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Laptop Battery Myth

October 8, 2008 Art Zemon

Infoworld published 10 power-saving myths debunked. I admit that I assumed this myth was true. Myth No. 7: Notebook batteries just wear out. There’s not much you can do to make them last longer. Fact: Many laptops with nickel-cadmium batteries come with a battery-reconditioning utility that drains the battery fully, then brings it back to […]

Ecology, Technology

Netflix Quietly Begins Live TV Broadcasting

October 5, 2008 Art Zemon

Internet TV—broadcasting live television over the internet instead of using radio broadcasts or the cable television infrastruction. Almost everybody has heard of it. Some people talk about it as the Next Big Thing in television. Many people figure that it will not happen for a long time for a wide range of business and technical […]

Business, Internet, Movies

+1 for Open Source Genealogy Software

September 28, 2008 Art Zemon

GRAMPS (my genealogy software) version 3.0.2 just came out and I upgraded. It has lots of bug fixes and tweaks, including to several things which had annoyed me about 3.0.1. Unfortunately, they did not fix one of the things which bothered me: the pages of living individuals still do not include the persons’ pictures. Those […]

Genealogy, Software

Ring “Tones”

September 22, 2008 Art Zemon

Sometimes I feel like such a Luddite but then something like this XKCD cartoon comes along and I feel completely validated 🙂

Fun, Technology

Too Much Fun with Sticky Notes

September 14, 2008 Art Zemon

EepyBird is back… with sticky notes this time. And to enhance your viewing pleasure, click the “HD is off” button in the right side of the video when it starts playing. Assuming you have a high speed internet connection, you will see a video which is much higher quality than what you are accustomed to […]

Fun, Internet

Use Google Chrome but Read the EULA

September 3, 2008 Art Zemon

As reported this morning in Slashdot, you should read and carefully consider Google Chrome’s end user license agreement (EULA) before using Chrome. It’s hard to read in the teeny tiny box that Google provides so I am reproducing the entire text below the break. I am certainly not a lawyer but I am a paranoid, […]

Business, Internet, Software

Google Chrome to Replace Microsoft Windows, Apple OSX, and Linux

September 2, 2008 Art Zemon

Google released Chrome today and you will see “Google Chrome is a browser” if you visit the Chrome web page. Do not be deceived, though. Chrome is not designed to replace Internet Explorer or Firefox or Safari. Chrome is designed to replace your operating system and virtually all of the software that you use every […]

Business, Communicating, Internet, Recommendations, Software, Technology

Caching Free LibraryThing Book Covers

August 11, 2008 Art Zemon

LibraryThing did something amazing last Thursday: it made images of the covers of a million books available for anyone to use for free. This is way better than using Amazon.com’s book covers because you can display them without linking to Amazon. If you are a library or an independent book store, having links on your […]

Internet, Rants & Raves, Recommendations, Software

Call Tech Support! The Website Is Down

July 2, 2008 Art Zemon

Sure. Go head. Call tech support and tell him that the web site is down. No problem. Did I admit that my business is hosting and supporting web sites? Nah. Didn’t think so.

Fun, Internet

Longer Battery Life with Ubuntu Hardy Heron

June 3, 2008 Art Zemon

Interesting… I upgraded the operating system on my laptop from Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon to Ubuntu Hardy Heron and now the battery lasts longer. I used to get about 3.5 hours. Now I get about 4 hours. Cool 🙂

Technology

Yes, Linux is “Ready for the Desktop”

May 20, 2008 Art Zemon

It’s nice to read that Jeremy LaCroix at Linux.com agrees with me, though our phraseology differs a bit. Quite a few reviews of new Linux releases these days try to determine if a distribution is “ready for the desktop.” I myself have probably been guilty of using that phrase, but I think it’s time we […]

Software

Assuming

May 18, 2008 Art Zemon

Technology is challenging enough when we really know what is going on. The situation deteriorates rapidly as we progress through only thinking we know what is going on to being completely clueless. My step-mother just started using a computer, the first computer that has been solely hers, the first one where she can do whatever […]

Communicating, Safety, Software, Technology

Linux is Ready for Prime-Time

May 15, 2008 Art Zemon

Is Linux ready to replace Microsoft Windows? You have almost certainly heard the question and you have probably wondered about it. You might even have tried Linux yourself and given some serious thought to switching. Most people avoid switching, though, not because they particularly care about the operating system but because switching would force them […]

Software

Moving Beyond TV

May 3, 2008 Art Zemon

Thanks to Jeremy Zawodny for drawing my attention to Clay Shirky’s talk on the cognitive surplus. Shirky makes some excellent points. Give it 17 minutes of your time and watch. My comments follow. I agree with Shirky, we like to do more than we like to watch. That’s why it was so funny when Peter […]

Communicating, Technology

Build a Boeing 777 in Four Minutes

April 28, 2008 Art Zemon

Here is a little bit of just “plane” fun to brighten your Monday. Watch Boeing build a new 777 in just four minutes.

Aviation, Fun, Technology

Coming Soon: OpenOffice.org 3.0 Support for Microsoft Office 2007 Files

March 20, 2008 Art Zemon

I run my company using OpenOffice.org instead of Microsoft Office. It does everything we need and costs a whopping $0.00; not a bad deal for a small business. To be more specific, OpenOffice.org Gives us word processor and spreadsheet programs that more than handle our documentation needs, Allows us to open Word and Excel documents […]

Business, Communicating, Software

Electronic Computers: What I Do for a Living

February 28, 2008 Art Zemon

I have trouble explaining what my job is when I am talking to people who do not “surf the web.” Fortunately, Charlie, over at ModernMechanix.com has posted an article from the June 1958 issue of Modern Mechanix, which explains all: ELECTRONIC COMPUTERS – what they are and what they do AUTOMATION has given new importance […]

Fun, Technology

podPress

February 18, 2008 Art Zemon

Late last night, I ran across podPress, “a dream plugin for podcasters using WordPress. It’s so cool that Candy went to sleep… because I was donking around with the computer far into the night. I have updated my two previous podcast postings, Podcast #1 and Performance Bonuses for Politicians. If you get a chance, go […]

Internet

The Best Programmers’ Editor

February 1, 2008 Art Zemon

I learned vi back in the bad ol’ days of 1980 when I was fresh out of college and working on a PDP 11/70 running UNIX version 6 with DEC VT100 terminals on a dozen users’ desks. Life was good. I even wrote a short book, How to Use Vi in 10 Easy Lessons, which […]

Fun, Software

Free On-line Ubuntu Linux Desktop Training

January 16, 2008 Art Zemon

Seven months ago, I switched from Windows XP to Ubuntu Linux on my primary (work and home) computer. Life has not been perfect with Ubuntu Linux (it wasn’t perfect with Windows, either) but I certainly judge the experience to be an overwhelming success. If you are considering trying Linux, and I strongly encourage you to […]

Software

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