Kevin Kelly’s Cool Tools is a must read for anyone who digs, er, cool tools.
I found his Review of Review Sites page while researching camping gear and rechargeable batteries. Saved me a ton of time doing the usual web research thing.
The Ubuntu Christian edition is a special version of Ubuntu Linux that comes with a porn blocker and Christian software. The latest release contains GnomeSword, a top of the line Bible study program for Linux based on the Sword Project.
From BoingBoing, of course.
My Powerbook had a battery recall and filled out all the forms. Apple says the new battery will be here in 4-6 weeks, in the meantime I’m supposed to remove the batter and run on A/C power. That is an insane amount of time to wait for a battery. Bad Apple.
After 9 years of DSL, yesterday I finally switched to a cable modem from Comcast. Besides a hinky coax cable, the self-install went flawlessly and I didn’t have to install any of the stuff from the install CD.
I used to download about 180kb/second with Verizon DSL for $39.00. Now I get on anywhere from 700-1,500 kb/second for four dollars more a month.
My only question is, why didn’t I do this earlier?
Next, it’s time to get rid of the land line. Between Skype and my mobile, no reason for it except for sporadic faxes, which I can take care of down the street at Mailboxes, Etc.
Speeding up and simplifying life, it’s all good.
This simple Hotwo saved my hide last week when a few files got saved to zero-length files on an FTP server. View FireFox’s Cache Easily.
Ze and the speed racers have been throwing down knowledge for 100 episodes.
I’m all for sharing wifi, but this guy does some humorous traffic redirects to his unsuspecting neighbors.
I spent last weekend in New Hampshire relaxing and learning how to wakeboard.
The Wall Street Journal has an article about proving online identity. Present and past clients Opinity and Trufina are mentioned.
I got a call from the writer the day before the article went to press. I wish we could have spoken in more detail, otherwise, it was a good MSM (mainstream media) article discussing identifying the new crop of companies building out tools and services to manage our online identities.