Archive for October, 2007

Which Instant Messaging Network do you use ?

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

This may seem like a simple question but it is one that is confusing me greatly these days. We use Lotus Sametime at work. We are only allowed to use it to chat with people who are also on Lotus Sametime. So, what to use for everyone outside the corporate walls and when I’m not […]

Mac OS-X makes a great Linux

Monday, October 29th, 2007

I’ve become one of those recent “converts” - not to one of the coveted MacBooks but to using Linux on my personal and work laptops. I will admit, the Mac is better for a couple of reasons which mostly boil down to “its easer to develop to a small set of variables than to a […]

Ubuntu 7.10 is now my "daily driver"

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

I still hold by my last blog entry that Ubuntu 7.10 is not quite ready for prime time. But, for those willing and interested enough into a little trial and error and a lot of Google searches (even used Google translation on a French blog to get the video working), it is possible to […]

Ubuntu 7.10 is not quite ready for prime time

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

I would love to post this morning that I upgraded all of my machines to the new release of Ubuntu and am happily cruising along. That is not the case. A lot of work went into this release but it looks like it needs a few weeks or a couple of months for a […]

Guest blogger on “I don’t have a poor attention span ! I’m multitasking”

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

Roy over at Return to the Center had more than a short comment to the post “I don’t have a poor attention span ! I’m multitasking“. Roy’s comment was so good, I’ve promoted it to a guest blog entry …
The notion of multi-tasking is an interesting one to me.
It’s my experience, both personal and working […]