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Monthly Archives: June 2007
Songs & Such: Welcome to Struggleville by Vigilantes of Love
In our continuing look at the songs of Bill Mallonee, we are going to spend a little time this week looking at the song “Welcome to Struggleville” from the “Welcome to Struggleville” album. The song, inspired by Edward Knippers’ paiting “The Prize” is a vivid description of a place that really only exists inside someone’s mind. Continue reading
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Customizing Your Gnome Desktop: Buttons & Windows Borders
Not in Linux, and more specifically not in Gnome (our focus). On a Linux desktop, you will find that you can completely customize the appearance of your desktop to your liking and while some of the cooler looking effects take some practice and a lot of reading (stuff we will not be going over here), you can make your Linux desktop resemble Windows or OSX, while at the same time you can make it completely original. Continue reading
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Tagged Linux, Open Source Software
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Justices, 5-4, Accept No Excuses From Inmate for Mistaken Late Filing of an
From Digg: “The court used the case to announce it was overruling the two precedents the Supreme Court had used when it established the “unique circumstances” doctrine in the 1960s.” There seems to be a lot of debate over whether … Continue reading
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OpenDNS
Last night, I set up my router to use OpenDNS for it’s DNS. This means all DNS requests are going through OpenDNS now. I did this for 2 reasons. The first is the phishing protection that comes with OpenDNS. I … Continue reading
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Blockbuster Chooses Blu-Ray
A couple of my buddies and I are in constant debate over who will win the “HD Format War”. We all go back and forth, picking sides and making our points. I believe that while Blu-Ray is the better format, … Continue reading
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Linux/Windows Haters
You have the Linux crowd that hates anything to do with Windows and believes that everyone should be using Linux. You Windows users who ask “why would you need something like Linux?” Then you have the OSX folks who just wonder what all the arguing is about in the first place. Why can some people not accept the fact that different people like to use different operating systems to be productive. Some are just more productive on a non-Windows machine. Some people like OSX because it is easier for them to use in their day to day life. Continue reading →