Books: Daemon and Freedom

I don’t normally do book reviews – and this isn’t one either – but I just finished a couple books that I figure some of the readers here might also enjoy.

A year ago I happened to spot a book review on slashdot about a book called “Daemon.”  The review was interesting and I thought the

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My Current Cross-Platform Faves

As I spend more time with Linux I’ve been slowly modifying my most often used apps. I have been experimenting and trying alternatives to some old favorites as I quest for apps that work with both Windows and Linux. Perhaps a lofty goal, but I think I’ve been getting close. Not quite ready to update

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Flash / AIR issues. System Restore to the Rescue

My new work PC developed an aversion to all things related to Adobe’s Flash and AIR earlier this week. Initially I thought it was just a Google Chrome / Flash issue. Then TweetDeck broke – it wouldn’t start up properly. Now, I don’t need TweetDeck on a work machine so that wasn’t too big of

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Firefox 3.6 and Windows 7: Thumbnail Previews

If you’re running Windows 7 and recently updated Firefox to 3.6, here’s a little tip you might like. While not enabled by default, it turns out that Firefox 3.6 has a nice little Windows integration feature: Thumbnail previews.

Just head to about:config, find the browser.taskbar.previews.enable key and toggle it to true. Now, when you hover over

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Track Site Changes with Google Reader

Google Reader has been a useful tool for following site feeds (RSS or Atom) since it was first released, but not every web site has a feed. In other words, Reader has bee great for getting updates on blogs, forums and most news sites, it hasn’t been useful at all with static sites or sites

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