Mom’s experience with Ubuntu (and her first real computer)
Over the Thanksgiving weekend, I brought home to my mother an early Christmas gift: my old desktop PC, a 3.5-year-old Dell Dimension E521N with 1GB …
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Black Friday sales are finally here (such as they are)
Thursday here in these United States is Thanksgiving, our annual holiday for family get-togethers, eating food by the metric ton, and these days, bargain sales …
Things to do after a fresh Ubuntu Linux install (a reasonably-user-friendly guide)
After upgrading via a fresh install to the newest version of Ubuntu Linux (most recently to the newest version, 10.10/”Maverick Meerkat”), I always customize it …
Wall-to-wall wallpaper sources for your computer (or iPhone/Palm Pre)
Most computer users, of course, are interested in customizing their desktops with their favorite wallpaper. However, there’s an overwhelming number of sites to choose from, …
Facebook email update: “A messaging system with email”
An update on yesterday’s speculative post about Facebook gaining email. It seems I (and everyone else) was partially-right: Facebook is now getting email (and allowing …
Facebook and free email?
On Monday, social networking site Facebook plans to announce some “surprising” new development. Various leaks and sources online, however, strongly suggest it’s going to be …
Cable TV alternatives
Lately I’ve been looking over what I’ve been spending on my cable bill. After being notified that I’ll be seeing my cable bill raised next …
Black Friday 2010: the year we make contact (with the annual holiday shopping onslaught)
Aside from the use of yet another “2010: The Year We Make Contact” pun (only a bit under two months of that left, folks), I’d …
Summary of Anthony’s top WebOS apps
Since I’ve been at this for awhile, I thought I’d take the time to list a summary (with links) of my favorite WebOS posts: Scoop: …
Anthony’s top WebOS apps: TuneIn (aka RadioTime)
Continuing the reviews of my favorite WebOS apps, here’s another app that I make frequent use of, TuneIn. TuneIn (formerly known as “RadioTime,” the name …
