NYT Headline: 3 Detectives in Bell Shooting Acquitted Why does this come as no surprise? The defendants waived their right to a jury trial, which many people thought was a risky move. What was risky about it? Instead of having twelve honest citizens decide their fate, they entrusted the decision to an agent of the [...]
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Linux Mint 3D Desktop
April 8th, 2008 
Tim Here’s a shot of my desktop today: Linux Mint (built on Ubuntu, built on Debian) with Compiz. Shown are 2 of my 6 desktops. On the left is twhirl running on the alpha Linux version of Adobe AIR. On the right is a terminal where PDFedit has dailed to compile because it cant find the [...]
Webdesign & Ubuntu Linux
March 26th, 2008 Tim I’m a self-taught web designer that got his beginnings on a Windows machine using first Frontpage (gag) and then Dreamweaver. Now, I love my Dreamweaver. It rocks to no end with all it can do. Add in Fireworks and Photoshop to the mix and you have one sweet set of tools that will keep you [...]
Wednesday Guest Post? Lindsay Lohan?
March 19th, 2008 Tim I’d like to offer a weekly spot on the Inflatable Soapbox for a guest post. Anyone who’d like to share his or her views on an Open Source topic (Linux, WordPress, GIMP, MySQL, GPL, distro review, etc.) is welcome to submit a post. You must register first to gain contributor status. Since I don’t have [...]
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Comments OffTuesday Tech Troubles and Triumphs: WordPress Archives Plugin
March 18th, 2008 Tim Today is the first in a regular weekly series, Tuesday Tech Troubles and Triumphs. I think I’ll probably have more troubles than triumphs to share, so let me start with one I’m having now. A client of mine wants his WordPress archives to be displayed in an expandable/collapsible format in the sidebar. He referred me [...]
Happy Birthday, Stacey!
March 10th, 2008 Tim Today is my girl’s birthday. Because we are the silly geeks that we are, I thought she might like some silly “mag cover” pics. I got up at 5am and opened the GIMP on my new gPC (upcoming post on that), started playing with it and here are the results. Let me know when it’s [...]
Why I Use Opera
February 27th, 2008 Tim Anyone who knows me, or knows of me, is aware that I use Free and Open Source Software; painfully aware, in fact. I never shut up about it. The torrent of sarcastic anti-Microsoft remarks must get tiresome. The inevitable lecture on the advantages of FOSS over proprietary systems is endured (usually) with patient grace by [...]
Posted in Linux, Open-Source, Technology Tags: browsers, Firefox, Linux, Open-Source, Opera Comments OffBlackle – Green Google!
February 25th, 2008 Tim Every now and then I read a post and smack myself in the head, saying “Why didn’t I think to blog that!” I’m sure we’ve all had that experience. Today, it was this post from Green Colibri. I’ve been using Blackle as an eco-friendly alternative to the Google home page since last year. There were [...]
Bug Sucker!
February 22nd, 2008 Tim Okay, I’m pretty sure it doesn’t run Linux, BUT! I’ve just discovered a fun site, Everyday Weekender (yeah, I know, the name embodies my personal philosophy of life). It’s filled with useful info on weekend fun, food, and more, but this post is the one that got me. RealWorldMom has been talking about getting one [...]
First Blog Award!
February 13th, 2008 Tim The Inflatable Soapbox is now rated E for Excellent! It’s the first blog award I’ve received; indeed, the first award of any kind in quite a few years. Thanks to Stacey of RealWorldMom! Stacey is a first class blogger, be sure to check out her site! I introduced her to blogging just a few months [...]
