I Still Don't Get Chrome OS
In general I’m a big fan of the fine folks at Google. You’ll rip Gmail and Google Docs and Google Reader and Google Chrome and Google Voice and a bunch of other Google stuff from my cold dead hands. But I just don’t get
For Ubuntu EEE Users - Patched eee-control Available
Just in case anyone else openly wept when they discovered the eee-control wasn’t working with Ubuntu Karmic on their EEE netbook, some kind soul has released a patched 0.9.4 version that works like a top. Once I installe
Reboot...Reboot...Reboot...
And now, ladies and gentlemen, a rant on rebooting. Paul Ramsey’s blog Clever Elephant had a great post recently titled No One Ever Got Fired for Buying Linux. This particular bit stuck in my head: Did you buy an expensi
Google Announces Chrome OS
In the take-your-Bing-and-shove-it department, Google has announced it’s working on a new operating system, Chrome OS, designed around the Chrome web browser. Looking through the announcement and the slew of related stor
Location Aware Software for Linux
Ars has a really good post on location aware software for Linux. The framework is called Geoclue and it builds on a number of other software packages and services, sharing an API through D-Bus, which is a common way for
SketchUp 7 Released and Native Flash 64bit on Linux
First, in the department-cubed department, Google SketchUp 7 has been released. Google SketchUp is 3D modeling software with spatial overtones. It’s probably the easiest tool out there for making detailed 3D models for i