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Fix Ubuntu 9.04 ATI Driver Issue

(Edit: this tutorial does not work with Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala and I will unfortunately not be able to update it for Karmic because I do not have the time nor hardware.) (Edit 03/14/10: I no longer have the hardware to work on this issue. -This tutorial is no longer officially supported by myself- I personally suggest finding a way … Read More


Setup Gmail SMTP in KMail

** Images in older articles have been lost ** After easily setting up your Gmail IMAP account in KMail (perhaps using a tutorial like the one featured on Jatecblog) you may wonder how to set up your outgoing SMTP acout too.  After some looking around, I don’t see much of anything on this subject other than people having problems setting … Read More


Import Reader Feeds into Akregator

** Images in older articles have been lost ** I just moved over to KDE 3.5 (the good old days) and was migrating everything over to Kontact (which includes Akregator) and decided it would be nice to import my Google Reader feeds into Akregator. I’ve compiled steps on how I did this myself. 1. Head over to Google Reader (http://google.com/reader/) … Read More


Fix Broken package – Ubuntu

Sometimes a corrupt installation package can corrupt your package management system leaving your Linux unable to install or on remove any packages (Software). Here is the message error I got from apt-get after trying to install ndas-admin for Ubuntu. [bash]$sudo apt-get install mplayer Reading package lists… Done Building dependency tree Reading state information… Done E: The package ndas-admin needs to … Read More


Fiber Optics Pictures

  I’ve just uploaded a batch of images of some fiber optics stuff. Fun!


Prickly Pear Cactus Photos

  I just uploaded several photos of a prickly pear cactus. I’ll also be uploading several more pictures tonight.


The Sun After Rain

Took this picture a while back and I came across it on my computer. Enjoy!


Windows Seven (Build 6801)

** Images in older articles have been lost ** Windows Seven is Microsoft’s latest creation which is expected to be released by the end of 2010. I’ve been doing a little bit of messing around with it lately, so here is what I have seen. (Click on the screenshots to view them in their original size.) The Installation (Screenshot1) The … Read More


Gary – Sleeping

 Just wanted everyone to see my cat. I could never live with out a cat.


Glowing Tyler

My boredom today has brought me to making something in Photoshop. Some glowing text on a striped background.