Mac vs PC vs Linux
Fun YouTube Video (HT: Greg Laden): Except for the word “choise,” but I guess I’ll forgive that.
Good Job Reuters
As a publisher (at Energion Publications) I am very conscious of the copyright wars and discussions about fair use. Recently AP has raised quite a fuss. But as WebProNews reports, Reuters is taking a much more constructive stance. I personally hope they gain business from their more reasonable attitude. At the same time, while I…
nixCraft on E-Mail Clients
Choosing an e-mail client is a pain, because if you make the wrong choice, it’s often a nightmare to export your files and accounts and then import them into a new account. Thus reviews such as this comparison of five cross-platform clients on nixCraft are very valuable.
Grocery Shopping 101
Before I got married I had a system for buying groceries. It was basic, but it worked for me. I would decide on my menus for about a week. I kept my menus simple and became accustomed to eating mostly one thing per meal because of serving sizes. I liked to keep from throwing leftovers…
Google May Challenge Microsoft Monopoly
… by creating an operating system based on their Chrome browser, which would be great for all of us, I think. Details here (MSNBC.com).
Nano Spaceships to the Stars
This story from MSNBC.com says it might be possible.
Ford: Office on Wheels
Some details here.
Yahoo Messenger Login Problems with Pidgin
For those who may be even slower than I am, let me link to the solutions. Basically, upgrade your Pidgin to 2.5.7. Here is an explanation of the problem, and for those who use Ubuntu, as I do, the easy solution is to add the Pidgin repository here, do an update, and restart Pidgin. Mine…
Finding Facebook Feeds
This post on Wesblog helped me.
Twitter Karma – Clean Up Followers
Having reached the 2,000 follower barrier on Twitter, I needed to bring my follower list down closer to my followed list. There are some services that will simply unfollow those who don’t follow you, but since I follow–and read–some tech gurus, news services, and such, that don’t follow me, I didn’t want to do that….