Month: September 2011

  • SocioloG+ – The launchening

    About 24 hours ago I had the privilege to push the proverbial switch on launching http://sociologyplus.com/  and I swear I had no idea that Google was planning on opening G+ to the public the same day as well. Sometimes things just work out like that. A lot of people worked some long, tireless hours on this site…

  • Clickable URLs in PuTTY

    PuTTY is a SSH/Telnet client for windows. I’ve been using it on a daily basis for many years now as it’s stable, simple, and does everything I need. A few months ago I decided to hop into a few IRC channels I used to frequent many years back to catch up with old friends. Instead…

  • Virtual Machine Showdown – VMWare vs VirtualBox

    Let’s face it, not everyone wants to install a second operating system on their hard disk.  Dual booting between Linux and Windows is a tremendous pain in the butt. This is why the great computing diety invented Virtual Machines.Virtual Machines are programs that emulate a computer, It allows you to run an operating system inside…

  • Why I Use Windows 7 over Linux on my main PC

    I’m going to start off my new series of articles about Linux with a post about Windows. Yes, that’s right, Windows. And it’s not going to be an article talking about how terrible Microsoft is, or how Bill Gates is the anti-Christ. It’s an article on why I use Windows as my main operating system.…