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We have got to get our groove back.
From the NYTimes: Roger Dow, president of the Travel Industry Association, told me that the United States has lost millions of overseas visitors since 9/11 — even though the dollar is weak and America...
View ArticleUbuntu & Bluetooth, & SD Card.
Just got a Bluetooth dongle (adaptor) from NewEgg (for $12.99). To get it to be able to browse (using Gnome) my phone I had to install the gnome-vfs-obexftp package (along with the bluez-gnome...
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Canadian Living article about Boston
Written by my friend Helen, and with input from meself: http://www.canadianliving.com By Helen Racanelli and Mick Timony Traveling to Boston for a vacation, either for business or with the kids? From...
View ArticleLook and add your cell phone signal strength
In my neighbourhood: http://signalmap.com/us?carrier=1&lng=-71.085798&zoom=14&lat=42.34964
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Adriondacks
2 interesting articles about the Adriondacks from the NYTimes: Adirondacks Are Hot. That’s Good. Or Not. Logging Is Part of a Plan to Preserve Adirondacks Which has this multimedia presentation:...
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Meat!
And I like a nice steak now again, but then I think that’s the point. Too much red meat is bad for one, so why not cut down on overall red meat consumption but still enjoy a nice steak now and then:...
View ArticleUS Air Traffic as Art
Some lad plotted all the air traffic in the US on one day and it looks likes art: http://www.npr.org/blogs/bryantpark/2007/11/24_hours_of_air_traffic_never_1.html
View ArticleUS Wireless Carriers: Bandwidth & Spectrum
Good blog posting about who has and who hasn’t bandwidth & spectrum amongst the US Mobile phone networks: http://blogs.gnome.org/dcbw/2007/11/05/t-mo-got-no-spec-trum/ The US has 6 bands that are...
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Hardware articles
2 good ones: 1st, if your picking a CPU cache is very important, maybe more important than minor changes in clock speed: http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/10/24/does_cache_size_matter/ And, NVidia came...
View ArticlePick a candidate!
For US President, from Minnesota National Public Radio: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/projects/ongoing/select_a_candidate/poll.php?race_id=13
View ArticleUbuntu Linux, T-Mobile, & Nokia N73 as a Bluetooth Modem.
If bluetooth works on your computer, then getting your system to talk to your N73 isn’t hard and I’m not going to cover it here. See this posting for what packages I needed to install to get bluetooth...
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Mac4Lin
Make your Linux Gnome Desktop look like a Mac: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mac4lin Instructions here: http://www.howtoforge.com/mac4lin_make_linux_look_like_a_mac This is what my desktop like...
View ArticleHas Ireland’s property market gone mad?
€200,000 for a derelict auld cottage and calling it derelict is praise for the condition it’s in: http://www.mattosullivan.com/prop_display.php?id=305 But, browsing for other properties turned up a...
View ArticleUbuntu & Hibernate
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/udev/+bug/105490 Had the same problem but replace the UUID in /etc/fstab with the actual device. Looks like I needed to also update...
View ArticleGnome-screensaver is a bit of a pain in it simplicity
One of Gnome’s main philosphy is simplicity but in this endeavour, some things are a pain! For instance, Gnome’s pictures screensaver doesn’t let you specify what directory to look for pictures or...
View ArticleGPU
Nice deal on a Nvidia 8800GT for $235: http://dealnews.com Dell Home offers the XFX GeForce 8800 GT 512MB PCI Express Video Card, model no. PVT88PYDF4, for $234.68. (Search for “A1350995” to find it.)...
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Iceweasel browser identification
Debian replaced Firefox with Iceweasel which is a version of Firefox committed to all the Open Source freedom goodness stuff. However, some sites check the browser identification string and will refuse...
View ArticleMore about Ireland’s property market.
David’s usually got some insights: Back to basics for Ireland Inc Cowen’s crocodile tears blurring economic vision And an editorial at the Indo about the property market: Instead of ripping off...
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