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links for 2008-03-29

March 29th, 2008 by timelady

• Upgrading OpenOffice on Asus EEE PC » Eee PC - Blog
  There is a problem with OpenOffice 2.0 bundled with Asus EEE PC. This version is not capable to open some extensions, which are important. You might want to upgrade OpenOffice.org to work on those extensions.

  (tags: openoffice asus eeepc)
• Install OpenOffice.org 2.3.1 in an external device [EeeUser Eee PC Wiki]
  This how-to describes the installation of Openoffice.org in an external device like a SD-card or a usb stick, without removing the original version of openoffice which comes in your eeepc. Or remove it anyway:)
  (tags: filesystem eeepc openoffice hacks)
• BBC NEWS | UK | Legs manual wins odd title prize
  A self-help guide called If You Want Closure In Your Relationship, Start With Your Legs has been voted the oddest book title of the year.

  (tags: bbc funny books humour)

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links for 2008-03-23

March 24th, 2008 by timelady

• Unix Toolbox
  This document is a collection of Unix/Linux/BSD commands and tasks which are useful for IT work or for advanced users. This is a practical guide with concise explanations, however the reader is supposed to know what s/he is doing.
  (tags: administration cheatsheet cli coding collection command commandline sysadmin howto shell commands reference linux unix)

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links for 2008-03-21

March 22nd, 2008 by timelady

• Windows Vista update plagued by glitches | NEWS.com.au
  MICROSOFT’S first update to the Windows Vista operating system could cause even more problems for some users. Look, they are CONSISTENT, at least.
  (tags: microsoft vista sp1)

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links for 2008-03-20

March 21st, 2008 by timelady

• Letter to Our European Friends - P J O’RourkeO
  ne of my favourtie humourists and political commentators ever.
  (tags: humor politics pjorourke humour)
• References on using the GIMP
  The GIMP is usually installed as the graphics editing tool in Linux distributions. You might be looking for ways to use it - and as usual, Clair has many for you. Tutes, suggestions, links a gogo!!
  (tags: design graphics reference tips tutorials tutorial gimp photoshop)

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links for 2008-03-19

March 20th, 2008 by timelady

• Running VMWare on a Physical Partition
  This article describes how to set up VMWare on a pre-existing Windows partition.
  (tags: vmware linux windows virtualization ubuntu tutorial howto install dualboot boot dual article)
• What’s the best beta? IE 8 vs Opera 9.5 vs Safari vs Firefox 3 - Crave at CNET.co.uk
  Cnet has rated Firefox 3 as the best browser out of IE 8, Safari 3 and Opera 9.5, and gives special mention to Flock (my browser of choice in linux or windows).
  (tags: firefox ie opera safari flock browsers opensource)
• Pain lasts long after traumatic injury: study | Health | Reuters
  A surprising number of people — more than 60 percent — still suffer significant pain a year after a traumatic injury in a car crash or other cause, showing the need for better pain treatment, researchers said. As one of those affected - no kidding:(
  (tags: pain trauma treatment carcrash accident injury)
• The 25 Most Disturbing Sex Toys | Cracked.com
  NSFW, possibly.
  I am pretty openminded, but some of these confuse the hell out of me. A couple actively scare me. Especially that damned duck. And the cone STILL has the power to freak me out;) Seriously.
  (tags: blog funny humor humour list lists sex nsfw disturbing toys)
• Google Code University - Google Code
  The Courses section contains tutorials, lecture slides, and problem sets for a variety of topic areas:
  * AJAX Programming
  * Distributed Systems
  * Web Security
  * Language
  Heaps of Comp Sci stuff. Yay Google.
  (tags: ajax google programming education tutorial code tutorials software computers)
• CO-ED Magazine » Facebook Chat is Coming… in 2 Weeks!!
  Facebook is set to launch a highly anticipated chat feature in the next 2 weeks to allow for real time communication within the popular social network.
  (tags: facebook im chat)
• New Clues to the Most Amazing Shapes in Space | LiveScience
  The term “planetary nebula” has always been a misnomer, but these spectacular clouds of dust and gas may actually have something to do with planets after all, astronomers have found.
  (tags: nebula planet space astronomy science)
• The Unix Geek: Why I switched back to Ubuntu
  Of all the distros I’ve tried, Ubuntu is the fastest, most reliable, and (most of the time) most compatible.
  (tags: linux ubuntu distro)
• ‘I would rather die of cancer than have my living self stripped away a bit at a time,’ says Terry Pratchett | the Daily Mail
  Terry Pratchett on his Alzheimerś diagnosis. Thank goodness we still have his remarkable mind coherent and functioning.
  (tags: 2008 discworld medical medicine pratchett alzheimers)

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Machines take me by…

March 19th, 2008 by timelady

…surprise with great frequency.

Wow,cool!!! I never heard of this one - but very glad to include it in honour roll of computers:)

The CSIRAC Story
“The honour of building the first modern computer went to the British, when ‘Baby’ computed its first result on 21 June 1948, in Manchester.

During this period, a young English scientist in Sydney had already been planning the development of a machine to bring Australia into the computer age…”

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Any sufficiently advanced technology is…

March 19th, 2008 by timelady

…indistinguishable from magic.

Sci-fi writer Arthur C. Clarke dead

BRITISH-born science fiction guru, Arthur C. Clarke, died at a hospital in Sri Lanka overnight, his aide Rohan de Silva said. He was 90

His books were such a gift. I am typing this on Hal (I think he is up to Hal 3300, we upgrade so often:)  )

Thank you, Arthur.

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links for 2008-03-18

March 19th, 2008 by timelady

• Getting Stuff Done on Linux [Part 1] | MakeUseOf.com
  One thing you hear often about Linux is that there’s no software for it. This is simply not true. There may not be much proprietary software for it, but there is some, and there are plenty of free alternatives to what most offices use every day.
  (tags: linux tools utilities gtd adobe apps desktop graphics html openoffice programming windows)
• Speed Up Linux - Wired How-To Wiki
  Overall, Linux is not known as a resource hog. The free operating system is a fairly lean machine out of the box — some distributions moreso than others. Still, there are some tweaks you can make to any Linux installation to speed things up.
  (tags: linux optimization performance tips ubuntu tweaks hack speed howto hacks geek guide admin)
• Designing A Lunar Telescope To See Into The Dark Ages
  A team of scientists and engineers led by the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) will study how to design a telescope on the Moon for peering into the last unexplored epoch in the Universe’s history
  (tags: astronomy science space telescope moon)
• APOD: 2008 March 17 - Thirty Thousand Kilometers Above Enceladus
  What does the surface of Saturn’s ice-spewing moon Enceladus look like? To help find out, the robotic Cassini spacecraft now orbiting Saturn was sent soaring past the cryovolcanic moon and even right through one of Enceladus’ ice plumes.
  (tags: apod astronomy images space science cassini saturn enceladus)
• Linux Mint
  A variant of Ubuntu with integrated media codecs, it has now developed into one of the most user-friendly distributions on the market - with a custom desktop and menus, several unique configuration tools, a web-based package interface, number of versions
  (tags: commercial distro linux ubuntu mint)
• Firefox 3 goes on a diet, eats less memory than IE and Opera
  once flock is ff3 based, i will be overjoyed:)
  (tags: browser browsers firefox hardware memory performance software tech ie opera flock)
• Life in Oracle and Linux Kernel: Installing VMware workstation 6.0.2 on Fedora Core 6 kernel version 2.6.24-rc6.
  works for hardy so far.
  (tags: hardy ubuntu vmware)

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links for 2008-03-17

March 18th, 2008 by timelady

• Bad Movie Physics: A Report Card
  some movies dismember Newton and Einstein with way more gusto than others. We rated 18 movies based on how many laws of physics they mangled, and here’s our report card.
  (tags: astronomy awesome chart cinema facts fiction scifi movies science physics geek)
• Mornington Crescent (game) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  is a game created by Geoffrey Perkins and popularised by the BBC Radio 4 comedy panel game I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue (ISIHAC). According to the show, Mornington Crescent is one of the world’s top four most-played games, behind Chess, Scrabble, and Stump.
  (tags: games wikipedia london funny bbc humour fun geek game fiction cool)

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links for 2008-03-16

March 17th, 2008 by timelady

• Radio and TV Personality Adam Carolla To Take on Top Gear
  oh dear. bet the au one sucks more.
  (tags: topgear)
• ITworld.com - The seven dirtiest jobs in IT
  Here are seven of the dirtiest jobs in IT, and why your organization needs them.
  (tags: jobs IT tech geek)
• SPACE.com — How to Get to Alpha Centauri
  If the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri, does harbor rocky planets similar to Earth as new findings suggest, there exist a host of ways to get us there, in theory.
  (tags: space interstellar travel universe science)
• An Amazing Mind: The REAL reason we use Linux
  We tell people we use Linux because it’s secure. Or because it’s free, because it’s customizable, because it’s free (the other meaning), because it has excellent community support. But we say that because they wouldn’t understand the real reason….
  (tags: advocacy linux opensource funny propaganda article fun cool interesting essay commentary)
• ABC News: What You Don’t Know About Living in Space
  Over the years, living in space has forced astronauts to make a few concessions to things you would not give a second thought about when staying at a Holiday Inn. Here are a fews things you may not have known about living in space.
  (tags: space nasa funny iss 2008)
• Build A Digital Music Server - Wired How-To Wiki
  CDs are fine things for listening to and archiving, but they’re bulky. Think of all the shelf space you could free up if that digital music resided on one little hard drive rather than hundreds of boxed-up plastic discs.
  (tags: music server howto audio media mp3 diy network)
• Google Open Source Blog: “Look! Actual Code!”
  An amazing AJAX tool that allows you to see the code for google opensource projects as you go. well worth a look:)
  (tags: google code opensource repository search svn review ide)

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