Archive for the ‘ Tech Information/Support ’ Category

Social Media (Twitter/Friendfeed)

As a researcher, and as an early adopter, I find a major part of how I am able to stay on top of developing issues, or find unique solutions to problems others can not solve, is to be connected to a wide range of people, each with their own diverse background. Through mediums such as Twitter (shown in the app below) or Friendfeed, I am able to simultaneously filter information from the outside world and find specific data that only a few experts would be able to identify[ READ MORE ]

Embedded Friendfeed – ABC2 Breakfast News

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Must have Apps in my Ubuntu 9.04 (64bit)

There are two main categories for these applications. Those that you can install from the System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager, and those you can’t. Synaptic Package Manager GIMP Inkscape FileZilla FTP Client Amarok Audacity Wine VLC PulseAudio Volume Control (pavucontrol) Vuze (w/ RSS Downloader Plugin) (Then to get the best of studio I also install) ubuntustudio-audio-plugins ubuntustudio-video ubuntustudio-audio ubuntustudio-graphics ubuntustudio-controls From Website Picasa – http://picasa.google.com/linux/ Truecrypt – http://www.truecrypt.org/ More Complex Gnome Do (Look here [ READ MORE ]

Install Flash 10 for Ubuntu 64bit

While this information can be found in many places around the net, I am attempting to put all the information I need for my particular install of Ubuntu in one place. Hope this post helps you out. To install Flash for Ubuntu 64 I use the following to lines of script in a terminal to make [ READ MORE ]

Install TweetDeck (& Adobe Air) to Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope

How to install TweetDeck (and other Adobe Air Apps) into Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope As a means of making it easier for myself and other to install (or re-install) Ubuntu with their favourite apps, I am taking note of each problem and solution I find along the way of my latest installation of Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty [ READ MORE ]

TrueCrypt – Security made for everyone

  • December 22nd, 2008
  • Posted in Software

TrueCrypt is the first program I install on any computer. TrueCrypt, as the name suggests, is an encryption program that I use to keep my important files safe and secure[ READ MORE ]

Skype – Connecting you to the world

  • December 22nd, 2008
  • Posted in Software

Skype If you have not yet heard of Skype yet, I am concerned that you really need some IT support. To quote the skype site “Make calls from your computer — free to other people on Skype and cheap to phones and mobiles around the world.” Skype is really easy to use and easy to download, and [ READ MORE ]

Digsby – The all round IM tool

  • December 22nd, 2008
  • Posted in Software

Without a doubt digsby is something that EVERYONE with internet access should download. For many years I was a trillian user (and a very happy one at that) which is also a brilliant product, just digsby is better[ READ MORE ]