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Archive for March, 2008

UFO Hunters vs UFO Hunters

Friday, March 28th, 2008

As mentioned on this week’s TLLTS there are two separate distinct shows called UFO Hunters. The UFO Hunters on SciFi Channel only aired it’s pilot episode following a recent Ghost Hunters airing. Overall, that show was pretty weak. It had a very amateurish look and feel to it and the case they investigated didn’t seem […]

Why are Mac owners such freaks?!?

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

This article attempts to rationalize the zeal of Mac owners. Granted the vast majority of Mac owners are just normal people who just prefer the stuff that Apple sells. They generally don’t care about freedom or DRM or anything else. They want something that works for their minimalistic needs. It’s that small percentage of nut […]

Converted another household to Linux

Monday, March 17th, 2008

Over the weekend we went to a family event at my brother in law’s place. He knows that I’ve been into Linux for a long time and has been complaining about his Dell computer. He let me know that he wanted to install Linux about 2 months ago and we finally made the trip […]

Hectic weekend not much in terms of tech

Monday, March 10th, 2008

I spent the entire weekend running around. First on Saturday I had an early dental appointment. Then I had to bring my son to a birthday party at the local YMCA. I missed our monthly LUG meeting which I was supposed to give a presentation on using bluetooth under Linux. Saturday night into Sunday the […]

Amazon downloader client for Linux released

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

Amazon finally released it’s downloader application for Linux. You can purchase entire albums from their MP3 music store. The music is DRM free and is encoded at a fairly high bitrate. I installed the downloader and purchased a Laurie Berkner album for my son. The application opens Firefox and brings you to the Amazon website […]

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