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Shiretoko shock! http://bit.ly/shiretokoshock

Cameron — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:50:06 +0000

#fx35 here’s us letting you know, again, to download Firefox 3.5. It’s 3:50 MDT, the time to post about firefox 3.5. Go, download! http://getfirefox.com

Firefox 3.5 available NOW!

Cameron — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:00:41 +0000

After months of beta testing, the fastest Firefox is now available! http://getfirefox.com Support for HTML5, private browsing, what are you reading this post for? Go! Download it!

Steve Jobs back at apple

Cameron — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:04:47 +0000

Apple has announced that Steve Jobs has returned to work at Apple. We’ve heard that he’ll be spending a few days a week on the Apple campus, and the rest at home. He was, during his six-month leave, still working on important matters, said Apple.

Firefox 3.5 to be realesed tomorrow

Cameron — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:48:01 +0000

after months of beta testing and 3 Release candidates, Firefox 3.5 will be available for download tomorrow. If you’re already running firefox, simply click “Check for update” under the help menu, and restart. If not, go to getfirefox.com tomorrow and download.

The new firefox is the fastest yet, and is adding support for HTML5. There’s also the new Private Browsing mode which doesn’t save any cookies or passwords.

More info on promoting the release here https://contribute.mozilla.org/Marketing/Firefox_3.5

My favorite twitter clients

Cameron — Thu, 28 May 2009 23:41:02 +0000

If you haven’t heard about twitter by now, you may well be living under a rock. in a cave. in the ocean. Yeah, twitter’s pretty popular.

Now the web interface might be enough for you, but if you constantly need to have twitter open, without keeping another browser tab open, try one of these desktop clients.

TweetDeck (Pictured) a popular choice for many twitter users. Built on Adobe Air, this app seperates out your twitter feed into multiple collumns for your friends’ updates, your @replies mentions, your Direct Messages, and whatever else you might want to filter out. My only issue is that it takes up a lot of screen space, but that can be combatted with the narrow collumns option.

Twhirl A lightweight app. Takes up very little screen space, and does everything a twitter client should do. Uses Ping.fm to cross post your tweets to facebook, blip.fm, identi.ca, and other services.

Digsby (pictured)My favorite multi-protocol IM app. Digsby will do AIM, MSN, GTalk/Jabber, Yahoo!, ICQ, Facebook chat, and it will also check social networking sites like Twitter, Myspace, Facebook, and LinkedIn. You can also set up your email accounts, and it’ll alert you of new mail

Twitterfox This Firefox addon is a very simple client. No facebook integration, no cross posting, just twitter. Does everything you can do from the web interface, but in a little icon in your Firefox statusbar.

Reader Suggestions

Didn’t see your favorite app here? suggest it in the comments! I’ll check it out, and add it to the list!

Ubuntu Karmic Alpha 1 available.

Cameron — Fri, 15 May 2009 22:33:21 +0000

Okay, so many of you still need to update to Jaunty, but in the meantime, Canonical has released the first Alpha of the next release slated for October. The release is going to focus on cloud computing and netbooks. Although this is Alpha 1, the Ubuntu Developer Summit isn’t happing until for a week or so, so nothing is set in stone. The release includes the latest Linux Kernel, and the latest Dev build of the GNOME desktop. I’ll go install this on my other machine, and hook you up with some screenshots.

One Week with Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope

Cameron — Sat, 09 May 2009 17:47:42 +0000

I installed Ubuntu Jaunty the day the final was released, and I’ve been loving it.

I also installed KDE, Xfce, and the Ubuntu Studio packages, which effectively give me 4 Operating Systems without having to set up a multi-boot. I’m impressed with the speed, and you can get Open Source programs that can do whatever (if not more) than the proprietary counterparts.

Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope up for download.

Cameron — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:32:18 +0000

Ubuntu 9.04 is up for download. This update features support for the ext4 file system, a new login screen, and the latest versions of KDE, GNOME, and the Linux kernel. If you have some variant of ubuntu installed, you should be able to update through the internet; or burn the ISO onto a disk, and pop it into your computer while it’s turned on. It should detect that the disk has a new distribution release, and ask you if you want to update. Xubuntu was able to update to Ubuntu 9.04 using the second method.

Xubuntu ( a variant designed for lower spec systems using the xfce desktop environment), and Edubuntu (Designed for education) should be updated soon. I downloaded the RC yesterday, does anyone know if it’s any different from the final release?

April Fool’s day roundup

Cameron — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:44:01 +0000

Those who follow us on twitter (@amazingtechblog), follow my personal twitter (@camtheguitarist), or are friends with me on facebook know how much the internet sucks on April Fool’s day (haha). Here are a few sites I liked on the first of the month

1:Reddigg, HAHA! Reddit redesigned their site to look like the other popular social news site digg (who just released the diggbar). Very funny

2 Warner Bros. Buy Pirate Bay: Here’s one from slashdot. Their story stated that Warner Bros. bought popular torrent tracker the Pirate Bay. Very funny story, I actually fell for it at first (and if you pronounce gullible slowly, it sounds like fried eggs)

3 Think Geek. Tauntaun sleeping bag and squeez bacon. nuff said.

That’s all that I saw. Found one you liked? Hit up the comments for more

How to not be annoying on guitar hero online

Cameron — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:35:35 +0000

Okay, we’ve probably all played guitar hero once or twice, and probably enjoyed it, but playing online is a whole other beast. Some people are just too annoying for there own good.
1. Don’t play on easy, or medium. Really guys, the majority of people play on expert (myself included) and we really hate getting beat by people who play on easy.
2. Don’t choose dumb songs. That just ruins the fun.
3. Don’t quit mid-song unless you absolutely have to. If you’re getting creamed, at least wait until the song’s over.