Monthly Archives: December 2009

Ditto and Mimeograph Machines

I was fascinated to find a discussion of the difference between a ditto machine and a mimeograph.  For what it’s worth, my memory of the difference between the two is the same as Michael Sheehan indicated in his post.  The … Continue reading

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When your Phone will Replace your Laptop

One of the amazing things about advancing technology is the number of inventions we have available in theory, but haven’t become applications yet.  As the basic technology moves forward this gap continues to get larger.  Then there’s the gap between … Continue reading

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Someone Else Switching to Ubuntu

Greg Laden provides a good guest post by Scott Rowed.  I agree in general with what he has to say.  I found that I did have some problems with wireless when I got my wife to switch using a defunct … Continue reading

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Netbeans 6.8 Available

It’s one of my favorites for web site work as well as use as a programmer’s platform, and it’s available for download.

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Text Browsing – w3m

While I started working online with a 300 baud modem and later operated a bulletin board at the same speed (eventually adding 1200 and then-oh joy!-2400!), I’m relatively new to Linux, and wasn’t even aware that w3m was available.  Linux … Continue reading

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