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Updating the Fedora 16 VM

Be sure that the sleep mode is disabled on the host computer, BEFORE you start the updates on Fedora 16 and then get called away by ‘events’ and comeback to find that the machine went to sleep before the updates got finished.  Makes for a more efficient update process! 79 updates selected, I might have [...]

Fedora 16 vs. Ubuntu 11.10 Performance Benchmarks

Fedora 16 vs. Ubuntu 11.10 Performance Benchmarks Published on November 28, 2011 Written by Michael Larabel After recently comparing Ubuntu 11.10 and Fedora 16 for boot speed and power consumption, up now are various Linux benchmarks under both of these distributions.   There wasn’t any clear winner overall for the compute tests. While the compute [...]

Fedora 16 – new category

Notes on using Fedora 16, and related subjects have their own category in this blog now.

28 New Great Magazine/Newspaper Style WordPress Themes

A fellow asked on the Facebook site for suggestions on where to find Newspaper Style WordPress themes, I asked Google and got this URL http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wordpress/great-magazine-newspaper-wordpress-themes/ I then added “I’d start there, and then develop your idea from those, or purchase one of those. Do work with a developer, usually end up with the best project [...]

ManageWP.com

http://vimeo.com/27287078 intro to manageWP.com

Extending the Functionality of WordPress links for part 1 and 2 from noupe.com

Extending the functionality of wordpress has two great posts by from noupe.com worth sharing, here are those links: Part One: http://www.noupe.com/wordpress/extending-the-functionality-of-wordpress-pt-1.html Part Two: http://www.noupe.com/wordpress/extending-the-functionality-of-wordpress-pt-2.html Add your comments below.

7 Google Chrome Extensions For Screenshot

As a result of needing an extension for same in my Chrome today, I found this post with it’s excellent list of suggestions worth sharing.  http://www.itechmag.com/7-google-chrome-extensions-for-screenshot/  sharing it here for the next person that has to look for one.  Thanks ROCKIN for taking the time.

Google Plus Information

  The NEW Google Plus icon and username linked to same, http://gplus.to/GuyRCook you can get your own username for your Google PLus profile. Go to http://techgopal.com/2011/07/how-to-change-google-username/ once you have a Google+ profile, and then your username will be something you can say over the phone. I found this nice icon collection from Sean McCabe at [...]

The Goals then might be:

The Goals then might be: Ads, for targeted prospects to first get their interest.  Ok, to make them think “Hey, I should click on this” ok? Engagement, for 2 things to increase visibility and get a response, that means what is/are the perfect question(s) since there can be multiple ads with different questions to find [...]

6th National Digital Conference

Watch The Go On:ND11 6th National Digital Conference live online on May 11-12 Very interesting topic, they’re getting everyone online.