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I'm Michael Koby, and I love technology. I'm also a programmer, currently doing Ruby on Rails development for a small Houston startup. Here I talk about technology, programming, politics, movies, music, and anything else I feel I need to talk about. If you would like to know more, you can check out the About page.Popular Series
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Power of Information 2007-04-29
This week on the Power of Information, Derek and I discuss the end of tax-free internet sales, Blu-Ray selling its one millionth disc, solid state hard drives, and hybrid hard drives. We also talk about Lifehacker’s Better Gmail Firefox extension and we take a look at OpenDNS. All this and more on this week’s Power of Information. Continue reading
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Your Guide to a Better lawn (tags: home lawn gardening)
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Beryl and Ubuntu | Ubuntu Video (tags: ubuntu beryl video)
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Ubuntu Linux vs. Windows Vista
I am okay with Windows being better in most cases, because Microsoft spends money on development, research, and user testing to ensure they have all the kinks worked out before shipping a product (at least for the most part). Microsoft has an entire team of people paid to do nothing more than work on the Windows operating system. While several of the Linux developers are now paid, there are still a lot of them that are not. They also do not have the research and user testing budgets the Microsoft has. Continue reading
Jinzora = Awesome
I had a dilemma. I have a pretty good sized music collection, and only three quarters of it on my computer at my office and the rest of it on my computer at home. I wanted to listen to the new music at the office, but I did not want to have to keep transferring a huge hard drive or other portable device between my home and my office. Continue reading
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Compulsory Music License
Last week, the lead singer for the band Barenaked Ladies, Steven Page decided to come out with the truth about music downloading pirates. You know those pirates that download music off the internet for their own listening pleasure without paying … Continue reading →