In honor of Earth Day, yesterday, I would like to share my research on LED lighting, the most efficient way to illuminate space. Right now, LED’s are relatively expensive, though; but hopefully that will change in the near future, when demand and manufacturing increases. Basically, LED lighting can be broken down to these […]

Straight from AOL. Funny, I never thought I’d be recommending something from them, but here it is: Send to Cell. You’ll find a helpful little list of AOL Mobile applications, such as MovieFone, Mapquest, AOL Mail & AIM, etc. Actually, these are not really applications, but links that will be sent to […]

Somehow I’m not the ‘tag’ type, though I could possibly become one, if somebody were to go and tag all my bookmarks properly for me. With thousands of bookmarks, that is too much of a chore! So I still work with categories, which can be highly irritating when trying to find a well-nested […]

Great list by Mashable has all the info you need to download videos embedded in websites such as Youtube, Google Video, etc. It’s really a “must-bookmark” webpage…
(I used KeepVid and it worked perfectly!)

Previously, I discussed how we are being monitored digitally in our bedrooms as much as on the world wide web, in order for companies to ‘better target ads’ to us, their customers. Since then, there have been a few events that add to my pessimism regarding internet services (i.e. search engines), directing me to […]

I’m eagerly awaiting my Ubuntu Feisty Fawn CD in the mail already. Just ordered from the wonderful ShipIt, which sends them out for free….gotta love it.
I also have my home directory on a separate partition for easy future re-installations or upgrades like the one I’m about to do. (yes!!!! no need to worry about […]

      in Ubuntu Dapper using Conky, my new favorite Ubuntu app. Along with todo.txt and remind, it has successfully allowed me to scrap Rainlendar2 and its non-existent r2skin skins (see here) for a much more customizable and robust system of organizing my life. Below is a snapshot of my desktop with computer info […]

Nikon D70, that is…why?
      My main issue(among others), the one that truly irked me from the beginning, was that I could never seem to focus correctly with my D70. The screen was always dim. I could autofocus, but no matter how I did it, it wouldn’t come out perfect. By perfect, […]

By now we all know how our movements online can be monitored in order to display targeted advertising on our screens. But did you know that this practice has migrated from our desktops into our bedrooms?
New York Times article, “Ads Made by You, in a Click“, by Louise Story, chronicles the new wave in […]

I thought it was built-in only for Evolution, you know, that mini-calendar that opens up when you click on the time/date in Gnome’s panel. Well, it is actually possible to have it open (read only, though) another calendar, as long as it’s web-based. [note: there are some other possibilities, but I don’t understand […]