Archive | July, 2008

Al Gore Did Not Create The Internet

I can’t count how many times I’ve heard people laugh about how Al Gore said he created the Internet.  Not that I’m sticking up for him or anything, but he never really claimed to have invented the Internet, so it irks me when people perpetuate that myth. As this cool Neatorama article entitled 10 Things [...]

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Geeking Out

Oh, the things you find stashed away in your friends’ Facebook profiles.  Thanks, Cassie, for reminding everyone of my dorkitude! It looks like I just threw a big straight razor.

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Seeking Linux Admin

The company I work for is seeking a Linux Admin to work with us here in Asheville, NC. This is a great opportunity to work on some really cool stuff and gain good experience with the federal government. Here’s the rundown of skills sought: Must Haves: 2+ Years Linux Administration Experience (prefer Red Hat Enterprise) [...]

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OMFG it’s WordPress for iPhone/Touch

Out of all the awesome, free applications (and the crappy ones too) I’ve been trying out in the new Apps Store with my iPod Touch, the best by far is the Worspress app. I’m using it now to write this post. It supports tags, categories, editing previous posts, post status, images, AND multiple blogs. I [...]

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Office 2007 Mime-Types for Apache

Ran into a problem today where users were trying to download Office 2007 documents from a web site, but were prompted to save them as a Zip file. Turns out the new extensions for Office 2007 documents (docx, xlsx, pptx, etc) need to be added with a new mime-type for Apache to serve them up [...]

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Handy Geek Links for Your Wednesday

Why Linux is Better does a great job of explaining the reasons for people who are not geeks. If you find yourself trying to convince your grandmother to run Ubuntu by using terminology such as “linux kernel”, “package manager”, or “sudo”, give up and send her here. And speaking of Linux, here’s a list of [...]

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