by Dave | Jun 10, 2009 | Improving Apps
There’s a line in “You’ve Got Mail” with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan where an observation is made about the ridiculous number of choices are involved in buying coffee at the little coffee shop. I don’t know about that, since I don’t...
by Dave | Jun 8, 2009 | Tinker Blog
I just got finished posting my first contribution to the openSUSE site at http://en.opensuse.org/Skype_HOWTO#Skype_conflicts_with_pulseaudio.3F! Happily I did not give in and just rip out pulseaudio as some people suggest. Skype was just looking for...
by Dave | Jun 8, 2009 | Tinker Blog
I know that I am a technology snob. I dislike or don’t use some things just because I don’t ‘like’ them. KDE has been one of them- although in my defense I have tried it out at various times. I tried it out again on Saturday, thinking that this...
by Dave | Jun 5, 2009 | Tinker Blog
At the office we have a file server for staff to move files like presentations and documents around. I haven’t used it much since I’m the only web guy and people usually e-mail things straight to me when I need them. But starting next Monday, I’ll...
by Dave | Jun 4, 2009 | Improving Apps
As I read Matt Asay’s blog post this morning on the use of proprietary tools in the advocacy of open source ones, I recognize that my foray into the Mac world changed me quite a bit. Almost from day one using a Mac I was shelling out money to get an app. They...
