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Entries from March 2009

In the Information Age, What is Knowledge? Part 1: The Taxonomy must die.

March 20th, 2009 · No Comments

This is Part 1 of a 2 Part Series. Part 2 will focus on semantic web, faceted navigation, maybe some graph theory. I’m not there yet.
The purpose of this article is to discuss dealing with the practically infinite amount of information that is now available to us via the internet. Information is becoming [...]

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Tags: Computers · Knowledge Management · software

Compiz Fusion on Linux

March 19th, 2009 · No Comments

One of the great things about linux is that everything is modular. In the case of window managers, Compiz Fusion is really coming along to be pretty freaking awesome if you have the computer to handle it. This video pretty much sums up how awesome it is:

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Tags: Computers · Linux · software

YouTube Change in MP4 Format Handling and HQ

March 6th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Unfortunately, it looks like YouTube has changed the way they process .mp4 videos. At least for the type of mp4 files created by my nokia phone (Nokia N95). The videos now appear more jerky (less frames per second / FPS?), and there is no longer a HQ option. My phone takes great videos and this [...]

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Tags: Audio · Computers · software

Picasa 3 beta for Linux

March 6th, 2009 · No Comments

When my computer blew up, I built out an Ubuntu Hardy box for the meantime. I’m thinking this is what I’ll go with when I rebuild the computer when the warranteed parts come in. I just installed Picasa 3 beta and so far it seems every bit as feature-rich as the Windows version. If you [...]

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Tags: Computers · Linux · software