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Archives for March, 2006

Etown

Just went to a taping of a radio show called etown and saw Ben Harper tonight who was just amazing!  This is a great show all around and would suggest everyone subscribes to the podcast.  I actually helped them set this up.  In any event, Ben Harper’s new album is just great and better than [...]

.o0(Thoughts of Mac Mini slightly drift away)

http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/entry/2294/sneak_peek_linspire While I don’t think any real competion based on Windows exists, there are reasons for this little PC over a Mac. Software upgrades are free and developed open source! (duh) as opposed to Paying for every little point upgrade to OS X. Cheaper hardware than Mac Mini MythTV runs amazingly in Linux

Using network-manager in Ubuntu Dapper

About a week ago I tried to get network-manager to work in dapper. I apt-get installed it just fine and dandy and I saw a little icon. My only problem was that it didn’t show any wireless networks. Today I found the key! If for any reason your network-manager applet doesn’t show the available network [...]

Global warming warning from Nasa

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/17/60minutes/main1415985.shtml Most sensible people are aware of the dangers that greenhouse gases pose anyway, but it’s a shame that this dude is being censored.  The first step is admitting you have a problem!  In any event, I’m looking more and more at that Honda Civic and/or Toyota Prius hybrid.  My current Civic is great, but [...]