Archive | October, 2006
5 days on Ubuntu’s Edgy Eft (6.10)
I’ve had a pretty good experience with Edgy Eft (6.10) now for five days. However there are two problems I’m encountering that have really stumped me. These issue aren’t show stoppers (yet) and if they can be resolved without funky workarounds I’d be a real happy camper. Share and Enjoy:
Continue reading...The future of your interaction with computers
31. October 2006
Once again, we’re going to peel back the layers of time and peer into the murky and slightly onion scented future. Where are we going will all of this computer stuff? Where’s the pretty? and will we ever get our flying cars? One big field in the near future is going to be the presentation [...]
Continue reading...HOWTO: Five steps to a more secure SSH
30. October 2006
If you are running Linux, chances are you are running SSH. Here are five easy things you can do to lock down your server and make SSH more secure. Includes disabling root logins, using keys to login, automatically blocking hosts who are attempting dictionary attacks, and more. Read all about it on the Import This [...]
Continue reading...TedTalks – the coolest touch screen video you’ve seen yet.
30. October 2006
Here’s a wonderful video from TED – Technology, Entertainment and Design – featuring Jeff Han and his incredible research on touch screen technology. It’s about 9 minutes long and well worth viewing the whole thing. Share and Enjoy:
Continue reading...Want a better memory? Eat more strawberries.
30. October 2006
Yup, the lowly berry, along with some other fruits and veggies contain chemicals which can improve your long term memory. As an additional bonus, you’ll be less likely to reproduce with strawberry seeds stuck in your teeth, hence genetics will favor those with better long term memory and a penchant for brushing their teeth. Share [...]
Continue reading...Quicktips – Saving man pages as text documents.
30. October 2006
We’ve all agreed that Man pages are a wonderful utility and probably the best thing invented since air-sickness pills. Now wouldn’t it be nice if you could save the output from a man command into a handy text document? Then you could look at it with cat, less, more, vi, gedit, open office, word and [...]
Continue reading...Lifehacker’s Top Firefox 2 Config Tweaks
30. October 2006
Lifehacker has an excellent guide to tweaking FF2. Be sure to check it out! Share and Enjoy:
Continue reading...Quicktips – How to convert RPMs to DEBs.
29. October 2006
Got an RPM that you want to install on your Debian based box? Here’s the quick way to do it. Install alien on your box, by doing the following in a terminal session: sudo apt-get install alien Now that you’ve got alien installed, you can run it on your RPM package to convert it to [...]
Continue reading...NASA gives us the most detailed Martian panorama yet
27. October 2006
From the Planetary Society: “To honor the long-lived Mars Exploration Rover Spirit completing its 1,000th Martian day Thursday, NASA released this color 360-degree panorama — produced from the most detailed images yet by either Spirit or its twin, Opportunity — showing the rugged terrain of Spirit’s current location amid a range of hills. The vista, [...]
Continue reading...24 Hours with Ubuntu’s Edgy Eft
27. October 2006
I’ve now had the full version of Ubuntu’s Edy Eft (6.10) installed on my Lenovo X60s laptop for twenty four hours. I’ve been on it for about 15 of those. Here are my thoughts and feelings about the newest member of the Ubuntu family and using Edgy in both a work and play environment. Share [...]
Continue reading...Installing Beryl on Ubuntu Edy and an Intel i915
26. October 2006
I’ve just upgraded my Lenovo X60 to Edgy Eft. Shortly after I did that, I installed Beryl on my machine using this wonderful guide provided by Uncle Spellbinder. Once you get it installed (and it’s a lot of fun) you can use the list of keyboard/mouse shortcuts after the jump to get around. By the [...]
Continue reading...ArsGeek’s up/down/up cycle
26. October 2006
Hey folks, ArsGeek, which is graciously hosted on a donated server with donated bandwith is currently bringing that server (which hosts other stuff as well) to it’s knees. Until I get a better (read: paid) service to host ArsGeek, periodic diggs will bring the site down. Hopefully I’ll be able to do this in the [...]
Continue reading...How to Install Firefox 2 on Ubuntu 6.06
25. October 2006
DebianAdmin has a great article on installing Firefox 2 on Ubuntu. Be sure to check them out! They go through not only the installation process, but give a good list of recommended add-ons. Technorati Tags: firefox2, firefox 2, ubuntu, debianadmin Share and Enjoy:
Continue reading...How to prepare for and execute your upgrade to Ubuntu Edgy Eft
25. October 2006
Ubuntu’s Edgy Eft (6.10) is out tomorrow, provided no last minute changes to the release schedule. If you’re planning to upgrade from 6.06 to 6.10, then here are a few steps you may want to take before you preform the upgrade. Share and Enjoy:
Continue reading...Quicktips – Boost your Windows Vista performance – use a USB flash drive!
24. October 2006
Vista has one feature that I’m completely and totally in love with. It’s called ReadyBoost and it does just that, gives your system a boost. If you’ve got a USB 2.0 flash drive hanging about – I’m using a 512 MB drive, you can simply pop it in and let Vista recognize it. Once it’s [...]
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31. October 2006
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