News feed in FaceBook

Posted on January 14, 2011 - Filed Under Business, Family | Leave a Comment

I thought I was losing my mind because I couldn’t find my friend lists in Facebook any more. They used to be over in the left column, but they disappeared. I finally figured out where they are after reading a couple of articles on using FB for a news feed, similar to Google Reader.

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Linux update

Posted on January 5, 2011 - Filed Under Business, Family | Leave a Comment

A while back, I posted a story about my adventures with Linux on an older PC. I was stymied at the time, but I have made significant progress since then. The memory boards I had ordered (and didn’t work), were replaced–good job, memorystock.com, and they fit just fine this time. It actually turns out that [...]

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Bit the Bullet (Android, that is)

Posted on January 4, 2011 - Filed Under Business, Contracting, Family | Leave a Comment

My PDA (aka Palm, Tungsten E) has been my constant companion for about 5 years now. I even soldered a new battery in about a year ago. It was the perfect instrument. It could sync with Outlook, I could read books, and even download web pages (offline, of course). Then, the paint began to flake. [...]

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