I’m using Linux again for the first time in about nine months. The release of Ubuntu Hardy Heron caught my attention and I decided to give it a go.
I recently revisited Puppy and Sidux without satisfaction. The main problem with Sidux was I just couldn’t get the fonts to look good. (more…)
I’ve been so busy for most of this year that I haven’t had much time to indulge in experimenting with web scripts, online services and widgets. Winding down towards a holiday I had the opportunity this weekend.
My first discovery was a free script called PHP Easy Downloader. It cleverly creates a neatly structured directory of [...]
I’ve succeeded in getting the JasJam to synchronise with my home computer and various other media. I’ve never been one to do this in the past, and it’s probably cost me the loss of much data.
Now I have to decide the best method or whether to continue doing all of them.
Firstly, I had some trouble [...]
I’m still playing with my new JasJam. I haven’t bricked it yet, but still can’t figure out a few things. Exploring the world of mobile applications has been fun.
An interesting new tool I thought worth mentioning is the Unyverse mobile wiki. It’s only been around for a few weeks, as far as I can tell.
It’s [...]
Windows Live Writer released a new version earlier this month. I had tried this desktop blog-posting program before without much success. This is really just a test post.
The program has a sleek design and an intuitive interface.
The advantage of using something like this with WordPress is the simpler ability to wrap text around images and [...]
I’ve been checking out the new beta version of the Flock web browser. It’s the best version of this Mozilla-based browser that I’ve seen so far.
While the others had easy access to Delicious and Flickr, so did Firefox via addons.
The new Flock also integrates seamlessly with social networking giants Facebook, Twittr and You Tube.
Once you [...]
I was surprised to read on Techcrunch that nearly 50 percent of visitors there use the Firefox browser. I checked my own Google analytics stats and the percentage was much lower.
About 17 per cent of visitors here use Firefox on any platform (Windows, Mac or Linux).
I suspect that more web savvy people use Firefox than [...]
A few months ago I bought a new Dell PC with Windows Vista Home Premium installed. I now wish that I hadn’t bought the computer, or that I had bought it with XP instead.
I have had ongoing problems with hardware recognition and installing software.
Firstly, to show that I’m balanced, I will write what is good [...]
This is a screenshot of Apple’s Safari browser running on Windows Vista. As you can see it doesn’t show menu items, text doesn’t display and it’s not even possible to type in a URL. Makes it pretty useless really.
I also had trouble installing it until I found this solution to Error Code 2738.
I can say [...]
I was just looking at the 15 program icons on my Linux desktop and noticed that 12 of them are cross-platform applications which also operate in Windows.
The three Linux-only programs are Digikam (photo organiser), Bluefish (web editor) and Kontact (organiser/email). The 12 cross-platform applications are:
Firefox (web browser)
OpenOffice (office suite)
The Gimp (image editor)
Pidgin (instant [...]
