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Why would you ever waste the time writing an article no one will ever read: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314458 Technorati Tags: linux, microsoft, kb article

I little geeky humor for all you *nix fans out there: Command T-shirt Technorati Tags: tshirt, linux, unix, humor, pic

Last night I attended my first meeting with the Bismarck Mandan Linux Users Group (BisManLUG). I have to admit, I didn’t even know we had a local users group until a couple of days ago. Top notch stuff. There was a demo on the Nokia N800 Internet Tablet PC that I have been lusting over […]

Jon Galloway rips on using virtualized machines as a way to get work done. His point is that we take fast PC’s and make slow machines of yesterday out of them by creating virtualized OS’s inside of/on top of them. In some ways I agree, but in other areas I think he is off base […]

I admit it. I have turned into a Linux zealot. But not without good cause. You see, there was a time when I though Windows was great, same for the Mac. I still think the Mac is a great platform but it is becoming Windows little by little. I recently gave Vista the boot on […]

Being a programmer, I can always appreciate a well written technical tutorial. This has to be the best tutorial ever written on Regular Expressions: The absolute bare minimum every programmer should know about regular expressions Technorati Tags: regular expressions, tutorial, how-to

I’ve been using Ubuntu for over a year now, and frankly I think it has Vista beat. As soon as my college classes are done this semester I will be formatting my new laptop (which came with Vista Home Premium) and installing Ubuntu. Now that Dell is on board to offer Ubuntu on new Dell […]

Anyone know or seen where I could find the average number of computers owned by US citizens over their lifetime? Technorati Tags: computers, statistic

After 8 months of development we are ready to release Drupal 5.0 to the world. Today is also Drupal’s 6th birthday, so the timing could not be more perfect. Drupal 4.0 was released in 2002 and finally we feel confident to increase the major version number from 4 to 5. more… Technorati Tags: drupal, 5, […]

At CES this week, Microsoft announced the forthcoming Windows Home Server and Apple quickly upped the ante with a great new mobile device tagged the iPhone. Guess who won the limelight? Apple of course. Their stock is up 8% as of writing and RIM is down 8%. I watched the keynote. I want one of […]