Category Archives: General

StumbleUpon Alternatives for Your Firefox Bookmarks Toolbar

By site admin | Published: 12/13/2008
If your a StumbleUpon addict like myself, chances are, you have gotten “You have seen all your topic here pages. Explore others…” as a result of pecking at the “Stumble!” button like a demented, tic-tac-toe playing chicken. While reviewing more sites can add a little spark back into your stumbles, it’s a bit of a “cart [...]
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Moving on…

By Chris | Published: 9/6/2008
One of the facts of life for us IT folks is changing jobs. I joined the folks at my previous job after 10 years with 7 different firms. A little tired of the rat race, I stuck with them for just short of 8 years as a developer and development team leader – a personal [...]
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Firefox 3.0 is coming! (finally!)

By Chris | Published: 6/13/2008
The folks at Mozilla.org have finally pick a release date for Firefox 3.0. As a Ubuntu user, I have been using the betas and release candidates for a while, but, for those not as willing to live on the edge like myself, mark “June 17th” on your calendar as the day to head over to [...]
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12 Step Program for Ubuntu Update-Manager Addicts

By Chris | Published: 4/19/2008
Hi, my name is Chris. I am Ubuntu update-manager addict. I began innocently enough, sometime back in Febuary, I ran ‘update-manager -d‘ to get a peek at Unbuntu Hardy Heron. Since that time I have been unable to resist the little orange “Updates Available” icon. Checking two or three times a day for improved progams, bug fixes, [...]
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What to get Your Geek on St. Valentine’s Day

By Chris | Published: 2/11/2008
Contrary to popular opinion, geeks can be romantic, too. Since time is getting short, here are a few things on my wish list (Just in case the the Mrs. is looking at my blog…): Bookmark It Hide Sites $$('div.d69').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_up',{duration:0.5}) });
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