I upgraded my Gallery install today from 1.3.4 to 1.4.1. The new version of this online photo gallery software is really great. There are a lot of new features that will make Gallery much easier to use for community web sites. More important to me was that a lot of the quirks/bugs in the configuration… Read More: Gallery 1.4.1 »
I set up a NetGear WGR614 wireless router (802.11 b and g) on my home network yesterday. So far, things have gone very smoothly. The biggest problem was reacquiring valid IP addresses on the Mac, Linux, and Windows boxes. I previously used a Linksys BEFSR41 as a router and a DHCP server. It uses a… Read More: Hello NETGEAR, Goodbye Linksys »
I had been using Rhythmbox/Music Player to play MP3s and Oggs on Linux, but today I found a much better app for my needs called Zinf. Rhythmbox looks very promising, but I ended up running into too many problems with it. Visually, it is an iTunes clone. The biggest problem was that it would not… Read More: Zinf MP3 and Ogg/Vorbis Player »
A recent article in Forbes.com states that the 2006 World Cup in Germany will be broadcast only in wide-screen format. On conventional TVs, the image will be letterboxed. Philips Electronics struck this broadcast deal with FIFA. Philips, of course, is a major manufacturer of TVs and would love to start selling more of their higher… Read More: World Cup 2006 in Wide-Screen Format Only »
The best friend of one of my friends at work recently moved to China. He forwarded this photo of his new microwave oven. I can just hear Saddam saying, “Chemical Ali, set the oven to CHAOS. Not the wimpy 0.1 kg setting. Go for the full 1 kg.” Or maybe that was Dr. Evil. Even… Read More: Saddam’s WMDs Found in China »
Now here’s something every kid will love. Santa Claus and his elf Pixel have been outsourced as VoiceXML applications. I guess wages for customer service reps at the North Pole have gone up too much.
Until I get a lot better at typing on the Treo 600’s mini keyboard, I think I’ll leave most of my posting for a regular keyboard on a regular computer. I certainly won’t be writing the next War and Peace on the Treo keyboard. It is a mighty fine machine, though. The photo to the… Read More: More on the Treo »
I’m posting this entry from my rocking new Treo 600 cellphone/PDA/camera/email client/web browser/time consumer. I’m using the keyboard and web browser on the phone to access the standard MT interface for posting new entries.
The San Jose Earthquakes finished off the Chicago Fire 4-2 at MLS Cup 2003 last Sunday at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. It’s taken me a while to post this, but I wanted to edit down some videos and have them ready to go at the same time. These are certainly heady days… Read More: San Jose Wins MLS Cup 2003! »
A couple new fake weblogs, along with a few previous ones, showed up in the referrers listing in my website logs from yesterday. Today’s harvest of bogosity includes: www.malixya.com – Opening Pandora’s Box www.kwlablog.com – L. A. in the news www.worldnewslog.com – War News Blog Like some of the previous ones, two of these fake… Read More: More Spam Referrers »