All Blog Posts Tagged 'open' (26)

What I think of onlive

I think Onlive is going to be a great service I love to play games, but I also love physical media being able to touch something and look at it. This is why I would rather have a physical disk, rather than to have digital content. I also feel this way about steam and other downloadable game services, but the reason that I have an open mind about Onlive is because it is streaming media. I'm already signed up for the beta program and would love to own it if it is cheap enough. I own a PlayStation… Continue

Added by Daniel on September 7, 2009 at 4:06pm — No Comments

Drupal on Rails : A match made in heaven

Drupal is a great CMS. Rails is a great web development platform. I really like Ruby for its simplicity and it's no nonsense syntax. I also like Rails for it's programming shortcuts that let you have easily access to all Web 2.0 goodness without the headaches. But, sometimes, I don… Continue

Added by Etienne Savard on August 12, 2009 at 7:04am — No Comments

Great Portable Apps for USB key

Great for on the go. Portable Apps Continue

Added by Cookenstein on July 26, 2009 at 12:50pm — No Comments

Buying domain names: Just bought mine.

I think I will join website owners on Geeks now it is official… Today will be known by the day A Geeks Opinion went pro. So what will be the plan for me now? I am aiming to get 800 views a day. I know this will come slowly but I am aiming high. The plan now is to write reviews on open source software, freeware and discuss general idea’s and tech. I am hoping to move onto hardware reviews in the future. But time will tell. Take everyone, James Hill Latest review:… Continue

Added by James Hill on July 3, 2009 at 11:36pm — 4 Comments

Open Office 3.1 reviewed

The review mainly focuses on the Word processing part because thats what most people mainly use. You can find the review here. I would also like to thank Chris Pirillo for making this social network, defiantly the most kindest on the web. Also thanks must go to Ron Knights, EE, Renderedcook for supporting me... I will not let them down. Continue

Added by James Hill on July 3, 2009 at 10:35pm — 17 Comments

My list of open source software

So as any geek, I'm a fan of free and open source software, so I wanted to make a list of good, USEFUL, free and/or open source software, and hopefully have others add stuff that I might not be aware of. I mostly use windows, but I'll try to add plenty of multiplatform software. In My list: - Firefox (web browser) - Thunderbird (Mail application) - Sunbird (Calendar application) - Other Mozilla software - Opera (web browser) - Chrome (web browser) - Safari (web browser) - flock (web browser) -… Continue

Added by Jorge on July 3, 2009 at 3:30am — 5 Comments

FreeCiv - are we really that civilized?

I recall when I started gaming on my Pentium 133 laptop, just when Blizzard's Diablo was hitting the shelves. Oh, MAN what a game! I was hooked. Warcraft II was also out and I remember the hours I used to spend wasting away in front of the computer. It got to be too much. Round about the time I convinced my mother to buy me a $5000.00 Dell workstation for Christmas (with the world-legendary Pentium 4 (!) inside) to play Starcraft with, I was spending hours every day just clicking away, drones,… Continue

Added by Sirio Balmelli on June 30, 2009 at 9:52am — 1 Comment

Open vs. Closed Source Development

I'm not going to sit around all day beleaguering talking points. Both have their strengths and weaknesses, myths, etc. My questions lie more in the fact that we seem to be dead set on forcing one or the other down everyone else's throats. Open Source development by its very nature is a good idea. It allows a bunch of people to test and report bugs on software, and even fix it and submit fixes if they see fit. The downside to this is it's a lot like the chokepoint in communism, you can't really… Continue

Added by Kitty on April 27, 2009 at 10:16am — 9 Comments

Keepass

I like to add a favorite freeware app (or prog) to my lame blog here on Geeks, and the latest addition to this endeavor is Keepass. KeePass is a free open source password manager, and in my opinion a must have app. You can install it OR run it as a portable app (which I religiously do).

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Added by freewarefiend on April 6, 2009 at 5:53pm — No Comments

Why Use Drupal?

I just got back from DrupalCon 2009, which is a tech conference for people who use Drupal (an Open Source Content Management System). My site, BreakTheMatrix, is built using Drupal, so I wanted to see what cool things people are doing in the realm of Open Source development. I wasn't disappointed!

Thanks for watching, and as always, please pass along, rate, stumble, favorite, etc. if you like it! Resources: http://drupal.org… Continue

Added by shellyelliot on March 11, 2009 at 9:30am — 3 Comments

Investigating CMS / social networking frameworks for Linux...

I'm about to dive headfirst into creating a social network intended for a relatively small group (about 300 people). It will be focused on sharing information, photos, videos, and collaborations between studios in the artist / hacker community I am a part of. What seems to be very much wanted is for every user to get their own subdomain, e.g. nthmost.oaklandart.net, and I envision that each person's "realm" will be both self-contained (so they can bring in lots of web traffic OR stay relatively… Continue

Added by Naomi Most on March 6, 2009 at 4:00am — 4 Comments

I never thought I would become addicted to Ubuntu

Wow. It's been many years since I first gave Ubuntu a whirl, and I'm sincerely glad I did. Lately, I've been using Evolution (instead of Thunderbird), which allows me the ability to sync things easily with my Treo 680. All my ToDo's, memos, appointments (classes for me), and contacts are synced up perfectly. It's really a dream come true, since I can have it simply transfer everything easily. Games are not much of a concern for me anymore. I never was really avid about any PC game I played, ex… Continue

Added by Cameron on January 29, 2009 at 7:58pm — 1 Comment

Ubuntu Hat and Mouse Pad - HD

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A few weeks ago, I bought a couple of things from http://shop.ubuntu.com/ and want to show you how they look. The hat is made out of organic cotton and costs about nine dollars. It comes in two colors, one of which is organic, and employs a buckle style fit-strap. The mouse pad is either made from plastic, imitation plastic, or plastic like material and costs ap… Continue

Added by Jawnson on January 22, 2009 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Fire Safety

Though fire can be very safe if treated correctly, carelessness, irresponsibility or lack of knowledge when dealing with fire can lead to disastrous results. Location The location of your fire is a very important, and often overlooked, aspect of fire safety. There are two main considerations: * Whether the fire will catch light to or damage anything else * Whether the fire is dangerous for people nearby. Do not light a fire in a place near to people that are engaged in an acti… Continue

Added by kyle on January 5, 2009 at 11:10am — No Comments

Want to get a very cheap Mac Pro like computer?

I found a site which installs OSX on a PC to create a really high end, low price product, though it may be sacrilegious. This is the website This is Screenium THIS IS SPARTA!!! Continue

Added by Todd on December 30, 2008 at 6:30pm — 2 Comments

Open Periods

(OLD) I’m Screwed! I just checked my attendance and I had 64 Unexcused Absences. Heres the reason why, your whole school carrer you think that the world stands still while your at school, until you get an open period, or skip. Then you realize that people have work so the malls are almost empty except for old people and for lunch. so i went shopping sat around at the food court and walked around for a bit, but when you loose track of time thats what fucks you up. so carry a watch or set your al… Continue

Added by Stephen Craig on December 20, 2008 at 6:53pm — No Comments

Thoughts on Open Source and it's Future

For those users who are relatively new computer users or who have no issues with the way the computer is out of the box, living without open source is no problem. Honestly, this category spreads over most of the Apple community, because for the most part, people are satisfied with the way things work. Why is this? Well, because they just do. After all, as the motto goes, "It just works." For the most part, open source is the Antichrist of Apple, mainly because they try to prevent any means of OS… Continue

Added by Matt S. on December 9, 2008 at 9:32pm — 3 Comments

16-Foot Outdoor Movie Screen

By Kris at 10:30 PM If you’re one of those people who like to go full out when they go camping or have a BBQ then the new inflatable 16 foot projector screen from Open Air Cinema is perfect for you. The new screen is 220 inches (diagonally) and has a 16:9 contrast ratio. The screen is packed into a bag that weighs 20 pounds which contains a screen, air blower, ropes, stakes etc. and once the screen is inflated then the projector screen is supported by a dozen straps so you don’t have to worry a… Continue

Added by Kris on December 4, 2008 at 8:35pm — No Comments

the social web

thesocalweb.tv is a great show that's discussing the social web. Discussing different cool technologies as OpenID, OpenSocial and they talk a lot of the Open Stack which is a combination of OpenID, OpenSocial and many other techniques. The show usually airs every week. I have requested to start a group with the title "Socal Web" so well see if it gets accepted. I think OpenID should be used on geeks.pirillo.com but I don't know how much control chris or the people who maintains the site have.… Continue

Added by Daverix on November 30, 2008 at 11:00am — No Comments