Warning: the following post will only make sense for those running Ubuntu and semi-bleeding edge software for Ubuntu. Feel free to skip this post if you don't know what the terms Banshee, PPA, and Fluendo mean. You won't hurt my feelings one bit.

Last night I learned that Banshee had …

(or "Why I'm this close to saying 'screw it' getting a damn Apple")

I really, really hate laptop shopping. It's not that I don't like laptops (far from it); it's just that laptops aren't a computing device that you have much control over the construction of the device. I've built …

Earlier this month my family and I laid to rest my grandmother. She was in deteriorating health in her later years, and two Sundays ago, her long fight with emphysema ended at the hospice. Her funeral was beautiful, and I'm grateful for those who offered their condolences and paid their …

Continuing the ever-popular, and semi-regular series of reviewing all of the Rush studio albums from Rush to R30 (and possibly dipping in to Snakes and Arrows, since I'm so damn late with this series), I bring you the latest installment, and quite possibly the most important Rush album of all …

I've been doing a lot of thinking about freedom and Digital Rights Management (DRM) recently. I've become enamored with checking out more eBooks as of late (the swelling book shelves of the apartment can attest to that. ;) ) There are a number of bookstores out on the internet that sell ebooks …