Archive for March, 2008

25th March Comments

End-to-end video podcast production with Kino and FFmpeg

Posted on March 25th, 2008 at 4:52 pm

Producing a video podcast entirely on Linux is not only possible but fairly easy to do. This article outlines the steps you can take to make a video podcast entirely on Linux, as I do.
Creating a podcast takes three steps:
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25th March Comments

Comcast considers creepy new addition to the set top box

Posted on March 25th, 2008 at 12:07 pm

I have never been one of the tinfoil hat crowd in the past, but that could change –especially in light of the comments made by Comcast’s Gerard Kunkel, senior VP of user experience, to reporter Chris Albrecht of NewTeeVee.com. Mr. Kunkel mentioned an experiment with different camera technologies built into the cable box that would [...]

25th March Comments

Is Firefox 3 ready for prime time?

Posted on March 25th, 2008 at 4:53 am

 
Review — Firefox 3 may still be a beta, Beta 4 to be exact, but in a recent Reuters news story, Mozilla Vice President of Engineering Mike Schroepfer said of the browser, "In many ways it is much more stable than anything else out there."

Is Firefox 3 ready for prime time?

24th March Comments

The Internet? Bah!

Posted on March 24th, 2008 at 5:59 am

HYPE ALERT: WHY CYBERSPACE ISN’T, AND WILL NEVER BE, NIRVANA
After two decades online, I’m perplexed. It’s not that I haven’t had a gas of a good time on the Internet. I’ve met great people and even caught a hacker or two. But today, I’m uneasy about this most trendy and oversold community. Visionaries see a [...]

23rd March Comments

Largest Linux Cheat Sheet

Posted on March 23rd, 2008 at 5:21 am

Hey that is their title not mine but I can say that it is one huge list of commands for linux and BSD so if you want to show off at the next lug meeting you might want to stop in and peruse the site. Or if you just want to learn a thing or [...]

21st March Comments

Cops Chase Doughnut Thief At 100 Miles Per Hour

Posted on March 21st, 2008 at 11:05 am

TOLEDO, Iowa (AP) _ Authorities in Iowa say an Illinois man in a stolen delivery van loaded with doughnuts led police in a chase across two Iowa counties at speeds of up to 100 miles per hour.
The van owned by Donut Delite of Moline was stolen early Thursday while the driver was making deliveries at [...]

21st March Comments

Linux clients for three top P2P networks

Posted on March 21st, 2008 at 6:16 am

You can find Linux clients for several file-sharing networks. Taking into account how many clients are available for each, the current top three peer-to-peer (P2P) networks are eDonkey2000, FastTrack (derived from Kazaa), and Gnutella. Here are some desktop applications that allow you to become a full-fledged file sharer.
And yes there are legal reasons to use [...]

21st March Comments

The Guild

Posted on March 21st, 2008 at 5:34 am

Okay if you have not stumbled on this little web gem now is a really good time. The series is all about a group of folks that get online and play games and after a while decide to meet in real life R/L in the parlance of the gamers. They are up to 8 episodes [...]

21st March Comments

Newscast from a robot-dominated future — Onion video

Posted on March 21st, 2008 at 5:16 am

 
The Onion’s latest video segment — a newscast from a future where humans are subservient to robots — is not only uproariously funny, it’s also a damned fine, top-notch piece of science fiction. More like this, please. Link (via Danger Room)
Now this is some funny stuff, Baldy

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20th March Comments

India’s largest Linux rollout forges ahead despite tremendous odds

Posted on March 20th, 2008 at 6:45 am

With no vendor support, Elcot’s decision to switch platforms was a daunting task but the opportunity to bypass yearly software licensing fees was an irresistible incentive
On May 26, 2006, Elcot (Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu) let in its first penguin. Things would never be the same again.

Source: IT Business Canada