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Notepad++ and Aspell on Win7
Update: (28 June 2013; lots of folks still land on this blog post) Notepad++ 6.3.3 now uses DSpellCheck. The default dictionary is not US English. If you check this page (scroll down a bit) you’ll learn not only where the … Continue reading
FOSS for Windows
The acronym is popular in some places: FOSS = Free and Open Source Software. Some of the best stuff I use on this Win7 laptop are free. Libre Office: This is the recent fork of Open Office once owned by … Continue reading
No Normal Person Is Ever Finished Moving
The worst is over, now. All the stuff we intended to keep is now in another place. Most of those places are fairly appropriate, for now. There are a few items still sitting in inconvenient places, but don’t expect to … Continue reading
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Tagged computers, peace, psychology
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Work and Play on the Computer
Much discussion and gnashing of teeth over at Slashdot on Do We Really Hate All New GUIs? Yes, we do. That is, unless our only contact with computers is as phones and tablets, which is apparently now the majority. So … Continue reading
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Tagged computers, linux, mac, windows
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Windows 7: Converting Flash Videos to MP3 Music Files
While some of the same tools are available for both Linux and Windows, there is simply no point learning the command line stuff in converting Flash videos on Windows. The hardest part is learning how to search the cache for … Continue reading
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Tagged browsers, computers, music
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God Does Not Use a Computer
If you can’t step outside the whole debate, you can’t possibly understand any part of it. I know how David Gewirtz feels. He makes it pretty clear he’s not part of any of the computer religions. He’s just a power … Continue reading
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Tagged computers, open source, philosophy
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Welcoming the Mobile Era
James Kendrick at ZDNet says the PC is not necessarily dead, but the mobile device is definitely the central figure in consumer technology. He notes the PC has regained its old image as that thing you use at work. Frankly … Continue reading
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Tagged computers, culture, internet
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Collection of Asides
Several small things on my mind today. 1. I’m a little concerned about official belligerence toward Pakistan. This won’t be the same as bullying Iraq and Afghanistan, or places like Libya and Somalia. I tend to think China doesn’t kid … Continue reading
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Tagged computers, government, internet, scripture, war
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Scientific Linux 6: Build Chromium Browser
I couldn’t find a current build for any of the RHEL 6 clones of Chromium, so I did it myself. Short and sweet; if you don’t understand the process of using RPMbuild, you’ll need to read up on that. Get … Continue reading
Whimper: Google Chrome Broken Again (Updated)
You can probably ignore this whiny-gram unless you need a chuckle. I run Scientific Linux 6, a clone of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It includes by default a very nice system security package called SELinux. It was designed with the … Continue reading