Stranger in a Strange Land

A couple of posts back I mentioned in a postscript that you should all stay tuned for a big announcement!
Well… here it is…. (drum roll)
This blog is moving to http://blog.thestrangeland.net! As of Aug 1, 2008 all posting will cease at this address mattythestranger.wordpress.com and will continue at the new one!
Isn’t that cool! If [...]

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Hello Dear Sweet Readers,
I am posting this from the ScribeFire extension for Firefox (Firefox is the ONLY web browser in the world… if you aren’t using Firefox, there is something seriously wrong with you…. I still love you and all, but… I mean c’mon!)
This is really cool because the ScribeFire extension pops up a text [...]

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Ok all you music junkies… I want to recommend the best music podcast out there. Go to www.boredagainchristian.com and subscribe to the podcast there or check it out in iTunes.
Hosted by “Just Pete, your indie sweetheart”, this podcast is full of uplifting, family-friendly songs that just make you happy!
Give it a listen… you’ll be [...]

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Ok… so what… I mean, I don’t use Yahoo! or MS if I can help it, right? Except, oh shit!!! Yahoo! owns Flickr! Flickr which I love! Flickr which gives me so much joy! I can’t believe I may just have to find something else… something which won’t be as good, [...]

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I have been (very loosely) affiliated with an organization called librivox.org. By affiliated I mean, I download from them on occasion and I have submitted once. Librivox.org is a site/organization dedicated to producing high-quality audiobooks of works which are in the public domain. These include unpublished works which hold no copyright and [...]

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I have discovered something great called Google Reader.  For those who might not know, Google reader is an RSS reader, but it is browser based, part of Google’s online suite of productivity apps.  I must say, I am in love!!!
My dad tells me that he loves to read what I write, but he doesn’t remember [...]

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Mom’s Dell Lappy is running Kubuntu Gusty with NO HICCUPS!!! It’s even connecting to my WPA protected wireless network like a champ!  I’m so excited to get my mom running a Linux distro… she’s going to be so much happier… now, just got to get her a new battery!!
SDG,
Matty the Geek!

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well… I took a Kubuntu 7.10 (Alt) install disk up to Redding over Thanksgiving and installed it on mom’s laptop… install went fine (it’s a Dell Inspiron notebook) but the Broadcom wireless card is giving me fits… i ended up bringing the lappy home from Cali with me and I promised to have it ship-shape [...]

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I just had to share this. My mom was in town about a month ago and we went to Fashion Show Mall. Here’s a picture she took of me and Fish at the Apple Store! (btw, Mac’s rule and Vista drools!)

I am testing Kubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon right now to see if [...]

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This is why Macs and Apple, Inc and (most of all) Steve Jobs ROCK!!!
so sorry to all you Micro$oft losers out there!!
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