The Daily Thing

Today I wil be very sad for Fred Rogers has died.

Dane…You were saying you liked being able to post from your email but you wished you could get to your aggregator? What about the Mail to Aggregator (for Radio Userland users only)  function in your Prefs?

I like penguins!…For the record, the old HP that could never hook up to DSL, the reason my brother and I assembled this (my first and not last) computer and kicked off my official education in geek-dom, is up and running Red Hat Linux. By tonight (Murphy willing) it will be on the network and…

Interesting…Hmm…I can now purchase an additional 50 megs of server space on my radio weblog for $39.95. It’s a one time fee. Of course, I still have to pay $39.95 a year for the license to use Radio. But that’s cool.

Buyer beware…Warning over net sales tactics. Net users are warned to watch out for letters that appear to be invoices for domain names they have not purchased. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition] Got a similar one myself the other day where the company was supposedly “completing my order” for a domain name I’d…

Health and Safety…When It’s Time to Break the Mold. Mold infestations are dangerous to buildings and people. A new do-it-yourself kit lets you test your home or office for the presence of the dreaded fungi. By Louise Knapp. [Wired News] This is especially bad in our area because the long weeks of fog keep the…

Horse of a different color…So I’m working on setting up my Linux machine. I was really surprised by this old HP. I think it’s going to run nicely with Red Hat 8.0 on it and I’ve gotta say, so far I like what I’ve seen.

From an email to Joe Jenett……Want some more cats? I got about 8 strays running around my neighborhood. You can tell the local income by the number of cats vs dogs as strays. When I lived with my mom in the poor neighborhood there were TONS of stray dogs. Now that I’m “uptown” in an…

Time to Kill…Got a few minutes to kill? Take a look at the Flash Facemaker. Pretty danged fun. Let’s just say the wanted poster looking image I made of myself is too scary and too good to put here. But check it out and have a little fun. (Thanks, Zander!)

They’re just a little slow aren’t they…Blogging goes mobile. Weblogs could soon be updated from mobile phones, creating a new generation of bloggers. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]