2008 is almost here!

One of the sites I mentioned on my old blog was a way to see the countdown to the start of the new year in cities all over the world. It took me some hunting, but I found it and wanted to share it with everyone on this blog.

Alas, poor Netscape, we knew it well

The Netscape blog has announced that as of 1 February 2008 all support for their browser (for all versions) will come to an end. That means no more security upgrades from AOL for the browser they bought back in 1998. But is it bad news or good news?

I can’t believe I forgot these links

One of my roomies finally got sick and tired of Windows XP insisting on installing IE7 despite her repeated instructions not to and she asked me to install Ubuntu on her computer in a dual boot configuration. In addition to a couple of pages I have bookmarked for tasks to do after an installation I referred to posts in my blog to get her computer set up. There’s just one problem. I realized that Peng and I had forgotten to include some links on a couple of our posts. D’oh! I’ve gone through and fixed them, and rather than letting you find them on your own I wanted to list the updated posts in one place for you.

Getting 1280×1024 resoultion back in SecondLife

Ever since I reinstalled Ubuntu last month I haven’t been able to use my preferred 1280×1024 resolution in SecondLife. Today I found a solution that not only gave me back the resolution I use on my desktop in SL, I also managed to get my beloved Envision H712a monitor listed in Ubuntu Gutsy’s Screens and Graphics window.

Not all the pressies are under the tree this year

It’s almost Christmas here on the east coast of the US, and I have a pressie for everyone that won’t be under your tree. I’m leaking the particulars of the Nanci’s Naughties Day After Chrismukkuh Sale.

Ubuntu Community releases 7.10 Desktop Course

The members of the Ubuntu community have put together a great Desktop Course that covers Ubuntu 7.10 “Gutsy Gibbon” that can be a great way to learn how to do thing s in the latest version of Ubuntu.

JibJab closes out 2007

One thing that I always posted on my old blog was JibJab’s year in review videos. They’re always funny, quite often snarky, and definitely worth the bandwidth to download them. They’re so good they usually end up on the evening news although I haven’t seen them yet there this year. (Granted I stopped getting my news from the NBC affil and went back to the local CBS station to try to get away from so much flash masquerading as news so that may be why I didn’t see it on tv yet.)

Apple gets a QuickTime update out

Earlier this month I wrote about a QuickTime flaw that forced SecondLife to recommend that everyone disable video streams except from trusted sources. I’m glad to be able to report that Apple has put out am update to QuickTime that closes this vulnerability and SecondLife is getting ready to help make sure you’re protected.

Like Cheezburger but prefer dogs?

One of the sites in my sidebar is the lolcat site I Can Has Cheezburger, but what do you do if you prefer dogs over kitties?

Full Circle issue #8 is out!

Just in time for Chrismukkuh goodness, the good folks over at Full Circle magazine have released their 8th issue.