Eric Mesa | November 24, 2010
Sure, it’s a tired and cliche phrase, but hurray for the wisdom of the crowd. I’ve received comments on identi.ca, twitter, and in the comments here with answers to nearly all my problems with KDE. Let’s see if I can get them all to work. First off, I was told that my problem with Konversation [...]
Category: Fedora, Linux |
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Tags: Akgregator, Facebook, feed reader, KDE, KDE 4, Kontact, Konversation, Kopete
Eric Mesa | October 9, 2009
I came to a disturbing realization the other day – I’ve come to feel that whatever isn’t online isn’t real. This came about thanks to the Wii’s insanely stupid online policy. Everything about playing online with the Wii is an exercise in frustrating the user. Rather than always be connected to the net when the [...]
Category: Internet |
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Tags: Facebook, last.fm, raptr, sexting, Twitter
Eric Mesa | January 13, 2008
When most people think of the GPL, if they think of it at all, they tend to think of Linux and perhaps other operating systems. However, there are many benefits to using the GPL for programs on a smaller level. For example there is a Go Application in Facebook. This programmer could have gone [...]
Category: FSF, Internet |
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Tags: Facebook, GNU, GNUGo, Go, GPL
Eric Mesa | December 18, 2007
The jokesters over at Johncow.us let us know: (click the image for a full-size version)
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Eric Mesa | December 16, 2007
Mugshot is the website that continues to surprise me the more I use it. At first it was just a website with an unusual purple theme. Then it was the very frustrating site with the purple theme. Now it just may be one of the most interesting and underrated sites of the year. In case [...]
Category: Fedora, Geek Love, Gnome, Internet, Red Hat |
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Tags: Facebook, Fedora 8, flickr, Flock, Mugshot, Online Desktop, SocialWeb
Eric Mesa | December 15, 2007
Flock has completely changed how I interact with the so-called Social Web. In my case, that means Facebook and Flickr. Ever since I first started using Flock and received the help I needed to get the blogging to work, I’ve been using it every day. In fact, that only thing that has kept me from [...]
Category: Fedora, Geek Love, Internet |
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Tags: Facebook, Fedora 8, flickr, Flock, Mugshot, Online Desktop, Social Web
Eric Mesa | December 10, 2007
Afterall, if it’s real, why not show it to everyone? Here’s a great xkcd strip to illustrate: This had the subtitle: Facebook defines relationships. ‘Yeah, we would have broken up last night, but the net connection was down.’ Blogged with Flock Tags: Facebook, xkcd
Category: xkcd |
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Tags: Facebook