Dropbox has really done a lot for me in terms of making managing files across multiple machines actually workable. One the greatest things about this cool app is that it makes it fairly simple to sync all your personal information stuff like contacts, calendar info, and notes. Nothing beats having all of your notes instantly [...]

Linux Journal has a detailed write up on web browser that was totally new to me called Conkeror. Not to be confused with KDE’s browser/filer combo Konqueror, Conkeror uses Mozilla’s Gecko rendering engine (just like Firefox) to display beautiful webpages.
Unlike Firefox, there are absolutely no buttons or controls (”chrome”) to get in your way; [...]

My wife and I recently decided save some on our monthly budget by cancelling our subscription to DISH network. We’re compensating by upping our Netflix plan to the next level, and reading more :)
I also decided this would be a great time to experiment a bit with an inexpensive, Linux-powered solution for bringing my existing [...]

My graphics card recently exploded. Okay, that’s a slight exaggeration…the capacitors on the card exploded. It could have been electrical/voltage issues, or I was possibly a victim of the dreaded capacitor plague…but no matter what the underlying cause, the bottom line is that I was without a decent graphics card in my primary workstation for [...]

I love Linux Journal…I should seriously subscribe. This is a great tip for anybody looking to automatically share file systems over a network via Samba & cifs. I’m probably going to use a similar solution to serve video from my main workstation to my yet-to-be-assembled, homebrew XBMC frontend in my living room.