Linux Training

Get help using Linux for the first time.

After years of Photoshop, the Gimp is rocking my world

Years of Photoshop skills wasted. Or perhaps just a precursor to the destination I have found with the Gimp. The interface is different but the workflow is nice. In Photoshop I was an intermediate user with the Gimp I finding that I'm becoming an expert faster. Maybe I'm just too excited.

 

Posting with Blackberry

Hey folks, I finally took the plunge and purchased a Blackberry when I was in Montreal. My contact list migrated over nicely and I crafted a whitelist system so only those people I have emailed or referenced in past conversations make it to my mobile (so no spam while I'm out and about).

The other neat feature is this post, which was originally an email from my wireless device. What fun!

A Linux weekend

This Labour Day weekend I took some much needed time to organize my life and made a lot of changes to the server configurations. After about a day and a half at the console I was able to accomplish the following tasks:

AOL will sell your soul

For AOL users out there, hold your breath. Your information is out and everyone knows what you're thinking. If you are like user 927 you might have some things to hide. This week AOL released a lot of user data with hopes that it would stimulate some new research on their clients. With only a user ID nobody can be identified, right? Wrong.

Syndicate content