Monthly Archive for November, 2011

My last paper book (I hope).

The grand total of all free ebooks in the known universe that I can recommend and you legally download is three.

The retro vision of Commodore’s new OS.

Commodore’s new operating system has all the Compiz geegaws you can think of, cranked up to eleven and with canned 8-bit sound effects to match.

Mobilicity and WIND Mobile’s 2011 holiday promotions.

Both carriers can save you significant amounts of cash — even if you’re currently tied into a multi-year contract with Bell, Rogers or Telus.

Linux-powered comedy.

I’d wager that a lot of people in my local comedy racket would think they’d need a Mac or Windows laptop to play such a critical part in a show like this. They’d be wrong.

A little love for Linux Mint.

It would be tempting to position Mint as Linux for Windows users and Ubuntu for those used to Mac OS X, but such an idea does Linux Mint a great disservice. Ditto for OS X.