Monthly Archives: May 2009

Of Windows 7 and Netbooks

Posted on May 30, 2009 by James

It’s official! Windows 7 Starter is the new Windows Home Basic. The silly, arbitrary limitations (only being able to run three programs at a time) that previous versions of Starter had have been exchanged for new ones. Lets take a … Continue reading →

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Summer of Insanity

Posted on May 20, 2009 by James

So, the now officially released AbiWord 2.7 development branch contains the happy multipage feature I talked about all last summer. Yes! You can check it out here. You may notice that it’s all flickery if you use the feature with … Continue reading →

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An open letter to Blackboard

Posted on May 12, 2009 by James

Dearest Blackboard, For active course sites, Blackboard does a horrible job keeping the student up to date on what they need to be working on. Even if (and especially if) the instructor has entered all the course data and assignments … Continue reading →

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What ho, world

Posted on May 7, 2009 by James

Greetings! Through the generosity of DreamHost, I have come into a bit free hosting for a while. No doubt they expect their generosity to effect feelings of charity and good will. They might even expect the gesture to lubricate the … Continue reading →

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