Archive for December, 2008

Nikon D90

December 27th, 2008

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 [...]


Linux Adventures

December 9th, 2008

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 [...]


OK, Ubuntu has a few more flaws

December 4th, 2008

“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 [...]