Author Archives: Apreche

How To Setup Android SDK in Ubuntu

Posted on 11-15-2007 by Apreche

If you pay attention to technology at all, you probably know about Google’s Android platform. People have largely panned it because they were expecting a gPhone to do battle with the iPhone. I think they are missing the point. This … Continue reading →

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Upgrade Hosting means Clean URLs Are No More

Posted on 11-05-2007 by Apreche

I use Linode for web hosting. I like it because from an administration perspective, I effectively have a dedicated Linux box. In reality it is shared, so I pay a lot less than the cost of dedicated with the same … Continue reading →

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What it’s Like Being On Digg’s Front Page

Posted on 10-29-2007 by Apreche

I learned a lot from having my story on Digg’s front page. Continue reading →

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Linux Doesn’t Lack Drivers, it Lacks Complete Drivers

Posted on 10-27-2007 by Apreche

…when you have a piece of hardware primarily designed to do function X, but capable of Y and Z, you can’t support just feature X and consider that to be satisfactory. Unless every single feature of a given piece of hardware is pushed to the absolute limit by the software, then the user is not getting everything they have paid for in that hardware. Continue reading →

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How to Make Major Purchasing Decisions

Posted on 10-19-2007 by Apreche

This is here for all the people who spend too much money on things they don’t need. This is for the people who buy things and then get upset only after making the purchase. This is for people without common sense. Learn to make a decision! Continue reading →

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Linux is Desktop Ready for Most People

Posted on 10-11-2007 by Apreche

Desktop readiness isn’t a matter of yes or no. It’s a matter of how many. There are a number of desktop computers in the world. It’s not a question of whether or not Linux is ready for them or not. It’s a question of how many of them are ready for Linux. Continue reading →

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Put Iron in the Ocean to Stop Global Warming?

Posted on 09-28-2007 by Apreche

Global warming can only be solved by new science. Continue reading →

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