It rocks. Have sold my Canon Digital Rebel XT (two generations old), and was tempted by the Nikon D90, what with a couple hundred bucks of xmas cash burning the hole, and Costco carrying that D90 + two lens + carrying case bundle that has been wearing me down. It does 720p video, which is [...]

The news is, “Linux is fit for human consumption.” The next, very necessary, bit is, “As long as it’s Ubuntu.” Which bothers me. I’m always one for the underdog, the unknown, and I generally take some pride in being obscure. But when it comes to Linux, I’ve been trying several flavors lately, and it comes [...]

“Good thing these Gnome apps adhere to an alt-C “Close” UI convention.” Yeah. Yeah, that was optimistic. This goes out to the Evolution Mail folks: you’re freaking crazy. I’ve been wondering why my settings haven’t been saving: the main preferences window is closed with alt-C, but its sub-panels, like the account editing panel, are closed [...]