Category: Technology
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Dr. Govlove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Blog
(or even: Why you should join Twitter or start a blog immediately) Note: This post contains GCPEDIA links only accessible within the Government of Canada network. Not long ago, I made the acquaintance of a young, energized public servant. I was impressed by their1 enthusiasm, imagination, expression and boundless drive to create. I encouraged this…
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Lubuntu lost your Windows install?
Recently, I installed Lubuntu 10.10 as a dual boot to Windows 7 on my laptop as a replacement to Linux Mint. Everything seemed to go well until I rebooted and noticed that Windows 7 was no longer listed in the menu options of the GRUB boot manager. Windows wasn’t gone, but GRUB had failed to detect…
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Exaile on Lubuntu
Recently I switched my Dell B130 laptop from Linux Mint 10 to Lubuntu 10.10 because the bloat/drag was really making it a pain to use. Lubuntu’s LXDE desktop is very snappy and the default applications are, as you would expect, lean on resources. My need for good Audioscrobbler support and streaming audio left me dissatisfied with…
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The Truth About Placebos
“It is a reality of our time that the same companies promoting health care products are also largely responsible for underwriting their research.” An excerpt from The Industry of Illness in US Health Care: Why Privatization Is Inefficient – Part 3 The following ad didn’t really fit the tone of my “scholarly” discussion quoted above,…
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On geograhic content restriction
I’ve seen some amazing touring exhibits of Egyptian and Roman antiquities. What if the geographic restrictions that corporations use to limit the viewing of online content were applied to physical art? This piece by Paul Mutant puts it in perspective.
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Android Video Player Roundup 2010
If you’re like me, you want the latest and greatest apps on your phone, and you want them for free. Linux has spoiled me to expect top quality, nag-free, ad-free software. In that regard, Android is a bit of a letdown (as are all the mobile phone platforms, to be fair). In developing a Marketplace…
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Getting Longer Battery Life on the HTC Desire
I love my Android phone. Here’s a useful video I found that summarizes many of the techniques I also use to prolong the battery of my Desire.
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Collaboration Compared
I love this. Could it be expressed any more elegantly?
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I Write Like…
Here’s an experiment. While I did have to stitch together two pages to show this result in a single picture, the writing is my own work, and the results are the site’s actual response. So where’s my book deal? Try it yourself – http://iwl.me/