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Apparently the biggest hit at South-by-Southwest yesterday is the announcement of a new music service like Pandora and Last.fm called Slacker centered around a device very close to what I described in the PandoraPod post I did about two months earlier. I still believe the concept will be the next big thing, and a potential [...]
Here in Chicago, there are magnetic sensors in the interstates surrounding the Chicagoland area. I saw a special on TV once showing the central system, it was pretty cool. The sensors report in to a central machine, and update a display every 2 seconds or so to show traffic flow. By knowing how many vehicles [...]
Original Google Image Search returns
February 21No Comments
Back on January 24, I commented on the new interface of Google Image Search, and how it was more difficult to use for what I (and apperently, many others) use it for. Google has heard the comments, and has returned Google Image Search back to the original format. A big thanks to the Image Search [...]
Getting started in Ruby
February 122 Comments
So one of my New Years resolutions was to learn Ruby, and make a website in Rails. Actually, I’ve challenged myself to make a new site every 2 months in 2007. I’m not doing too well for Jan-Feb, but I’ve made my first website project my class final for the Database Design grad class I’m [...]
In a windows environment, you automatically get connected to your H: drive (or sometimes Z:) when you log in. For people using Ubuntu, this doesn’t happen natively. Here’s how to restore this functionality: First, make sure you are able to resolve server names via WINS. If you can’t, you might as well do that now… [...]
WXGA (1280×800) in Ubuntu
February 87 Comments
If you’ve got a widescreen (WXGA) laptop or LCD, you’ll want to fix the resolution. The Ubuntu logo should be a circle, not an oval. Leaving the default resolution *will* give you more than a few headaches over the course of the day. Luckily, it’s simple to fix. Open up the Terminal (Applications > Accessories [...]
This is an easy one in Ubuntu, but since I have a gmail account, and my work has Google Apps for your Domain, I found it extremely helpful. Here’s how to tie both of these accounts into Gaim via the Jabber protocol. Alright! While you’re at it, Skype has an install for just about any [...]
Ubuntu 6.10 natively doesn’t handle connections to WPA-encrypted wireless networks too well. In fact, I wasn’t impressed with the way Edgy handles connecting to any network, for that matter. For someone who is used to the ‘Network Connections’ folder in Windows, networking in Ubuntu isn’t fun. I worked on trying to connect to my home [...]
Now 100% Edgy
February 41 Comment
I’ve been testing a dual-boot setup on my home/work laptop for the last week with WinXP and Xubuntu. I have to say, I’ve been enjoying it. Some parts are challenging, but simple searches on Google have given me answers from a very helpful community! I have had *zero* reason to boot into my WinXP partition [...]
As I’m sure most have seen, Vista has launched with a less-than-$500-million result. In my home Chicago, I’ve been hearing about all sorts of midnight store openings with very poor turnout. There just seems to not be much enthusiasm about it. But there’s something else that occurred to me this week: Microsoft has just done [...]
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