Ubuntu Tips
Since Ubuntu is my Linux of choice, I was excited to find this set of tips for getting more out of it. HT: nixCraft.
Using Audicity with Ubuntu and PulseAudio
Read this page from the PulseAudio Wiki. It’s one of those really super single pages that solve many problems. May their number increase!
Netbeans 6.5 Released
You can read about it here or just go and download it here. Netbeans has become my editor of choice for working with PHP. At first I found it a bit clumsy due to the many things I was not used to having. But over time I have found it very helpful in preventing those…
Info on Rootkits
TechRepublic’s 10 Things blog has a pretty good rundown. I’ve recently had to explain the very basics of rootkits to an occasional curious customer.
A Simple Variable Width Header in CSS
This example is actually simpler than most of what you’ll find on the web, and you need to build on it, but I often want to see a simple, stripped down example, so I thought I’d post it. I wanted to take existing header and footer graphics and adapt them to a wider page, preferably…
Deprivation!
It looks like President-Elect Obama will have to give up his Blackberry when he drops the -Elect. Ouch! I sympathize!
Blogrush Shutting Down
Since I blogged about Blogrush before and found it a fairly marginal service, I should note that it is now shutting down.
Create favicon.ico with GIMP
This link is very helpful.
IT Folks Make Errors? No!!
I love TechRepublic’s 10 Things posts, and 10 dumb things IT pros do that can mess up their networks is a great one. It’s fun to tell those user stories, but most of us have dumb moment stories of our own. Point #1, however, is critical. We all know it. You have to have backups,…
I Usually Forget to Update Twitter
. . . but it looks like it’s becoming more and more important. According to this MSNBC.com story, it has become much more of a factor in the way people communicate generally and about the election. I can certainly see how it (and things like it) have become more important than chat rooms for example….