This weekend, I installed Ubuntu Linux 6.1 on my PC laptop (wiping Vista RC2) and decided to test out some of the cool XGL-like stuff that linux has to offer. I decided to try Beryl which is a 3d accelerated desktop for linux that’s very polished. After a long day of fighting with [...]

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From Phonescoop:
Nokia will announce the next upgrade for Symbian Series 60 3rd Edition at 3GSM next week in Barcelona. Feature Pack 2 improves memory usage and performance, makes messaging and multitasking easier, and lets users play back multimedia while downloading.
Just tell me when I can update my E61, and I’ll be all over it!
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Twitter has a 3gsm user similiar to their Macworld user. What does this mean? That means that everyone at 3gsm can text updates to this “group” and everyone following them will get updates as well. This is kinda how I found twitter when Macworld was going on. Add them if you’re [...]

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Cartoon Network just fired their head guy because of the Aqua Teen Hunger Force fiasco in Boston. It’s official, Boston’s the new Meg. I think we should put the city in the dictionary next to the word, “overreaction”.
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Oh no, Steve Jobs is a liar regarding DRM. He’s a villain! They’re all villains!
Good grief people. What? WHAT?!?!? What is going on in the brains of people. Read this. All of it. Take a deep breath. Stop the Apple bashing. Please.
BTW, this newsvine article [...]

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It’s been like forever, but I finally pushed out a new podcast episode on Tuesday. This is episode 62 and I conducted a little experiment with video. I used iShowU and iMovie to do this.
Audio file and show notes here.

Double click video to play if no controls show. I’m rusty at embedded [...]

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So my landlord calls me today and informs me he didn’t receive my rent check. Naturally I was surprised since I setup recurring payments with Bank of America’s online bill pay. I went to my Bank of America account and low and behold, they removed the recurring payment entry. Completely gone. [...]

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Boy was I ever wrong. The Colts beat the Bears 29 - 17. First off, congratulations to both teams for making it this far and a big congratulations to the Colts for beating a formidable Bears defense. The game was fairly entertaining considering the weather conditions. It wasn’t a blow out [...]

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So I think the Chicago Bears will defeat the Indianapolis Colts 35 - 33 in a nailbiter. We’ll see how it turns out. Kickoff is just minutes away!
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So I’ve upgraded the site and applied a new theme. I’ve done some light testing and everything seems to work ok. If you find any issues, be sure to let me know in this post.
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