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Category Archives: Desktop
Excel web query URLs with dynamic parameters
Last year I wrote about the ease and utility of pulling data into Excel via web queries. This mechanism has served me well in the interim and has proven to be an effective tool in collecting data for certain kinds … Continue reading
Osmos: beautiful, relaxing, and cross-platform ambient game
I came across a game called Osmos by Hemisphere Games from this story posted on Slashdot. Their experience of porting the game Osmos to Linux and the sales they had witnessed thereafter was what interested me initially. They had found … Continue reading
Skip the distractions: Focus on web page content with Readability
Often when trying to catch up on the news or just researching something online, I come across article pages filled with distractions. Ads before the article, ads around the article, ads below the article, ads in the article, obscene sidebars … Continue reading
Quick tips for NVIDIA and ATI graphics configuration repairs on Ubuntu
While graphics card and display configuration on Ubuntu has come a long way from the days of always having to edit xorg.conf by hand, I still run into issues now and again. I almost never have problems any more when … Continue reading
Great open source virtualization with VirtualBox
My first forays into virtualization were at work and utilized VMware’s myriad offerings (Player, Workstation, Server, ESX, VI). I was impressed by the capabilities of VMware’s products, and of course excited by the possibilities of virtualization. But for home use … Continue reading