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As a long-time proponent of open source technology, it makes me happy to post this to my blog. Gutsy Gibbon is almost here!

In case you’re wondering — Gutsy Gibbon is the name of the new Ubuntu release. Ubuntu is a “flavor” of linux. I have actually had Gutsy running on my laptop at home for months and this release will probably be the first release I put on my main system. My hope is to break my ties with the Windows world (although I haven’t fully made that jump yet). Anyway, check out Gutsy if you get a chance — I don’t think, outside of the theme, you’ll notice anything different between linux and windows.

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NOTE: This post is quite old — I use Curse for most of my mod needs now, though I still use Gatherer and Auctioneer – Tim

Those who know me, know that I’m an avid player of a game called World of Warcraft (WoW for short).  As part of the WoW experience, Blizzard allows users to create add-ons (called mods).  These mods will do something within the game like change the layout of the interface, add some functionality or just allow you to send a message when you’re resurrecting another player (among a million other things).  I’ve decided to pay some homage to my favorite mods (and mod site) by linking to them.  This will also help me point other WoW players to some of my favorite mods. (more…)

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The Lightning Project is a redesign of the Calendar component. Its goal is to tightly integrate calendar functionality (scheduling, tasks, etc.) into Mozilla Thunderbird.

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Here’s an awesome detailed “how-to” on creating RFID access for your front door!

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So, as the “Firefox Guru” around the office, I’m often asked to show off my favorite Firefox Extensions. So, I’m sent scrambling for my laptop to open up Firefox and find which extensions I have installed. So, instead of that method, I’ve decided to blog my favorites. I will try to keep this list updated as I find new favorites. (more…)

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