In Ubuntu, my sound will go weird at random times when listening to music or looking at Youtube and other videos. Voices turn into robot sounds and music is distorted. When this happens, I simply type the following in the terminal: Notice there is only one dash (-) in the first command and two in… Continue reading Fixing weird sound in Ubuntu Linux
Antecons
“Release fast and iterate“. In some parts of the computing world this is the mantra and I think it’s time for an early announcement: Metacircle has now released an actual product (kind of). It is called Antecons, short for antecedent – consequent. Antecons is a small and simple component that suggests items based on previous… Continue reading Antecons
Why you should not use Microsoft Silverlight for your next web application
The above warning message sums up everything I dislike about proprietary web technologies. Silverlight is a fairly new Microsoft technology from 2007 and Moonlight is its Open Source and not up-to-date equivalent that I have to use because Microsoft does not provide Silverlight for Linux. Since most software only run on Windows anyway why is… Continue reading Why you should not use Microsoft Silverlight for your next web application
Business Stock Photo
Did you ever wonder where companies get their nice looking photos for the pages of their website? You know, the ones with a team with an equal amount of male and female employees that are just so happy about their jobs and dying to get some work done and have you as their next customer?… Continue reading Business Stock Photo
Times New Roman versus Georgia font types
Note: This blog post is a rare example of an opinion/observation that is no longer relevant and/or represent my current views, but I’m keeping it here for historical reasons :-) It seems that at the moment, the Georgia font type is winning the font race on the internet. But even for fonts, one has to… Continue reading Times New Roman versus Georgia font types