ClaimID Beta
Good news on the first few sips of coffee – ClaimID Beta approval. Woot!
You’re an ultra-special beta user.
To top it off I’m "ultra-special"! Wait a minute, is that an insult or complement?
Archive for February, 2006
Google gDesklets?
So Google has provided Macintosh Dashboard Widgets today/last night. Could gDesklet widgets be far behind? *Yes this is my attempt at early morning humor*
Banshee 0.10.6-0 on Dapper
Upgrading Banshee
macewan@cole:~$ wget http://librarian.launchpad.net/1573304/banshee_0.10.6-0ubuntu1_i386.deb–19:54:06– http://librarian.launchpad.net/1573304/banshee_0.10.6-0ubuntu1_i386.deb => `banshee_0.10.6-0ubuntu1_i386.deb’Resolving librarian.launchpad.net… 82.211.81.133Connecting to librarian.launchpad.net|82.211.81.133|:80… connected.HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OKLength: 769,898 (752K) [application/x-debian-package]
100%[====================>] 769,898 35.62K/s ETA 00:00
19:54:28 (38.64 KB/s) – `banshee_0.10.6-0ubuntu1_i386.deb’ saved [769898/769898]macewan@cole:~$ sudo dpkg -i banshee*.debPassword: (Reading database … 108348 files and directories currently installed.)Preparing to replace banshee 0.10.6-0ubuntu1 (using banshee_0.10.6-0ubuntu1_i386.deb) …Unpacking replacement banshee …Setting up [...]
Upgrading Breezy to Dapper
Last night I upgraded from Ubuntu Breezy to Dapper (instructions below) to take advantage of the improvements I’ve heard so much about. We all know that Dapper isn’t officially released which means it is not recommended for day to day boxen, but so far I haven’t run into any problems.
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Songbirdnet on Linux
Songbirdnest is seeking a Linux software engineer:
Availability: Full-time, Part-time or Consultant, San Francisco preferable
Responsibilities:
Cross-platform evangelism, build process, and install packages: Linux and OSX
Linux-specific device instances: Rip, Burn, etc.
Linux/Mozilla media plugins: VLC, QT, etc.
Basic media player functionality: XPCOM, XUL/JS
Minimum skills:
1+ years Mozilla on Linux
3+ years Linux C++
Preferred skills:
Linux CDR/DVDR
Linux Media
OSX or Win32 Mozilla
XUL/JS
XPCOM
Web Services: SOAP, etc.
Expect [...]
Taking care of business
Staying home today to take of family matters this morning.
On a slightly lighter note, I received an invite to the BETA of Gliffy from the Kohlhardt/Dickerson crew.
edgeio
Just got an edgeio invite in the last 24 hours. Fairly nice, very 2.0′ish in layout and design. Thanks to the crew for the ‘vite