OpenSource Archive* dodoskido: Windows into Microsoft *

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Last week was quite a week. I spent most of it setting up my new Media Center PC at work and subsequently flattening and reinstalling everything on my laptop. Now that they're both up and running, life is good. I got the super sweet IOGear GCS1744 KVM Switch that allows you to share two monitors and all usb peripherals with up to four computers. It even allows you to share your speakers! And the kicker is that you can mix which port is active. So I can have my speakers playing music on my desktop and be working on my laptop with the keyboard, monitor, and mouse. The hardware is also nicely constructed and very compact. Kudos, IOGear.

I thought life could not get much better in the keyboard sharing world until I found Synergy. This neat little app allows me to move my mouse off my desktop and onto my laptop screen seemlessly...no switching. I know this may seem like it renders my IOGear box useless, but it does not. This software requires each PC have it's own display. So when I get more computers (and yes, there will be more), I will still need to flip the IOGear to use them.

* Open Source Flame War *

My very recent decision to give up on Firefox did not come lightly. I always figured that the open source folks were doing much better at figuring out what people really want (stability first) than Microsoft. I guess I was wrong.

11/28/05 16:18 permalink discuss

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* Bryght Drupal Freebie *

In my (seemingly) neverending quest for a new content management system (dodoskido and Going From Fat To Fit will mostly likely ALWAYS be on MovableType, but for HongyunArt and MyTVLife, they require a different sort of tack. I plan on making these more a community of artists and TV technology enthusiasts (respecitvely rather than collectively, of course). I think that these things are heading that way so much so in fact that I need to find a new content management system to fit the bill. The top two contenders are Drupal and Mambo. Both look very nice and are well supported by the community. Both are also open source so they fit the wallet just right. I found Bryght which is a Drupal-based hosting company that lets you sign up for a free beta period to test drive their service (and Drupal at the same time). I think I may go this way to evaluate, rather than wrestle with the install myself. If everything works out ok, I'll do the install myself on my hosting service, but until then, I just want to try them out without much investment or commitment.

07/12/05 15:49 permalink discuss

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* AJAX effects *

Thomas Fuchs, self-proclaimed web hacker, just started script.aculo.us - web 2.0 javascript. This little gem is a collection (growing I hope) of super sweet Javascripting goodness. Like a refrigerated watermelon on a hot summer's day.

06/24/05 05:28 permalink discuss

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* Fund Your Project with Fundable *

Do you need money? Don't we all? Well, if you have a good reason to get money from others, Fundable may be able to help you out. They've built an ingenous system for collecting cash for group purchases. If you don't get enough cash within a specific time frame, the cash is refunded to those that have contributed so far. If you do get enough cash then you get your cash for your project or non-profit or whatever.

Sounds like a neat idea.