September 2008

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How to make your Ubuntu fonts look nice →

Posted on September 23, 2008 in Technology with 4 comments.

I touched on this topic in my first Ubuntu post last week but thought I would revisit it in a little more detail. I also plan on writing a tutorial that shows you how to skin Ubuntu and make it look sexy. One of the big complaints (definitely one of my biggest) with Ubuntu is [...]

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Setting up a local WordPress installation with SVN on Ubuntu →

Posted on September 22, 2008 in Development with 1 comment.

I have been playing around a bit today with my local WordPress installation and just set it up with SVN so that all I have to do is type in one command to upgrade it. It is pretty cool, so I though I would share my new found knowledge. Not only can you keep your [...]

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How I became a happy Ubuntu user →

Posted on September 15, 2008 in Technology with 12 comments.

If you are following me on twitter, you will have noticed that I have recently switched from Vista to Ubuntu on my Dell Inspiron 1525. I started off doing a dual boot with Vista but after playing around with Ubuntu for the past few days and customizing it to my liking, I am confident that [...]

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Finding good programming blogs →

Posted on September 3, 2008 in Development with 0 comments.

While browsing through my RSS feed subscriptions on bloglines lately, I am finding that I am getting really bored by reading the usual tech blogs such as techcrunch, mashable, siliconalley et al. I think it’s actually an information overload. On any given day these sites post 10+ news articles and the majority of them I [...]

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