Mindless Techie » Uncategorized http://blog.mindlesstechie.net An Eclectic IT Repository Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:14:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Think You’ve Seen Amazing Gaming Chairs? You Haven’t. [PICS] http://blog.mindlesstechie.net/2009/01/12/think-youve-seen-amazing-gaming-chairs-you-havent-pics/ http://blog.mindlesstechie.net/2009/01/12/think-youve-seen-amazing-gaming-chairs-you-havent-pics/#comments Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:00:26 +0000 John Alberts http://blog.mindlesstechie.net/2009/01/12/think-youve-seen-amazing-gaming-chairs-you-havent-pics/ Wow! I have to have one of these chairs!

Perhaps the most amazing gaming throne you will ever see.

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This Christmas Linux kernel release brings several great new features to Linux, and its improvements promise even more Linux desktop goodness in the future.[/excerpt]

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I’m glad this was posted on Digg. I found it a while ago and completely forgot about it. There is really a lot of good information there, especially some good information about distributed computing.


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]]> http://blog.mindlesstechie.net/2008/01/11/gentoo-linux-founder-offers-to-help-fix-recent-problems/feed/ 2 Holy Crap! WLW FTW http://blog.mindlesstechie.net/2007/12/14/holy-crap-wlw-ftw/ http://blog.mindlesstechie.net/2007/12/14/holy-crap-wlw-ftw/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:31:04 +0000 John Alberts http://blog.mindlesstechie.net/2007/12/14/holy-crap-wlw-ftw/ I just realized the Windows Live Writer works with other blogs, such as WordPress, etc.  I thought it only supported MS blogging services.  This is very cool.  It seems to be a nice blog editor.

I wonder if it will copy and upload this mythtv picture to my server or steal the bandwidth from gentoo-wiki?

This didn’t work on my personal wordpress install, I wonder if it will publish to my wordpress.com blog?

Can I republish this edit without dupes?

 

Well, I guess I can only publish images copied from IE and not firefox?

 

Yeah, this sucks.  I can only copy and paste from IE.  Better than nothing I guess.

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I hate when people limit the title of their articles about Linux to only include Ubuntu*. Still, this is a pretty good list of apps for design.


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Well, my internet has been out for about a day now.  This really sucks.  Last night, I wasn’t quite sure what to do without the internet.  I spent most of my night trying to see how many open wireless AP’s were around in my area.
Hmm, what to do tonight.

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Does Microsoft seriously think ANYONE would ever follow this guide? All I have to say is, “Nice try Microsoft.”.

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]]> http://blog.mindlesstechie.net/2007/12/11/the-least-used-page-on-microsoftcom/feed/ 0 The Most Insane Freakin’ Trailer I’ve Ever Seen! http://blog.mindlesstechie.net/2007/12/09/the-most-insane-freakin-trailer-ive-ever-seen/ http://blog.mindlesstechie.net/2007/12/09/the-most-insane-freakin-trailer-ive-ever-seen/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2007 04:17:33 +0000 John Alberts http://blog.mindlesstechie.net/2007/12/09/the-most-insane-freakin-trailer-ive-ever-seen/ High school girl, ninja, yakuza… a fucking drill bra! Instant win.

Now this reminds me of the recent Planet Terror movie. Looks so stupid it’s probably pretty entertaining. :)

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]]> http://blog.mindlesstechie.net/2007/12/09/the-most-insane-freakin-trailer-ive-ever-seen/feed/ 0 New Blog Editors – Part 2 http://blog.mindlesstechie.net/2007/01/26/new-blog-editors-part-2/ http://blog.mindlesstechie.net/2007/01/26/new-blog-editors-part-2/#comments Fri, 26 Jan 2007 06:00:29 +0000 John Alberts http://www.mindlesstechie.net/blog/2007/01/26/new-blog-editors-part-2/
…and this post is from the Performancing blog editor. I think I like this one better. Seem to have a nicer feel to it.

It even supports image uploading, which is a very nice feature. It also has a section for connecting to your del.icio.us bookmarks.

You can get it here.


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