http://www.mylestonnies.com a commentary.... what else were you expecting? Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:47:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Multimedia Because Ubuntu is a free operating system, they are not technically allowed to give people the codecs used decode certain media types with the system. A multimedia codec is a small piece of software which allows you to watch videos or listen to music of a specific format. There are ... http://www.mylestonnies.com/2008/08/22/getting-started-with-ubuntu/ A coworker glanced over at me, looked down, and said, "Are those white socks?" "Yes", I said. "Why, what's the matter?" "But... you are wearing sandals", she said. That was the conversation the put everything on the table... socks and sandals. And not only socks and sandals, white Wilson socks (above the ankle), ... http://www.mylestonnies.com/2008/08/22/white-socks-and-sandals-two-socks-up/ I'm sorry. I could not resist. All PETA advocates, I do care about the welfare of animals. However, my priorities are a little more in line with rational and logical thinking. I am for the ethical treatment of animals in production for consumption. ShareThis http://www.mylestonnies.com/2008/08/19/what-hannibal-lecter-would-do/ I recently tried the new KDE 4.1 desktop. This desktop has enormous potential. However, currently it is still in its BETA stage and has too many bugs to be used as a production desktop. When installing the desktop I switched to the KDE display manager. I removed the desktop and ... http://www.mylestonnies.com/2008/06/05/change-from-kde-display-manager-to-gnome-display-manager/ The Moral and Ethical Implication of Theft My car was broken into this past weekend; a long weekend at that. I was furious. How could some one knowingly do this to someone else’s property? I had a Garmin c550 in a hidden console. Other than that, the only valuables in the ... http://www.mylestonnies.com/2008/05/22/the-moral-and-ethical-implication-of-theft/ Another reason why I love Linux. Having created a screen capture in the OGG file format, I needed to give it to a friend who prefers to work with AVI formats. After a few minutes of searching, voila... a simple and elegant answer was found thanks to liquidat. The short sweet ... http://www.mylestonnies.com/2008/05/16/converting-ogg-file-format-to-avi/ I am wondering why you would need to create such device? Some ideas: You made bombs and forgot about them... People must really not like you... (I would seriously start to question why) You had some extra money laying around (and that’s after the an imminent recession, mortgage crisis and health care crisis, and ... http://www.mylestonnies.com/2008/05/14/bomb-sniffing-dalmatian/ So he came home with a rat.  A rat with a purple cage.  A rat with a four-tiered purple cage.  A rat who's name, he decided, would be "Tom".  So, Tom lived in a three-tiered purple cage, and would soon receive a gift of a purple ball, in which to ... http://www.mylestonnies.com/2008/05/08/major-tom/ I have posted this article in response to the many people who have purchased a new computer with Windows Vista pre-installed (Give Ubuntu 8.04 a try. You will not regret it). Many people use their home computers to access work email. Many people access web-mail through a .NET interface ... http://www.mylestonnies.com/2008/04/28/using-ie-6-in-vista-via-firefox/ Johnny is an arrogant cat. His ass stinks, but he does not think that it does. He licks you with a scaly tongue, but he thinks that you like it. He vocalizes a "perrr..meow" in the morning and doesn't realize that he is one step away from a rooster, ... http://www.mylestonnies.com/2008/03/09/from-smug-to-stuffed/