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I’ve always found Safari to be slower than other browsers, especially if it’s been running for a while. It also slows down other applications as well. Macenstein confirmed this, with some figures to back it up. Dave Hyatt gives some insight into what could be causing the slowdown. On the other hand, I find that [...]

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Windows Vista Hinders Creative Users?€™ Efficiency Even More than Windows XP Did
Despite Microsoft’s efforts to provide for a more fluid and agreeable interface with Vista’s Aero, Pfeiffer Consulting found Vista to be even worse than Windows XP (SP2) –and of course Mac OS X.
(tags: GUI microsoft windows vista)

C/C++ Reference
(tags: reference)

Designing Qt-Style C APIs
Designing [...]

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After reading Low End Mac’s praise for Opera 9, I decided to take another look at it. I’ve tried Opera before, but I always end up going back to Firefox because of some annoyance. This time I’m going to give it a real chance.
The first thing I notice about Opera is that it’s FAST. Much [...]

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Debian Package Build Tools
Catalogs & describes useful tools for building Debian packages.
(tags: debian ubuntu HOWTO)

My Tumblr
Tumblr lets you share links, videos, pictures, etc.
(tags: shared links)

Beatnik Turtle: Indie Band Survival Guide
Research, articles, stories, and practical know-how about the music industry written from an independent band’s perspective.
(tags: indie music guide)

Turn Gmail Into Your Personal Nerve Center
More uses [...]

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According to this very interesting story at CNN, Rev. Al Sharpton is a descendant of a slave owned by relatives of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond. Both families found the revelation shocking.
Sharpton learned of his connection to Thurmond, once a prominent defender of segregation, last week through the Daily News, which asked genealogists to trace [...]

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AACS Device Key Found
The AACS Device Key of the WinDVD 8 has been found, allowing any movie playable by it to be decrypted (via Slashdot)
(tags: DRM)

Rachid Taha Downloads :: calabashmusic.com
Never mind the war on terrorism, what about the war on fear, complacency, ignorance, racism, poverty and lies.
(tags: music)

northernvoice / These Are A Few Of My [...]

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Nintendo’s Wii a hit with the geriatric set? - Engadget
It looks like the Wii really does have a much broader appeal than any other game console.
(tags: Wii)

The Switch To KDE : Day 5
A Gnome user tries switching to KDE and isn’t too happy with it.
(tags: linux kde)

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Could this be the beginning of the end for Microsoft?
Vista hasn’t been an overwhelming success. Sure, it’s sold a few new PCs but, it’s not proving to be a Windows XP-style revolution of stability, it’s no Windows 95-style revolution of usability and it hasn’t really changed much of the landscape or given t
(tags: microsoft)

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CodeIDE
browser-based IDE for editing code. Supported languages include LISP, HTML, Basic, Perl, and JavaScript.
(tags: programming development tools)

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I’ve been using SOHO Notes (and previously StickyBrain) for many years, since their .Mac promotion. Lately I’ve been getting annoyed with it, in particular the very annoying startup delay when it opens the database. I have a review copy of DevonTHINK so I also tried that, but the major drawback is it doesn’t support .Mac [...]

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rEFIt - An EFI Boot Menu and Toolkit
rEFIt is a boot menu and maintenance toolkit for EFI-based machines like the Intel Macs. You can use it to boot multiple operating systems easily, including triple-boot setups with Boot Camp. It also provides an easy way to enter and explore the EFI pre-b
(tags: efi mac hacking)

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The courtroom spectacle over Anna Nicole Smith is taking place not too far from here in the Broward County courthouse. One of my friends works for a law firm, so she happened to be at the courthouse today. She ended up getting stuck there over lunch time because of the crowd. She even got to [...]

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What does the Ubuntu/Linspire deal mean?
(tags: ubuntu linux)

Native Visual Basic now available for Linux - Download Squad
The open source Mono Project announced today that it has developed a Visual Basic compiler which allows software written in VB to be compiled and run on any platform which Mono supports.
(tags: opensource)

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The future of packaging software in Linux
A look at different software installation and packaging methods including APT & RPM.
(tags: opensource software)

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Today I installed new firmware on my Terastation which allowed me to add NFS support, iTunes library sharing, and Bonjour, which makes it a lot more useful. I found that Samba networking was extremely slow, had problems with files larger than 2GB, and the shares got disconnected when my Mac goes to sleep. NFS is [...]

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Campworld - Hacking The Buffalo TeraStation to Work with Mac OS X
(tags: Mac osx nfs)

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Buffalo Extras
Hacked firmware for Buffalo LinkStation & TeraStation
(tags: hack hardware buffalo linkstation terastation)

IntelMacSupport - Ubuntu Wiki
Info about support for Intel Macs in the upcoming Ubuntu release.
(tags: ubuntu linux Mac intel)

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TeraStation

Originally uploaded by mike3k.

My TeraStation arrived this morning. It has 4×250GB drives arranged in a RAID 5 array (which can be changed to RAID 0 or 1) for a total capacity of about 700GB. It was very easy to set up and I can connect [...]

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Apple Mail plug-ins and tools
A repository of plug-ins and tools that extend the functionality of Apple’s Mail.app (v. 2.0 and above).
(tags: Mac osx mail.app)

Toyota Prius: Sheikh | Ads of the World
Great Prius print ad
(tags: toyota prius)

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The GP2X Toolchain Project - Summary [Gna!]
A community supported project to give GP2X (http://wiki.gp2x.org/wiki/GP2X) developers better free software tools to develop with.
(tags: gp2x linux development opensource)

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