I decided to write a small application due to a recent annoyance I had with SVN. To say the least, I sometimes found myself wanting clear out a whole directory tree of all *.svn folders. Now there are little windows applications that exist to do such that and in Linux, there are some quick shell […]
I was accepted to the Fonolo closed beta recently. During the time I was writing this post, it appears Fonolo has opened up its doors to sign up, without invitation, so head on over and give it a try. You might be wondering what the heck is Fonolo? Well to put it simply, it saves […]
Well, I like the idea of a universal account service (kind of like Microsofts Live .Net Passport). OpenID is getting a lot of followers and big companies are jumping on the wagon, but there are apparently some kinks to work out. Read about it here.
It’s not like this is something revolutionary, many cellular network websites offer the ability to send SMS for free from a web browser. But the reason I post this is because it’s nice to have one unified location for your contacts. Assuming you use google mail and keep your contacts up to date in there (with mobile numbers and all) then you might also appreciate this new Google Labs addition. Now I have used the rogers web browser SMS client, but it is just another website to go to and another login and password to remember. I like the convenience of all-in-one services, and what better place to have the ability to send off a quick SMS message than my primary mail client. Read more about it here. *Update*, there was a glitch, and it will be postponed for ~2 weeks.
A few weeks ago the Linux Kernel 2.6.27 was released with various changes. The list is fairly indepth however there are alot of promising improvements. Here is a good article which outlines the five best things in Linux 2.6.27. That being said most (if not all) of the major Linux flavors have not yet been able to integrate the kernel because testing with all the flavor’s additions and modules must occur before a new release is deemed stable. Good news is that Ubuntu is including 2.6.27 in their latest update Intrepid Ibex.
