Well I finally picked up a photo scanner. I purchased a Canon Lide 60 for $72 from Amazon. Why this scanner? Well it’s listed as usable in Linux on the Sane Project compatibility list. I hooked it up to my USB port on my main workstation and tried using it with 2 programs. First I […]
Wishing you all the best this time of year. Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year for you and your loved ones.
For the last few days everyone in my household has been sick. We’re all coughing and sneezing which tends to diminish the holiday cheer. We carry on the best we can. I did manage to record last week’s Tech Show show using Ardour with the new mixer. The quality is very good even though I […]
I got a sweet deal on this mixer:
It has 10 mic pre-amps and additional 6 line inputs (not including CD/Tape in). It also has 8 direct outs (the first 8 channels have their own outputs to do multi-track recording). I’m in the process of connecting my voip phone to the mixer so I don’t […]
Crapple is supposed to be the king of ergonomics and user interfaces. This article picks apart Apple and lists some of it’s user interface shortcomings. What I really want to know is why are so many Apple users so smug?
Since Suse 10.2 just came out I decided I wanted to upgrade my laptop to it. I downloaded the DVD iso image with baited breath and started the install process. Unfortunately the installer does not get very far no matter what I try. What puzzling is that every distro I’ve ever attempted to install (including […]
My sister is a PR person for a bunch of companies and subscribes to a database where writers for publications post requests for resources on various topics. She noticed one writer was looking to talk to people about Linux. I contacted the author and was pretty honest about the pros and cons of using Linux […]
Spent the weekend doing errands and some minor work around the house. On Friday we had some more bizarre weather. It’s been ridiculously warm for the past few days and a cold front came through with very high wind gusts. One of my gutters came loose. So I had to pull it down completely and […]