2007 July

For the longest time, I’ve always had to go through many steps to setup network printing (both in my Windows and my early Linux days). Sharing standard usb printers across a network mixed with Linux and Mac machines can be a pain in the samba. Fortunately, KDE has an easy two-step solution that should work [...]

“KDE 4.0-alpha2 features considerable enhancements of Plasma, the KDE 4 desktop shell. July 4, 2007 (The INTERNET). The KDE Community is happy to announce the immediate availability of the second alpha release of the K Desktop Environment. This release comes straight out of Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland where aKademy is currently taking place. [...]

As some of you already know, I don’t watch television, but I do watch an occasional (albeit brief) video podcast. We also have an HTPC, so content is streamed to our living room (i.e. not at my desk on the computer) Here are a few of the ones that my wife and I watch regularly: [...]

Before anyone asks, no I did not get an iPhone, nor do I plan to. The telephone, since its inception, is the most intrusive device in existence. If I want to talk to you, I’ll contact you myself. Even email is not as intrusive. I can answer my email whenever I want. With a phone, [...]