Category Archives: Technology

How To Setup Android SDK in Ubuntu

If you pay attention to technology at all, you probably know about Google’s Android platform. People have largely panned it because they were expecting a gPhone to do battle with the iPhone. I think they are missing the point. This … Continue reading

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Upgrade Hosting means Clean URLs Are No More

I use Linode for web hosting. I like it because from an administration perspective, I effectively have a dedicated Linux box. In reality it is shared, so I pay a lot less than the cost of dedicated with the same … Continue reading

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What it’s Like Being On Digg’s Front Page

I learned a lot from having my story on Digg’s front page. Continue reading

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Linux Doesn’t Lack Drivers, it Lacks Complete Drivers

…when you have a piece of hardware primarily designed to do function X, but capable of Y and Z, you can’t support just feature X and consider that to be satisfactory. Unless every single feature of a given piece of hardware is pushed to the absolute limit by the software, then the user is not getting everything they have paid for in that hardware. Continue reading

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Linux is Desktop Ready for Most People

Desktop readiness isn’t a matter of yes or no. It’s a matter of how many. There are a number of desktop computers in the world. It’s not a question of whether or not Linux is ready for them or not. It’s a question of how many of them are ready for Linux. Continue reading

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Gmail for Domains Default in Gnome

Do you use Gnome? Do you use Gmail for domains? Do you want to use your Gmail for domains account as the default e-mail application in Gnome? Today is your lucky day! Continue reading

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Phone Trouble

It’s just one of those times when I wish I were living in Europe, Japan or pretty much anywhere but North America. Mobile phone carriers in this quarter of the world suck ass. Usually we can complain about a particular … Continue reading

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