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April 25, 2009
Ubuntu help
- choose Add/Remove Applications on the Applications menu
- search for hardware drivers
- check the box next to the Hardware Drivers application in the search results
- click Apply Changes
- Next, choose System, Administration, Hardware Drivers
- Follow the instructions for activating the driver
- To enable most of these proprietary plug-ins and codecs in one step, go to the Add/Remove Applications utility and search for, and install, Ubuntu Restricted Extras
- Super Ubuntu (now known as Super OS) is regular Ubuntu with such things installed
April 17, 2009
Back In Time Does Full Linux Backups in One Click
Audiophiles can't tell the difference between Monster Cable and coat hangers
April 14, 2009
YouSendIt and Websense and the "Special Yearly Offer" (Special Retention Offer)
When I tried to cancel my account, I was presented with a "Special Retention Offer" that listed several major components of their service (that I already had as a Business Plus customer), detailing max file sizes, bandwidth, etc. and then said "In other words, you get the same great YouSendIt service at a lower price." Figuring I could still use the service from home, I signed up for this deal, only to find out shortly thereafter that several major components of the Business Plus plan were *not* included in the Special Retention Offer, including the big one, the Dropbox (which allowed people to send *me* things). Of course they'd already posted the $20 charge to my credit card, even though I had weeks to go on the old plan, and I had to wait until that time to cancel my account (because my account was already in a "pending downgrade state"), and then they refunded the $20 as a "service gesture".
Next time I'll use the "NO THANKS" button.
April 10, 2009
April 09, 2009
April 08, 2009
Quote of the Day
"Nicholas Negroponte of M.I.T. has called this emerging news product The Daily Me. And if that's the trend, God save us from ourselves.
"That's because there's pretty good evidence that we generally don't truly want good information -- but rather information that confirms our prejudices. We may believe intellectually in the clash of opinions, but in practice we like to embed ourselves in the reassuring womb of an echo chamber."
- Nicholas Kristof, in The New York Times