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Use Hugin to Automate Panoramas in Ubuntu
I’ve been using Hugin for a couple years now, and its saved me hundreds of hours of work. Creating a great panorama is hard without a tool like Hugin, or Photoshop. With Hugin, you have greater control, and some really inteligent code to get the job done a lot faster than Photoshop. Most the time … Continue reading
Win2Lin
Linux is gaining more and more popularity everyday. Right now Windows in the grand scheme of software is well supported legacy software. Its simply out of date. Unix, Linux, and BSD have always been lighter, and more stable. Unless you’re a gamer, there is little reason to switch. BUT if you are a gamer that … Continue reading
Case Sensitivity
Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files. ftp> ftp> EXIT ?Invalid command ftp> QUIT ?Invalid command ftp> fuck ?Invalid command ftp> exit 221 Goodbye. troy@employee-terminal:~$
Kikker Hardknock [weekend project]
If you’re looking for a weekend project, check out the Kikker Hardknock. Available with 49, 110, and 140cc engines, this little beast sips gas (88MPG) and can still get up and go, up to 60-70 MPH. The base model, starting at 1,499 has a 110cc engine, Front Disk / Rear Drum Brakes, Jockey Shift & … Continue reading
Farewell F.U.D.-Factory
…and so ends my 10 month long temporary employment at Novell. My leaving is bitter-sweet. I will miss my coworkers deeply. Brad, Kyle, Mikey, and Steve-o where some of the greatest people to work with. My leaving is very abrupt, and rather selfish, but as a temp working in a department that may not exist … Continue reading
KDE 4 Test drive [Verdict: Premature, but very sweet]
KDE 4 has been released, and it is very very pretty. However it isn’t stable or all that complete (insert Vista joke here). The new icon set is very attractive, and the rounded window edges for about all windows give a clean and completed feel to the desktop. As much as I LOVE gnome, and … Continue reading
Distro Install Showdown.
I’ve backed up my system in preparation for blasting it all away and starting over from scratch. I’ll be installing several Linux distributions as a personal experiment, so I figure I’ll share my experience. I’m going to try a few popular distributions: Fedora 8, OpenSuse 10.3, Sabayon 3.5, and Ubuntu 7.10. I’ll rate them on … Continue reading
Blu-ray vs HD-DVD
Not that I really care who is winning or losing, I find it interesting to see a product from a company I dislike (toshiba) flop. When deciding to buy a new HD player, take the following into consideration. This is how a handful of major studios stand as of today. Blu-raySony – Blu-rayWarner – Blu-rayNew … Continue reading
Once Upon a Midnight Wal-Mart Run
I was at Wal-Mart last night and I saw an odd looking couple pushing a cart full of corn oil.. Like 25+ gallons of corn oil. And atop this oil they had probably 50 or so bananas. They were shifty, very quiet, and looked very much like they were suffering from malnutrition… I don’t think … Continue reading
Vista
I installed Vista Business edition on my machine 2 days ago… So far I have had 2 reboots without my asking, while I was in the middle of work. 150+ “Cancel or Allow”s.. 2 blue screens, 6 incompatible applications, and an update configuration that took nearly 35 minutes on a system with dual 3.2Ghz CPUs … Continue reading