Just got an email from our Computer Science Department –
Hallo
Google besoek ons Dinsdag 12:00.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/computer-science-resources-for.html
Translated from Afrikaans:
Google is visiting us Tuesday 12:00.
Awesome! __(‘Read the rest of this entry »’)
I use Linux a lot – for programming mostly.
It’s capable of everything else too though.
I’ve been using Mandriva Linux (previously known as Mandrake) for a few years now. A pity, the thing just has not been getting better.
I always wonder, “Why are there so many different types/brands of linux?” (called distro’s, short for distributions).
Most people use Windows (XP). It’s a fact. Developers, office workers, you name it, they all use Microsoft Windows.
It’s not easy for them to exactly try something else.
Well, try this: Ubuntu Linux
Go to the Ubuntu site and you can get a free copy to install (or test) on your computer for free.
They will send it to you free of charge too.
shipit.ubuntu.com
* If you are someone who likes to explore or play around with your computer, then this is a great way to start learning linux, etc.
* Scared of the black screen command line? Don’t worry, with the new Linux desktops out, you won’t even have to see one.
Comon, let’s stop using a hundred different (distrowatch.org) linux distributions, and start focusing on making one great and popular, Ubuntu!
Microsoft has a Windows fits all. Why can’t there be a free Operating System (OS) like that?
Ubuntu is free. Windows is not. Just by the way.
UPDATE: Even easier to try Ubuntu:
There’s plenty of help for Ubuntu users on the internet. And it’s really easy to get help should you want to find out how to do something!
In a previous post I made on audio books etc, I listed some free sources of audio books and MP3′s for you to listen to on your iPod (MP3 Player), or Mobile CellPhone or any portable device. For those times that you spend waiting/travelling.
NEW: Apple, the legends, iTunes brought out iTunes U , U stands for University I guess.
iTunes U has arrived, giving higher education institutions an ingenious way to get audio and video content out to their students. Presentations, performances, lectures, demonstrations, debates, tours, archival footage — school is about to become even more inspiring.
Great, another place where you can get world class information for free.
apple.com/itunesu/ – University and educational material (MP3′s etc) via iTunes!
Some universities’ iTunes U sites:
Mostly American universities.
Who will be the first South African university to have an iTunes.domain? itunes.sun.ac.za? or itunes.uct.ac.za?
apple.com/education will help you.
Google also broadcasts the talks that are given at the Google Offices to the world for free. Again, without technology, those talks would have fallen only on the ears currently in the room. Now anyone can be there, without actually being there.
Check out my previous page: time management i for some more links.
OK, Motorola’s wap / xhtml browser on their phones has a few issues. (Scrolling issue I pointed out)
I noticed that dropdown boxes (<select> html elements with <option>’s) on Motorola phones were being shown as a list, instead of as the usual dropdown list that we are used to.
Normal dropdown box html
How a dropdown box should look like
<select>
<option value="CellC">CellC</option>
<option value="MTN">MTN</option>
<option value="Vodacom4me">Vodacom</option>
<option value="Virgin">Virgin Mobile</option>
</select>
Motorola shows it “wrongly” like this instead:
Which does waste a lot of space on the limited screen size of a mobile cellphone.
We all know how important it is to keep your Microsoft Windows OS updated with the latest security patches / fixes!
Sometimes, Internet Explorer (IE) just has issues when you try to get some critical updates that you need, from windowsupdate.com or Automatic Updates, to keep safe.
So, what you can do is use Firefox or Opera to get the updates you need without any problems or hassles!
Here is the address:
windowsupdate.62nds.com
Almost any non-MSIE browser works here.
Go get your free windows updates!
Keep safe,
DEF
