Posted by Nanci Barthelmess on 8 May 2008
Peng’s posted some great links here, and I’ve posted some of the links he’s shared with me, but what many of you don’t realize is that he also shares some fantastic links on Google Reader. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Entertainment, Miscellaneous | Tagged: cats, Eureka, Google Reader, humor, links | No Comments »
Posted by Peng on 8 May 2008
For years I’ve worked with computers both as a user and as a tester, and I’ve used the term “bugs” for errors for almost as long as I’ve used computers. But until today I never understood just why they’re called “bugs.” Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Tech | Tagged: Tech, terminology | No Comments »
Posted by Peng on 7 May 2008
I’m going to roll three bits of info I saw on Planet Ubuntu into one post, and I think I’m going to have something for just about everyone.
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Posted in Linux, Open Source, Tech, Ubuntu | Tagged: Amarok, GnomeDo, Planet Ubuntu, tees, Ubuntu | No Comments »
Posted by Nanci Barthelmess on 4 May 2008
A month ago it looked like Microsoft wouldn’t take no for an answer in their hope to bid to merge with Yahoo!, but last night they decided “no” is the way it will have to be. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Tech | Tagged: Flickr, merger, Microsoft, Yahoo | 1 Comment »
Posted by Peng on 3 May 2008
Last year Nanci posted that there were grammar checking tools for OpenOffice.org, the wonderful open source office suite, that takes care of one of the most glaring omissions and deal breakers in people looking for a cheaper alternative to Microsoft Office. Unfortunately there seems to be a bit of a glitch with it in Ubuntu Hardy. Luckily there is an easy way to fix it. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Linux, Open Source | Tagged: grammar, Linux, OpenOffice.org | No Comments »
Posted by Peng on 3 May 2008
[Corrected the info on using Street View in Google Earth. - Peng]
Google released the beta of Google Earth 4.3 a couple weeks ago, and there are some very nice features added including the sun and atmosphere, a new set of navigation tools, and even an implementation of Street View, although the GE Street View isn’t as easy as the one in Google Maps. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Linux, Tech | Tagged: Linux, maps | No Comments »
Posted by Nanci Barthelmess on 2 May 2008
Peng and I have been talking about the theme we’re using on the blog, but neither of us could find a theme we like. We have, however, decided with the baseball season going so well and our favorite baseball team doing so well, we decided to simply change the color on the theme we’re already using to match better, as Peng says, the color of our blood.
What do you guys think? Leave a comment with your opinion of it. If everyone prefers the green we can change back easily. Otherwise we’re going to let our blog reflect not only one of our favorite colors but also an annual mantra for this time of year.

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged: Dodgers | 1 Comment »
Posted by Nanci Barthelmess on 2 May 2008
The latest round of Release Candidates for the SecondLife viewer have been including the Dazzle “skin”, and yesterday they rolled out Release Candidate Viewer 1.20 RC5. Along with all of the other complaints about the new series of RC, including why haven’t they fixed the invisible skirt issue, one issue seems to be almost unanimously hated: The Dazzle skin is fugly! Luckily there’s a way to get rid of the hideous Dazzle skin. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in SecondLife | Tagged: Dazzle, Release Candidate, SecondLife, Torley, WindLight | 1 Comment »
Posted by Peng on 30 April 2008
My quartet of Linux links should have been a quintet, but somehow I had forgotten to flag a post I wanted to pass along. My bad. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Linux, Tech, Ubuntu | Tagged: humor. ICHC, Kubuntu, Planet Ubuntu, tech support | No Comments »
Posted by Peng on 30 April 2008
A post on the Mozilla WebDev blog this morning reports an update coming to Addons.Mozilla.org this Thursday. It looks like they’re fixing several of the bugs that made me detest the site so much when version 3.4 was rolled out. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Mozilla | Tagged: add-ons, bug, Firefox | No Comments »