Monthly Archives: August 2008

Upgrading Audacity to 1.3.5

Posted on August 28, 2008 by admin

I have encountered serious difficulties with sound and sound editing on my Ubuntu (Hardy Heron) machine. I’ve blogged about it before, and how I kept using Audacity on my Gutsy machine and even did some editing under Windows to produce … Continue reading →

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Linux Networking Tips

Posted on August 27, 2008 by admin

. . . from the TechRepublic 10 Things Blog. Several of these are pretty important!

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Plugins for Firefox

Posted on August 27, 2008 by admin

Firefox is my preferred browser, both under Windows and on Linux (Ubuntu), so I was interested in this list from the TechRepublic 10 Things Blog. To be honest, I’ve only tried a couple of these, but I thing that several … Continue reading →

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OpenOffice.org Templates

Posted on August 25, 2008 by admin

More help from the folks at the OpenOffice blog, this time on templates. Good article.

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Getting People to Use OpenOffice

Posted on August 23, 2008 by admin

I’m not very good at this myself, even though I’m personally committed. Here are some ideas that might help.

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IT Ethics from TechRepublic

Posted on August 21, 2008 by admin

I thought this video from Jason Hiner of video from TechRepublic would apply only to large offices, but I found that all of the considerations have come up in one form or another in my small office work. Worth watching.

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Amazon Green

Posted on August 13, 2008 by admin

. . . has been announced at the Amazon.com Associates Blog. This gives you an opportunity to buy products that customers have identified as “green friendly.”

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Trends in Display Design

Posted on August 12, 2008 by admin

MSNBC has an interesting story here.

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Too Nice in the Workplace?

Posted on August 8, 2008 by admin

Some thoughts from the Career Management Blog.

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Scam E-mails – Apply Common Sense

Posted on August 7, 2008 by admin

My parents taught me when I was very young that if something looked too good to be true, it probably wasn’t. That kind of good sense applies to detecting scams. The question to ask when you are offered a program … Continue reading →

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