Monthly Archives: August 2004

Gmail invites

Posted on August 25, 2004 by Joe Brockmeier

Sorry folks, I don’t have any Gmail invites to hand out at the moment, and I already have several spoken for — assuming I am ever granted any in the first place.

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Opera and Gmail don’t mix

Posted on August 25, 2004 by Joe Brockmeier

Interesting… taking my Gmail account for a spin, and I thought I’d try signing in using Opera for Linux, just to see if there was any difference between using Mozilla 1.7.2, Firefox 0.9 and Opera 7.5 with Gmail. The answer … Continue reading →

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Ethereal

Posted on August 24, 2004 by Joe Brockmeier

Haven’t been posting links to stories I’ve written as of late, so I’m going to try to get back into the habit of doing that. The latest piece published is on UnixReview.com about Ethereal. What a wonderful piece of software! … Continue reading →

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I finally caved…

Posted on August 24, 2004 by Joe Brockmeier

This morning, I finally broke. After holding out for several months, I finally gave in to the temptation to buy an Athlon64 CPU + motherboard. It just couldn’t be helped… a person can only withstand temptation for so long. I … Continue reading →

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Hook me up…

Posted on August 20, 2004 by Joe Brockmeier

If anyone can hook me up with a Gmail account, it’d be much appreciated. Thanks! [Aug. 24, 2004] Update: Tim Chambers was kind enough to toss me an invite, and I’m now a happy Gmail user. Anyone wanting to send … Continue reading →

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Informal distro poll

Posted on August 13, 2004 by Joe Brockmeier

It’s about time for my quarter-annual desktop switch… that is to say, I’ve been using the same distribution on my “main” Linux desktop for about three months now, and I’m feeling that it’s time to switch. Since I write about … Continue reading →

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Gentoo

Posted on August 5, 2004 by Joe Brockmeier

Have recently been playing around with Gentoo… So far, I have to say that I’m liking it, though it’s awfully time-consuming when it comes to emerging packages. I assume that once you have a stable system that is not so … Continue reading →

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