Exploring What's Outside The Box
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Ubuntu 9.04, AKA Jaunty Jackalope, is out! I had initially decided to hold off a bit before upgrading but after reading some initial very positive reviews I figured that what the heck, let’s go for it. Having said that, my laptop, a Dell XPS 1530 is now upgrading. I will of course post any issues […]
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If you’re a Facebook user and a Blackberry owner, you truly have a very fantastic combination. A fantastic phone that can deliver new Facebook messages and updates as they arrive. If you’re a Faceook user and a Windows Mobile owner, things haven’t been looking that bright and there hasn’t always been quality software to give […]
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It seems like Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex just came out not long ago and here we are, just days away from the release of Jaunty Jackalope. Another upgrading cycle begins. Now, although I’m quick to embrace new versions, I’ll be doing my upgrades in steps. Since I have two computers currently running Ibex, I’ll be […]
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Those of you fortunate enough to own a Blackberry are well familiar with the portability and easy access of social networks on the platform. Access to MySpace and Facebook is easy and convenient and I know I have been looking for away to get similar access on my Windows Mobile device. I think I might […]
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Those of you that use Ubuntu with any regularity might have run into the very annoying instance of always having to enter the root password when running certain commands with sudo. For me, I use a LAMPP server on my computer to test scripts and such locally and I installed the LAMPP control panel, a […]
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I mentioned in my previous post how I stumbled over DirecTV2PC while trying to get some of the media sharing functionality of the DirecTV receiver to work. Well, I have taken a bit of time to download and try it out and I have to say it works remarkably well. In a nutshell, DirecTV2PC does […]
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A little over a month ago, we decided to drop out local phone company as our phone carrier (we don’t use local phone service anymore), Internet carrier (go wireless!) and TV provider, mostly because we were able to shave about $75 of our monthly bill in regards to these specific services. I’m very happy with […]
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I saw it coming a long time ago and I guess I just hoped it never really would happen. Something has finally happened to my desktop computer and it won’t boot past the memory test. In fact, it won’t boot at all, Linux or XP. Great. Luckily, I don’t use it a whole lot anymore […]
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For you Transformers fans out there, check out the Transformers 2 trailer
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Throughout the last few months, I have successfully used the integrated camera of my XPS 1530 to do video conferencing with friends and family. However, recently, I’ve been looking more into actually recording videos for some other purposes. So I started looking for some other software. I soon found a little program called Cheese, which […]
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