I recently stumbled upon this article and was shown the marvel that is Academic Earth. Academic Earth is a beta service that specializes in providing entire courses of high quality academic video lectures for free via their website. The site’s main page shows the lectures to have come from the likes of Berkley, Harvard, MIT,… Continue reading Free Knowledge… Free as in Beer… Welcome Academic Earth!
Stop your laptop from whining at you in Ubuntu…
If you are reading this, chances are you know exactly what I mean when I say “whining laptop”. If you happened here by chance and are still curious, in short, certain Linux kernels will cause certain notebook hardware to emit a high-pitch whining noise – generally it is low in volume, but at times the… Continue reading Stop your laptop from whining at you in Ubuntu…
Test Driving Mozilla’s Ubiquity Shell…
I took a bit today to play with the recently released Mozilla ‘Ubiquity’. Ubiquity is a new “browser command shell” for Firefox that allows you to interact with your browser and the Internet in some pretty interesting ways – mainly in that it allows you to take many of the interweb’s most popular services and… Continue reading Test Driving Mozilla’s Ubiquity Shell…
Microsoft no longer forcing Firefox users into “Classic” mode – “Full” version now available to Firefox users!
So, I logged into my Hotmail account (aka the Spam Dump) and was surprised to find that Microsoft has stopped their blocking of Firefox for the “new” mailbox features…Â A long time user of Firefox, I have simply accepted the petty tactics of MS against Firefox users (it’s not just them, my bank does it… Continue reading Microsoft no longer forcing Firefox users into “Classic” mode – “Full” version now available to Firefox users!
Gnome Do Goodness
Because of my extensive use of the tool as of late, I now feel compelled to write a small bit on “Gnome DO“. This launcher has really reduced my required keystrokes and mouse clicks to launch my applications and to load my documents. This nice little app is brought up by the “Super+Space” key combo… Continue reading Gnome Do Goodness
CompTIA a “Reported Attack Site” Hosting Malicious Code?
So, I recently decided to go ahead and get my A+ certification from CompTIA since I have been unable to get a job as either a computer tech or a programmer (no one wants a CS major as a tech and no one wants a programmer with no experience). I decided a moment ago to… Continue reading CompTIA a “Reported Attack Site” Hosting Malicious Code?
Ubuntu Bliss… VirtualBox with USB support…
I could not be happier. I am writing this post from within my Hardy Heron install while VirtualBox churns away behind my firefox window. Churning away at what? Churning away with Windows XP, which is busy flashing my X-ROM GameBoy Advance cart with some of my archived gameboy ROMS… Thanks to the USB support provided… Continue reading Ubuntu Bliss… VirtualBox with USB support…
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull : Sneak Peak
I will try to discuss this without revealing too much about the story, so I will refrain from specifics and will speak generically where I feel a spoiler risk is possible. So, I was lucky enough to snag a couple sneak preview tickets for the Wednesday night showing of the new Indiana Jones movie (Yea,… Continue reading Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull : Sneak Peak
Political “Science”…
Admittedly, I am skeptical of the ‘definitive semantics’ line of thought in relation to political science – with a system so largely contingent on the human condition, political theory based on (historic) observations are seemingly approximations based on the psychological condition of populous of the time – largely contingent on the era and the state… Continue reading Political “Science”…
Educated and Unemployed…
Well. I have not posted anything here for a while… lack of inspiration? eh. Lack of time? eh. Perhaps, a bit of the two in tandem most explains the lack of activity, though I am inclined to believe it to be more of the latter of th two – from the mere fact that I… Continue reading Educated and Unemployed…