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So I got a Mac…sort of

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  • May 31st, 2006
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    • While driving by Mac Pros a few weeks ago, Lindsey noticed that their sign said “free older Macs today.” Knowing that when it comes to free old computers I am hard to contain, Lindsey pulled over and I checked out the store. It turned out they were giving away a bunch of old […]

    Picasa for Linux

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  • May 30th, 2006
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    • I installed Picasa for Linux tonight: I’ve read complaints that it runs slowly as it’s running via Wine. The Windows PC I run Picasa on at home is significantly slower than this laptop, so for me Picasa is actually faster on Linux. Usually when I think about wine-apps I think “pain […]

    Yahoo for widgets!

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  • May 30th, 2006
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    • I think I must have missed the memo about Yahoo buying Konfabulator and calling it Yahoo! Widgets. You should give it a try. It’s loads of fun.It turns out that Google recently hopped in this boat as well with their Google gadgets version of Google Desktop. Even though I use Google’s […]