October 2008
27 posts
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Ubuntu 8.10 Released, Includes Bootable USB Maker →
Oct 30th
“Reagan had an immense faith in the power of ideas. But there has been a counter,...”
– David Brooks
Oct 29th
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Christian Science Paper to End Daily Print Edition →
Get used to it. In a few years, we’ll all be the old fogeys explaining to kids how we used to read our news on paper. Every day we’d just throw the old one away and they’d send us a new one. Actually, it sounds funny to me already…
Oct 29th
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Introducing Gmail for mobile 2.0 →
Oct 26th
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SoftPerfect Network Scanner: fast and free network... →
Oct 24th
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ACLU: 2/3 of US population lives in... →
Oct 24th
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Election 2008: Why Young Voters Need to Get Angry →
Oct 24th
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University researchers developing cancer-fighting... →
Can I get that in an IPA?
Oct 23rd
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How to install Grub from a live Ubuntu CD →
Just in case GRUB gets stomped (in our case, by Lenovo System Update)…
Oct 23rd
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Google Open Sources Android →
Oct 21st
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Blender Defender →
This guy thought up a great way to keep his cats off the counter…
Oct 20th
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Beer: the refined drink of the common man →
Oct 17th
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Installing Cisco VPN and VPNC in Ubuntu →
Skip the Cisco VPN part and hop down to “Installing VPNC.”  This is easy stuff, at least for a techie.  It got me hooked up to my Cisco VPN from Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy.  The process looks something like this: sudo apt-get install vpnc Edit a short config file. If necessary, de-encrypt your stored password here and add to the config. To connect (see update at bottom of post): sudo vpnc...
Oct 15th
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McCain/Palin campaign angry over bogus DMCA... →
Wait…so now the Republicans care about fair use?
Oct 15th
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Bush signs RIAA-backed intellectual-property law →
Oct 14th
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Introducing Windows 7 →
Props to MS for deciding to release the product as Windows 7, as opposed to dropping a sweet codename (Longhorn) for a lame release name (Vista) like last time.
Oct 13th
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NBC, Lorne Michaels Plotting 'SNL' Video Site →
Online video is the perfect medium for sketch comedy. I’m a bit curious as to why it’s taken this long…oh yeah, that’s right…old-media execs. Duh.
Oct 13th
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Steal This Comic →
Oct 13th
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Why Did NBC Censor SNL on the Web? →
Oct 9th
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Stranger in a strange land →
Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux, on how he forgets he’s an alien here (he’s from Finland) until our ugly election process snaps him back to reality.
Oct 8th
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8 Ways to Maintain a Clean, Lean Ubuntu Machine →
Oct 8th
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KalamaBrew: Beer making, brewing and microbrews in... →
I just found a new favorite blog…
Oct 7th
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“When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to...”
– Mark Twain
Oct 5th
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Ba wit da beer: Kid Rock will get a signature brew →
Oct 4th
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Groundskeepers Display Artistry on the Diamond →
Oct 1st
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Four bars? The disconnect between bars and cell... →
Oct 1st
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Ron Paul: Buying bad debt is the wrong solution →
Oct 1st