I was on the OLPC Wiki and realized that I could download a Live CD of the latest version of the OLPC operating system. The OLPC is based on the RedHat operating system (not Fedora). I downloaded it and ran it in a virtual machine. Here are my initial reactions. When...
Move from TypePad to WordPress
Over the weekend I had a great opportunity to help someone move from TypePad to WordPress running on their web hosting account. The reason the person wanted to do this is because they were no longer going to continue paying for their TyePad account. Understandable...
MarsEdit
I was telling a friend about my experience with offline blogging software. He pointed me to MarsEdit. I hadn't heard of it before, it wasn't a free application. I usually don't download anything but free software. This time I did download it and after using MarsEdit...
Witch
When I first got my Mac there was a productivity plunge. I knew it would just take me a while to build up speed with OS X but this application helped me out a lot. On Windows whenever you Alt + Tab you get a list of the open windows. Whenever you Command + Tab on a...
MAMP Web Server
When I am designing a theme for WordPress I always install a copy of WordPress onto my local server. I have my server set up in a virtual machine. It's aggravating because I have to wait on that virtual machine to start up before I can do anything. I have been...
Unsanity ShadowKiller
Since I got my iBook G3 I have been searching for ways to increase it's performance. Last night I was doing a search and started reading through an article that I saw a while back that I didn't read before because it was quite long. In the article I saw a link to an...
VMware Converter
This morning as I was browsing the del.icio.us feeds that I subscribe to I came across an application that I've been playing with for most of today. It's from one of my absolute favorite software vendors, VMware. The software is called VMware Converter. I'm not sure...
Introduction to Audio Podcasting
You've probably been listening to podcasts for a little while now and you'd like to start your own. You're not sure about what you need to do to get started. I am going to assume that's why you're here. You're wanting to know what type equipment and software you need...
Introduction to Blogging
Recently a friend of mine asked me a few questions about blogging and I told them I would write an entry about blogging. I'm thinking I may start a new category and turn this into a series of articles because there are so many things I could talk about! Let's get...
Introduction to Video Blogging
A lot of people have been getting into video blogging lately. Rightly so because it is becoming much more popular. Once upon a time downloading a video on the Internet was atrocious because it took forever to download a 2 or 3 minute clip. It was extremely annoying,...