G4 and G5 optimized builds of Firefox 1.5
G4 and G5 optimized builds of Firefox 1.5 Note that the app is called "Deer Park" and uses a different icon because only official Mozilla builds can carry the Firefox name and icon....
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Converting between Linux package formats with “alien”
So let's say I'm working on my box, which is running Ubuntu, a Debian-based distro, and I come across some nifty piece of software which is available in RPM format, but not in DEB format. What to do? Use a nifty Perl program...
Too frail for execution?
Now that Tookie is behind us, the next guy on Death Row in California is Clarence Ray Allen, a 75 year old legally blind guy in a wheelchair. Apparently his lawyers are planning to argue for clemency, based on the fact that is he...
Lego Mindstorms
Wow! I mentioned to my colleague Darrell the other day that I was interested in picking up a Lego Mindstorms set so I could tinker and today he brought in 2 boxes of stuff that he said he doesn't want anymore. The transmitter is...
Want pain? Set up a printer in Linux
I just spent a frustrating couple of hours getting my Canon i950 printer to work in Ubuntu. Setting up Ubuntu was pretty easy but setting up the CUPS printing was a pain. In the end, I got most of the info I needed from this...
Yahoo! Widget Engine 3.0
Yahoo released a new version of the Yahoo Widget Engine (the product formerly known as Konfabulator) for Windows and Mac OS X. http://widgets.yahoo.com/ There are some great new widgets bundled with it too, with my personal...
Movable Type hosting available from Yahoo
Jeremy Z. reports that Yahoo has started offering Movable Type web hosting. More info from SixApart