Ben F.

Public QUESTION: Will you still like/love/use Facebook, even though Microsoft may be taking as much as a 5% stake in it?

When this happens, Facebook will have just totally lost a future user -- me.

Sep 24th Ben F. 5 Replies Forward

Public Huh!? Fox News ... wants you to *at least* try, if not switch to Linux?

Torn beyond belief...!

Yes, it's technically by PCMag, but it's on http://FoxNews.com and is even on the homepage (see Technology)!

Sep 21st Ben F. 1 Reply Forward

Public Damn you, Apple! Can't use Linux, or for that matter, any other program with an iPod besides iTunes now.

It's really infuriating to me, a Linux user. I'm never going to buy another iPod again because of this. I love Songbird, the open source alternative to iTunes. No new iPods will be compatible.

I'll go out and buy a Creative Zen or something when I need ...

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Sep 14th Ben F. 3 Replies Forward

Public The end of an era... albeit a kinda short one. Leo Laporte's The Tech Guy won't be streamed by Leo via uStream and Stickam anymore... that takes all the fun out of being in the chat-room!

And apparently, Shooby's fired? What's up with that? What's happening to Leo's empire!? Is it slowly crumbling? ...Probably not.

Sep 8th Ben F. 3 Replies Forward

Public Going to the Poconos (mountains a short distance away) until Friday.

Shame that I'm missing that Apple event and Google's multitude of rumored announcements (gPhone thing, Google Docs & Spreadsheets & Presentations & Wikis, etc.)... Ah well. I'm sure it won't take me too long to catch up on Friday :p

Talk to you guys then.

Sep 4, 2007 Ben F. 4 Replies Forward

Public For some reason, I'm just completely addicted to the Google Earth Flight Simulator... I can't stop using it.

It's simplistic (of course it is; it's Google), doesn't slow down my machine, and works very well. I guess that describes Google in a nutshell. I hope they continue to update it.

Also, I'd bet my bottom dollar that this is one of those "20% of ...

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Sep 3, 2007 Ben F. Reply! Forward

Public Woohoo! Linux has bypassed Windows 98 in use! Vista only has twice the usage as Linux at this point... hmm.

QUICK! Everyone (and especially you unfortunate Windows Vista users) download a Linux distribution and install it!

Sep 1, 2007 Ben F. 2 Replies Forward

Public Ah! Awesome! Sweden's vote on OOXML (the one Microsoft bought--literally) has been invalidated!

And ODF and all those who want openness live to see another day.

Aug 30, 2007 Ben F. 7 Replies Forward

Public Clown Co. has a name!

It's Hulu. I'm actually looking forward to this, because it'll mean I won't have to pi...I mean pirates won't have to pirate lots of these shows any more and risk getting in trouble.

Sign up for an invite now! It just got announced, so the quicker you sign up, the better chance you'll get in first.

Aug 30, 2007 Ben F. Reply! Forward

Public Ah! The next version of Ubuntu (8.04) will be codenamed Hardy Heron. I think they could have done better. It will, however, be marked for LTS (long term support).

Aug 29, 2007 Ben F. 1 Reply Forward

Public Featuring:

Sebastian Rupley, Co-Crank, http://PCMagCast.com
Jay Adelson, CEO, Digg
Bryan Gardiner, Reporter, Wired News

...and of course Dvorak.

What

Cranky Geeks Episode #79

Where

A tube better known as CrankyGeeks.com

When

Wed, August 29 2007 at 3:30 p.m.

Aug 29, 2007 Ben F. Reply! Forward

Public So, I've been debating signing up for Facebook.

I think I've almost decided to go ahead and register, but can some of you who use Facebook tell me what you like about it that might push me over the hump to register?

Much appreciated.

Aug 28, 2007 Ben F. 3 Replies Forward

Public I still don't understand why Digg didn't just wait until they had the Image section ready before going live with the new version.

I'm happy with it and all, but they really could have waited until they were ready with the Image section. That new header and integration of videos+news are nice, but the users weren't exactly clamoring for that... well, moreso the video integration ...

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Aug 28, 2007 Ben F. Reply! Forward

Public Hmm. Now that the iPhone has been unlocked, should I consider getting one and using it on T-Mobile?

I won't get visual voicemail...boo-hoo...still, $5/600 is a lot of money for a phone I may bust trying to unlock it.

Aug 26, 2007 Ben F. 1 Reply Forward

Public Just wanted to let you guys know that we're beginning to churn out tutorials and such on AIRDev. Here's one I just did now on Creating Your First Flex App using AIR. (oh, and don't worry, OS X users, the interface is almost identical)

I promise I won't clutter your Pownceboxes (Pownce+inboxes) with this Bacn ever again...

Aug 23, 2007 Ben F. 2 Replies Forward