Monthly Archives: November 2008

Twitter Updates for 2008-11-16

Posted on November 16, 2008 by Joe Brockmeier

A plague on the Internet: Proliferation of people using “then” when they should be using “than” and “it’s” to mean possessive. Argh. #

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Twitter Updates for 2008-11-14

Posted on November 14, 2008 by Joe Brockmeier

#openSUSE 11.1 beta 5 available: http://tinyurl.com/6a38l3 # Testing tweeting using curl # @abock has released Banshee 1.4! And there was much rejoicing… http://tinyurl.com/6x3zh7 in reply to abock # Free Software Foundation does the right thing for free culture: The Free … Continue reading →

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Twitter Updates for 2008-11-13

Posted on November 13, 2008 by Joe Brockmeier

RFC: openSUSE 11.1 beta 5 draft announcement: If all goes as planned, we’ll be releasing openSUSE 11.1 .. http://tinyurl.com/5h7j7s # Anyone else having issues connecting to Gmail and/or Gtalk? # Things seem back to normal. Wonder what the glitch was? … Continue reading →

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Twitter Updates for 2008-11-12

Posted on November 12, 2008 by Joe Brockmeier

Software installation myths: Linux vs. Windows: Nice little piece over on ComputerWorld by Steven J. Vaughan-.. http://tinyurl.com/5op44l # What’s unique about openSUSE?: Because openSUSE ships a lot of the same software as other Linux distros.. http://tinyurl.com/6b4qu6 # @glunardi Um… February. … Continue reading →

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Guess that Lit degree may have a practical application after all

Posted on November 12, 2008 by Joe Brockmeier

To provide better patient care, some hospitals are adding the study of literature into their residency programs: According to this New York Times article, more and more schools over the last fifteen years have included the reading of Virginia Woolf … Continue reading →

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Twitter Updates for 2008-11-11

Posted on November 11, 2008 by Joe Brockmeier

Despite weak economy, strong demand for community managers: Looking for a new gig? Apparently the market is h.. http://tinyurl.com/6ymcmk # @garethgreenaway Exactly. There can be only one. in reply to garethgreenaway # @garethgreenaway Downsides? The hours are long, and the … Continue reading →

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30 second post

Posted on November 11, 2008 by Joe Brockmeier

I’ve been trying to blog more regularly on this site, but it isn’t easy finding time to manage three blogs. A couple of things worth reading: John Scalzi: Fighting bigotry with Snark — awesome approach. Tim Bray: Dear America — … Continue reading →

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