Archive for December, 2007

29th December Comments

Gos the good and the bad

Posted on December 29th, 2007 at 6:37 am

Well a friend of mine got one of the $200 computers with GoS installed on it and for her that was a major hurdle for her , jumping from Windows and into Linux. Well it turns out that yes a lot of folks are attempting to run GoS but are having problems out the wazoo [...]

29th December Comments

RIP: Netscape Navigator (1994-2008)

Posted on December 29th, 2007 at 5:57 am

 
Netscape Navigator, once the de rigeur browser for more than 90% of web users, will no longer be supported by current owner AOL after February 2008. Link. Post your ode to this code in the comments. Extra points if you can manage to refer to yourself as a "netizen" with a straight face. (thanks [...]

26th December Comments

I’ve just met Santa Claus.

Posted on December 26th, 2007 at 6:04 am

Now this has to be the true meaning of Santa and of Christmas, and darn it sure is great to see, Baldy.
I’m a little old to believe in Santa Claus, but then again, there are some things I believe in that are even more far-fetched than Saint Nick. We’ll get back to that later.
It was [...]

25th December Comments

Holiday Wishes!

Posted on December 25th, 2007 at 6:33 am

Here is a wish from my house to yours for a safe and happy holiday season and many returns.

25th December Comments

Happy Holidays

Posted on December 25th, 2007 at 6:31 am

Wishing you and yours a very happy and safe holiday season!

24th December Comments

Norad Tracks Santa

Posted on December 24th, 2007 at 6:45 am

Once again Norad comes to rescue of parents everywhere and will help you parents track Santa in his all day and night trek to bring presents to all the good boys and girls around the world.
Follow the Jolly old Elf
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23rd December Comments

15 must-have Firefox tricks

Posted on December 23rd, 2007 at 4:16 pm

What good is a browser unless you can tweak it, hack it and bend it to your will? No good at all. The more you can hack it, the better it is.
And that means that Firefox must be a great browser. It’s infinitely customizable, via editing a text file called userChrome.css, making changes via a [...]

23rd December Comments

A Holiday Present for Everybody: MEPIS 7.0 is Released

Posted on December 23rd, 2007 at 4:11 pm

Morgantown, WV, Dec 22, 2007 — MEPIS has released SimplyMEPIS 7.0. The isos for the 32 and 64 versions are in the released directory at the MEPIS subscriber site and public mirrors. MEPIS 7.0 offers up to date user applications delivered on top of a Debian stable core.

Source: Mepis.Org
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21st December Comments

One-Laptop-Per-Child project paves way for low-cost computing

Posted on December 21st, 2007 at 7:12 am

The $100 notebook remains a dream but the OLPC project has inspired a new class of affordable laptops
Critics of the One-Laptop-Per-Child (OLPC) Project like to point out that it has not yet lived up to its goal of putting US$100 notebooks in the hands of millions of kids in poor countries, but that’s a short-sighted [...]

20th December Comments

Welcome to The Barrel

Posted on December 20th, 2007 at 1:10 pm

I told you it was coming and here it is folks. I hope that you will enjoy it and maybe even have some fun.