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Entries Tagged as 'Technolust'

Major geek fun: Playing with Ubuntu Gutsy Gibon, risk-free

September 28th, 2007 · 9 Comments

OK, from the beginning. "Ubuntu" is a version of Linux that's very user-friendly. Why would you want to install Linux on your computer? Because real men, when we're not getting drunk, killing each other online or…well, you know what the other thing is…like to waste time f***ing around with useless stuff, that's why. Linux is [...]

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Tags: Oooh, Look! · Technolust

Herro Flom Windows Live Writer

August 8th, 2007 · 3 Comments

My boss wants me to set up a blog for him so he can talk about politics and business. But not just any old blog, no sir-ree, this guy is smart. If it won't make him money, he's not interested. No kidding aside, I wish I were more like him. And it has to brain-dead [...]

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Easily geotag Flickr photos with Google Maps

March 24th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Maybe there are better places to put your photos online, but Flickr has always worked for me so I've stuck with it. Yahoo bought Flickr a year or two ago and has been weaving its tentacles through it ever since. A recently added feature is the ability to put your photos on a Yahoo Map, [...]

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Tags: Oooh, Look! · Technolust

The Cartoon Me

February 27th, 2006 · 11 Comments

I've been slumming around on There.com lately. It's a 3D virtual world kind of thing. I read BoingBoing.net every day, and one of the editors, Cory Doctorow, frequently mentions the comings and goings in the online 3D world Second Life. I bought a $10 membership to the place about a year ago but never used [...]

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Tags: Cool Website · General · Oooh, Look! · Technolust

It's OK to buy a 5G iPod now.

November 10th, 2005 · 11 Comments

A company has come out with a line of external batteries that will power your iPod and other portable devices for between 50 and 200 hours, depending on the model.

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Tags: Oooh, Look! · Technolust