Archives for: "April 2005"
Apr
23
2005
Stumbleupon.com
After going 5 days without posting last week I decided that I needed some way to find new stuff to talk about. Brendan has been using Stumbleupon for years now, so I thought I would try that. Basically, you sign up and download a toolbar for Firefox… more »
Apr
22
2005
The Office
There's a short list of shows that Sara and I never miss. NBC's The Office is the newest addition to that list. It's on Tuesdays at 9:30. You can read more about it at the official site and at TV Tome. It's based on a British sitcom of the same… more »
Apr
21
2005
The Screen Savers
G4TechTV was renamed to G4TV and The Screen Savers has been renamed to "Attack of the Show." This is a good thing. The crappy network will no longer be associated with the good network that it destroyed. And the The Screen Savers, one of the best… more »
Apr
16
2005
Google Sightseeing
There have been quite a few sites spring up that are dedicated to the most interesting finds from Google Maps' satellite images.
This image in Dallas shows where two different perspectives meet and overlap. One building leans right and one leans… more »
Apr
16
2005
DSL Upgrade complete
DSL speed before upgrade:
DSL speed after upgrade:
I ran the speed test here. I was led to believe that my upload speed would increase more dramatically than that. But, before the upgrade I was only supposed to be able to upload at 128 kbps. more »
Apr
14
2005
Planting a garden
A couple of Saturdays ago I built a garden box, hauled a truckload of horse manure and mixed my soil. For the next several days I watered the soil and turned it until it seemed ready to be planted. I used some string and nails to divide it into 16… more »
Apr
13
2005
Inkscape: open source vector drawing
If you like the GIMP, the open source replacement for Photoshop, then you should try Inkscape. It's a vector drawing tool, like Adobe Illustrator. I've been playing with it, and it's pretty fun. Here's a drawring I made: more »
Apr
13
2005
Ubuntu 5.04
I've already talked about how much I like Ubuntu Linux. Last week was the release of the new version, code-named Hoary Hedgehog. I had been using Warty Warthog, the version that came out last fall. Upgrading was easy. I didn't have to download a new… more »
Apr
12
2005
New host
Sorry if the site hasn't been working too well recently. We're getting close to having the site migration done. more »
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