Category Archives: Internet
Upgrade
July 21, 2006 – 11:13 pm
Yesterday I upgraded my main computer from Kubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger) to 6.06 (Dapper). It’s probably one of the most painless upgrades of any that I’ve done: I few lines changed and typed, and apt-get does it all.
Does Internet Shaming of Companies Really Help?
July 5, 2006 – 2:50 pm
The Washington Post observes the trend of Internet shaming, in which people embarrass companies and individuals online for their bad behavior.
Flash for 64-bit Fedora Core 4
March 21, 2006 – 10:58 pm
I complained last week that there’s no Flash for Linux 64-bit. Ziobudda asked why I didn’t just install the 32-bit Firefox. Why not? I couldn’t think of any good reason. So here’s how I did it. First of all, I wanted to use yum so I could avoid all dependency issues (not to mention it […]
Wikipedia Fares Well Against Britannica
December 14, 2005 – 5:30 pm
Wikipedia fared better than I thought it would when Nature asked scientists to evaluate articles from both Wikipedia and the Encyclopedia Britannica. (HT: digg) Nature took stories from Wikipedia and Britannica on 42 science-related topics and submitted them to experts for review. The experts were not told which encyclopedia the stories were from. “The exercise […]
TurboDBAdmin
November 10, 2005 – 3:50 pm
I don’t necessary start salivating just because someone says “Ajax,” but I’ve installed a handy database tool featured on digg.com called TurboDbAdmin. True, it doesn’t have the features of PHPMyAdmin, but for manipulating data, it’s much more convenient.
Opera’s Now Free
September 20, 2005 – 9:42 am
A few weeks ago Opera offered free license codes, but the company recently decided to make its browser free with no advertising banners. Now Opera is in a better spot to help Firefox eat into Internet Explorer’s market share, a good thing for everybody: web developers and users. HT: digg.com