Ruminations on the Digital Realm

Is it still fun to run a forum or a weblog? Yes, of course, but I am seriously wondering whether it is fun to allow non-registered users to contribute to them. My weblog is driven by Wordpress and -fortunately- there is a nice plugin called Akismet. Akismet is a spam trapper and it succeeded in [...]

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I don’t mind seeing opposing arguments and The Inquirer seems to be on a roll in the Linux versus Windows debate. First an INQ writer explained why Vista would help him to make the transition to Linux. He is thinkering with his hardware all the time, each thinkering running the risk of needing a new [...]

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I did not feel like writing today. There were still a few Technet disks I wanted to install and this was as good a time as any. On the list were: the Dutch language pack for Office 2007, Business Contact Manager 2007, Small Business Accounting 2006, Accounting Express 2007, Visio Pro 2007 and Professional Pro [...]

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Man! I just finished downloading version 3.25c of SabayonLinux, when I noticed the newsitem that 3.26 is about to be released. Last night the release was there on Linuxtracker, so I jumped on that bandwagon as well. The press release gives some more information about this bugfix release. It isn’t really necessary to download 3.26 [...]

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Correct me if I am wrong, but I do believe that Excel is one application that is often used in business circles. To take such a program to a next level is definitely a challenge. How often are open source spreadsheets like Gnumeric or OpenOffice.org Calc not compared to Excel. Calc had exactly the same [...]

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