Firefox 3.6 is out.

Among other things, Personas are built-in, no add-on required.

Okay, so I just called Verizon and got my account overhauled to save some money and see if there were some perks I could get squeezed out of the deal. So long story short, I'm paying $6 a month less and my bandwidth went up. I just did a Speakeasy speed test, here are the results.

Download Speed: 25905 kbps (3238.1 KB/sec transfer rate ( Read more... )

I was reading this history of consumer 3D graphics cards a minute ago ( Read more... )

Here's a reminder that Saturday is Shutdown Day 2009.

Just like in years past, Shutdown Day 2009 calls on every net obsessed, computer-addicted individual to SHUT DOWN their computers for 24 hours on May 2, 2009 and do something else!

Now, I feel like I have something to do, but I'll do my best to go out and do some hiking. Any takers for ( Read more... )

Be jubilant, computer jargonists, Ubuntu 9.04, "Jaunty Jackalope" just came out today!

• My mom runs Ubuntu
• My dad runs Ubuntu
• minakokitty runs Ubuntu
• orochiserge runs Ubuntu (how's that going, by the way? - we should hook up soon to see if the update includes anything for your graphics chipset)
• sofakingdustin has had it with Windows and its viruses and is making the jump tonight

Since I'm going to be on vacation, and hopefully nowhere near a computer next week, I wanted to announce to you nerds that the next version of Ubuntu, "Intrepid Ibix", will be out on October 30th.

For those of you who haven't given Ubuntu a shot, now is your chance. Do it for me. Free yourselves from the shackles of your Microsoft Windows ( Read more... )

Peeps, don't forget about Shutdown Day tomorrow. Turn off your computers and go outside.

The Commodore 64 turned 25 this week!

I was 10 when my brother Ryan gave me his (this would be winter '91-'92). His C64 had a Warp Speed cartridge and a 1200 baud modem! It was hooked up to my black-and-white GoldStar 13" TV (the same one I used to play his Atari 2600).

At 10, I was using the C64 to (among other things):

• visit my first BBS
• program ( Read more... )

Rejoice, computer aficionados! Ubuntu 7.10, the "Gutsy Gibbon", has been released today!

• It comes with Compiz Fusion installed by default
• X server will start no matter what - users uncomfortable with the shell will always have a graphical interface
• You can configure X server's settings with a GUI tool; no more editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf!
• You can ( Read more... )

OMFG YAY!

Federal Judge Strikes Down Part of Patriot Act.

Synopsis: A federal judge struck down parts of the revised USA Patriot Act on Thursday, saying investigators must have a court's approval before they can order Internet providers to turn over records without telling customers.