Today, while cruising my favorite blog, I found out about an amazing piece of technology. A 1GB USB thumb drive that is smaller than your thumb!This thumb drive is made by OCZ Technology and is amazing due to it’s size alone!Because the plug folds into the main housing of the unit it is able to…
Tag: PC
Handy Linux Trick: Top+Kill
Ever have a program in X go wrong and blank your screen? This handy Linux tip should help.The other night I was trying to get some fan-sub anime to play on my Linux box but it was encoded in xvid and I did not feel like taking the time to check which player was setup…
Linux Flash Player 9 and the big four networks
Everyone has been eagerly awaiting the release of a new Flash Player for Linux and Flash Player 9 (prerelease) has arrived. I took this chance to go and check out the four big TV networks web offerings in regards to on line viewing of their shows. What follows is my results.Let me begin by stating…
Goodbye Windows 98, Hello Ubuntu!
My Epson Stylus C88 printer recently started acting very strange. It began printing black lines behind everything! I move it from computer to computer but to no avail, it continued to behave badly.The built-in test in the printer only prints about 3 lines, which is not enough for the banding to come into play. So…
The IBM “Mouse Balls” Memo
This may or may not be true, but it’s been around the ‘net for a while.Abstract: Mouse Balls Available as FRU (Field Replacement Unit)Mouse balls are now available as FRU. Therefore, if a mouse fails to operate or should it perform erratically, it may need a ball replacement. Because of the delicate nature of this…