Sunday, March 25, 2007

Tech Tip 118 - Test Driving Linux Using a Live CD

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So you’ve heard about Linux, and you’re itching to try it out. Why? Maybe you want to breathe some life into an older computer that can’t run Windows XP or Vista. Maybe you want to stretch your technical skills a bit. Or, maybe you’re just tired of Windows and need a change.

Normally, you install Linux in a couple of ways. One way is to use it to take over an entire hard drive. Or, you can partition your hard drive and have Windows on one portion of it and Linux on another. But, if you find that a particular version of Linux (called a distribution) isn’t quite right for you, getting rid of it or changing it can be a pain.

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Monday, March 19, 2007

Update RSS Subsrciption Today

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We have a new feed!
Sorry about that kids! With the move to Feedburner, we got a new feed address.

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Sunday, March 18, 2007

Tech Tip 117 - Social Networking II

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Imagine finding that neat do-it-yourself web page you’ve been aching to share with all your buddies.  You first bookmark the page within your browser; then you copy and paste the reference into an email and send it to friends.  Every time you find something while web surfing, you’re back to the repetition of saving, copying and pasting the URL in an email it to friends.

Today, there’s a better way to collect, store, find, and share web bookmarks without the email repetition.  The concept is called social bookmarking, and it’s the hottest wave of networking to hit the Net.  Social bookmarking services work in much the same way as MySpace or Friendster, but you instead create and catalog bookmarks to share with friends and other users.

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Sunday, March 11, 2007

Tech Tip 116 - Demystifying Social Networks

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It wasn’t so long ago that bulletin board systems (“BBSes”) were all the rage.  Offered free of charge by hobbyists or as part of subscription services by dial-up Internet service providers such as CompuServe, BBSes were the true precursors to MySpace.  Members met people in their communities, participated in message board discussions, published articles, downloaded software (shareware, freeware, and pirated) and played games.  By the late 1990s, however, BBSes were all but defunct, replaced by the newer, hipper and easier-to-use social networks.

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