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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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Ubuntu Edgy with Xorg 7.2
I spent some time this weekend getting Ubuntu Linux installed on my home PC. I partitioned off 10 gigabytes of space for the install using Partition Magic and then ran the Ubuntu install off of the downloadable live CD. I … Continue reading
Going Back to ClamWin
A couple of days ago I had a nice dialog on my screen telling me that the free version of AVG Antivirus was being discontinued and that I would need to pay AVG some cash for the latest version of … Continue reading
Sansa Connect Runs on Mono
According to Miguel de Icaza’s blog, the new Sansa Connect mp3 player runs on a Mono application stack, or to put it more simply the thing runs on Mono. This is pretty cool considering that Mono is the cross platform … Continue reading
GIMP vs. Photoshop
Philip McClure, has easily written one of the best run downs on the comparison between Photoshop and GIMP. He goes into what environment each works best in as well as why GIMP does not work in a commercial setting. The … Continue reading
Ubuntu For the Wife
It is a well known fact that I am a huge supporter of free and/or open source software. I regularly use such software wherever I can. I utilize OpenOffce, Mozilla Firefox as well as Thunderbird, and Gnu Privacy Guard. But … Continue reading
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BadVist, No Biscuit?
It seems the good folks over at Free Software Foundation have released a new campaign to rally the troops against the evil big corporations that plan to rule our daily lives with “inferior” software and closed-sourced operating systems. The name … Continue reading →