I just got an EEEpc 900 off of eBay that had XP loaded on it.  It was pretty cheap ($179 with shipping and tax) and overall have pretty good specs including 1GB of RAM, 16GB SSD Hard Drive, built in Mic and 1.3MP camera.  The goal was to get this for when I’m traveling to [...]

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The support plan structure that we subscribe to at MindTouch includes 2 tiers of tickets.  The first tier is a System Maintenance ticket which are basic questions about how to use/install/configure MindTouch.  Then we have advanced tickets called METs (MindTouch Expert Tickets).  These allow for support for advanced functionality within MindTouch.
METs are a cornerstone to [...]

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I’ve been working on installing Ubuntu 8.10 as a dual boot on my Dell PC. I captured some of my notes on the process here: http://coreyganser.com/Technology/Linux_Notes/Migrating_to_Ubuntu_8.10 I’ll be updating it as I continue to configure.  My goal is to get moved over to Ubuntu with an XP VM in the next week or so.

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I started messing around with Open Office 3.0 tonight.  There is a sweet extension for it called the PDF import It allows you to import a PDF document into Open Office Draw, and change it.  This is awesome as before, one would have to have an Adobe product in order to edit a PDF.  I encourage [...]

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I’ve been waiting for Open Office 3 for a while for one of its best features, compatibility for Microsoft Office 2007 files.  For those of you that don’t know, Open Office is an Open Source alternative to Microsoft Office.  It is very easy to use and includes the full suite that you would get with [...]

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