Monthly Archives: May 2007
How to: Didgeridoo
According to Wikipedia:“The didgeridoo (or didjeridu) is a wind instrument of the Indigenous Australians of northern Australia. It is sometimes described as a natural wooden trumpet or “drone pipe”.” I will share with you how to make one of these awesome, fun to play instruments in this blog. First you will need these materials: A … Continue reading
How to: Install Windows XP in VMware Player
This tutorial will show you how to install Windows XP Professional Edition on VMware’s free VMPlayer in Ubuntu. We will use the following applications: VMware Player Wine Qemu GnomeBaker Cabextract First you will need to install vmware player. So in terminal type: sudo apt-get install vmware-player And you will need wine. The easiest way I … Continue reading
Ikea to open doors in Utah today
One of the world’s most popular furniture retailers is opening its doors in Utah this morning. I can’t wait to get my hands on a new desk. I think I’ll wait a few weeks before I brave the droves of Mormon housewives looking to get a deal on the triple-decker bunk beds.Despite the fact that … Continue reading
Gmail ups attachment size to 20MB
The boys and girls at google have doubled the maximum attachment size to 20MB. But watch out, your Yahoo! friends may not get your big attachments until Yahoo ups their attachment acceptance size. I have a feeling it won’t take long.
slworking: Slacking While Working
Post of picture of yourself or a coworker slacking (feet up on your desk, sleeping, napping, etc.), goofing off, playing video games, bored, hardly working, etc. while at work. Link to the flickr slworking pool: [link]
Peach Black Tea and Nerds
Sunday night… 3rd floor of Novell Technical Services building… Only living thing in the building… Wow. I haven’t had a call in nearly 3 hours. This job is everything I expected and more. Gives me time to work on my certifications. I guess… My thoughts at the moment: Why would you call for technical support … Continue reading
How to: Photoshop Glossy Orbs
I made this a while back, just getting around to update my blog with it. A link to my tutorial and a psd file: [link]
Holy HDR in Linux!
Looking for HDR capability in Ubuntu? This tutorial will allow you to install qtpfsgui an open source GUI for creating HDR images under Linux.For Ubuntu: First we need to add the following lines (depending upon your version of Ubuntu) to the bottom of the file: /etc/apt/sources.listThis can be done with the command: sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list … Continue reading