Monthly Archives: November 2008

Quick WMV -> MP4 Conversion

Well, it’s quick if you use Google Video. Thing is, I use Google Video pretty frequently, and I needed an MP4 of a file in WMV format which I had already uploaded. After a few minutes of searching for the … Continue reading

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Ubuntu Tips

Since Ubuntu is my Linux of choice, I was excited to find this set of tips for getting more out of it. HT: nixCraft.

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Using Audicity with Ubuntu and PulseAudio

Read this page from the PulseAudio Wiki. It’s one of those really super single pages that solve many problems. May their number increase!

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Netbeans 6.5 Released

You can read about it here or just go and download it here. Netbeans has become my editor of choice for working with PHP. At first I found it a bit clumsy due to the many things I was not … Continue reading

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Info on Rootkits

TechRepublic’s 10 Things blog has a pretty good rundown. I’ve recently had to explain the very basics of rootkits to an occasional curious customer.

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A Simple Variable Width Header in CSS

This example is actually simpler than most of what you’ll find on the web, and you need to build on it, but I often want to see a simple, stripped down example, so I thought I’d post it. I wanted … Continue reading

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Deprivation!

It looks like President-Elect Obama will have to give up his Blackberry when he drops the -Elect.  Ouch!  I sympathize!

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Blogrush Shutting Down

Since I blogged about Blogrush before and found it a fairly marginal service, I should note that it is now shutting down.

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Create favicon.ico with GIMP

This link is very helpful.

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IT Folks Make Errors? No!!

I love TechRepublic’s 10 Things posts, and 10 dumb things IT pros do that can mess up their networks is a great one. It’s fun to tell those user stories, but most of us have dumb moment stories of our … Continue reading

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