Continuing to Enjoy Ubuntu

For the past week I’ve been using Ubuntu (via the Install Inside Windows option) almost full-time on my home machine. I’m digging it so far and am thinking I’ll re-install it as dual-boot to get a bit more performance (although it really runs quite well as the Windows Install as a perk of being on

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Twitter for Support?

Earlier today I was wrestling with trying to use LogMeIn from my Ubuntu install to remotely manage a machine at work. No matter how I went about it, I couldn’t get things working from Firefox 3.

Eventually I whined on Twitter, because that’s how I (sometimes) roll:

Shortly after that I got two big surprises.

First, twitter finally

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Diablo III

Words fail me as I try to phrase how excited I am to see the Diablo III page up at Blizzard. I loved the original Diablo and enjoyed Diablo II. To see D3 coming just makes me downright giddy.

No release date yet.

SparkPeople — Weird Name, Cool Site

As I ramp up plans for my upcoming midlife crisis I’ve shifted focus back to diet & exercise. I’d been slacking lately… time to recover some recent gains and get back on track.

The only way I have ever lost weight has involved logging everything I eat. Paper or programs don’t matter much, but I have

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Evernote Public Launch

If you’ve been curious about the latest Evernote beta, now is a good time to dive in with today’s Public Launch announcement. The free plan remains at 40MB of notes/image a month and there’s now a premium plan as well:

For $5 per month (or only $45/year, because we’re bad at math), you can upgrade to

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