilet ISP. Here’s a quote from their press release. Google announces free in-home wireless […]