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MAKE magazine has published a guide to giving gifts related to open source. If you are wondering what to get the open source enthusiast in your life for Christmas this year, look no further.  read more »

I just upgraded Firefox on my laptop running Ubuntu and it couldn't have been easier. Just make sure you are connected to the internet and run an upgrade script from this page at everythingelse.wordpress.com. I just ran the script, restarted the browser and BAM Firefox 2.0 was up and running with no problems. I highly recommend this method if you are running Ubuntu and don't want to think about it too much.  read more »

I am checking out FC6 preview release today and all I can say is I am so glad they got rid of the bubbles. The new theme for FC6 rocks! So far everything is very fast and no installation problems. I will save the rest for an upcoming review. Here is a screenshot of the desktop.  read more »

Have you ever needed to capture a screen shot of something in Linux and 72dpi was not high enough resolution. I recently found myself in this situation trying to capture some images of the great screen savers that come with most Linux distributions. The way you do this is easier than it first appears.  read more »

I have been wanting a new cell phone for a while now. My old Sony Ericsson T610 was a great phone and did everything I needed, but it lacked a music/video player and the connections were wearing out. First I went to the Sprint store to see what they had. I tried the new LG Fusic which was awesome (includes GPS navigation) except there was no way for me to get my calendar synced with it. I took it back and tried the Samsung A920. Another cool phone with stereo speakers, but again no calendar sync.  read more »

Well, I just got back from vacation and it looks like the server was down over the weekend. Sorry about that. Everything is back up now.

After working so hard on the last episode I need a break. I will be on vacation for a week, but I will respond to emails and forum posts when I get back.

So I just happened across this link to a Forbes.com story about my former boss. When I went to the page I noticed a slight flash as I started to read the article. All of a sudden, Steve Forbes walked out onto my taskbar and started welcoming me to Forbes.com and asking me to click on a box to view some website. I can't help but wonder if this type of in your face advertising is the future of website marketing.  read more »

I have been a digg.com user for a while now and I thought it might be fun to let everyone know what kind of things I am interested in. You can check out the stories I have been digging in the left hand column of my blog page.

I have been having trouble installing Cinelerra on Dapper Drake. I finally found the answer here. Now Cinelerra is working so I can test things out on Dapper in preparation for Episode 6 :)