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Monthly Archives: June 2007
Songs & Such: “Could be a Lot Worse” by Vigilantes of Love
The song “Could be a Lot Worse” is off the album Audible Sigh, the second to last album to use the Vigilantes of Love moniker. The more noticeble alt-country tinge does not detract from the lyrics or rock-ish vibe the song wants to give off. In fact, that tinge is what makes the song work in its best possible way. Continue reading
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Songs & Such: "Could be a Lot Worse" by Vigilantes of Love
The song “Could be a Lot Worse” is off the album Audible Sigh, the second to last album to use the Vigilantes of Love moniker. The more noticeble alt-country tinge does not detract from the lyrics or rock-ish vibe the song wants to give off. In fact, that tinge is what makes the song work in its best possible way. Continue reading
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Google Desktop for Linux Released
Yea, title kind of says it all. Google has released a Linux version of their Google Desktop. I have just installed it and I am going to let it index overnight. I’ll follow up later today as I play with it more. Continue reading
Customizing Your Gnome Desktop (Conclusion)
We have completed our latest series entitled “Customizing Your Gnome Desktop” and it was a nice one. We talked about customizing your background while touching on customizing your icons. We looked at window borders and GTK2.X controls. And to top it all off we went over customizing the Gnome Panel. Continue reading
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Want to Work for Google? Read This First…
It was an interesting read, primarily because I have heard so many good things about working at Google and while this does point out that most of that “good stuff” is true, it comes with some strings. That is just life though, some of the perks are fairly cool. Either way, it is a good read. Continue reading
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Google Docs More Useful
Google Docs got a revamp today. I have to say it looks nice. Everything is so much more organized with this new look and feel of the main page. The actual editing part looks pretty much the same, but with … Continue reading
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