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- @richardhicks true. but its more fun on windows :-) 2010/09/02
- @TheAndroidSite This will be the next big thing for me. Tired of the fuddy duddy N1. Need something with a 2 in the name :-) 2010/09/01
- Samsung Vibrant GPS fixes, rooting, and replacing the default launcher. Priceless! Now lets see CM 6.1 :-) 2010/09/01
- @richardhicks The best windows security is the oldest. Unplug the consarned cat5 cable. Voila! Total net neutrality and Windows security. 2010/09/01
- @PaulOBrien No android market or google experience until someone hacks it if they can. No more archos for me. The 5it does what I need now. 2010/09/01
Category Archives: News
Linux on the Desktop — Fact, Fiction, Fantasy?
Slashdot carries a story about whether Apple is sentencing doom for desktop Linux. Look it up here and see what you think. I’ll tell you my take. Linux on the desktop is beset by a few problems which seem to … Continue reading
Older Portable MP3 Players – A biography…
Recently, I went down this path of wanting to find hard disk mp3 players which would offer a few uses that would not require some dedicated program to install. Here are a few of the finalists and some disclosures: Iriver … Continue reading
I Centro’ed
Yes its true. My beloved and frustrating Treo 650 decided to do its final act and seized up solid. Sprint Tech Support Could not revive it so I went for a new phone. The Centro is pretty cool and it … Continue reading
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Last Rant deleted; more reasonable minds prevail
I decided to delete the last rant about Ubuntu and its problems with suspend and most notably with resume. Its not like its fixed or that I believe after reading a few posts that I could believe it actually works. … Continue reading
Life, Linux, and Xubuntu 7.10 reveals itself
As you can probably guess, I enjoy tinkering. Mostly with Linux because its not finished. It pisses me off sometimes because of that fact. I also apply use case criteria to it. For me to loudly proclaim its “ready” it … Continue reading
Seriously Reconsidering…
I’m back… Back on WordPress, back here. Back doing lots of things. Stability of a blogging platform is not one of them. I seem to tire of a thing, remove it, then get the urge and put it back. Lets … Continue reading
I left, then I write
Well, things have been tied to a project here on this real estate for awhile. Now, things have quieted down with that work so I decided to just put back WordPress 2.3 here and bask in its glory. I’m running … Continue reading
The Cost of Happiness
Someone told me once that the 50s are the new 30s these days and that 50 somethings (like me) can count on a decade of happiness and joy of life much like a 30 year old. Bah Humbug. This surely … Continue reading
Going, going, going…
Seems that I’ve reached a new pattern with writing blogposts of late which include only weekend posts. Work is getting pretty busy of late with a variety of good things going on so writing here takes a hit. I still … Continue reading
Sunday to Friday
Seems that the days went by really quickly this week and could not summon up a blogpost all week. I read some of the more notable technology, news, and blogs using RSSowl these days; but the urge to seek catharsis … Continue reading
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