The Sleepy Geek's Blog (13)

Windows 7 First Impressions

To be completely honest I haven't been following the release dates for Windows 7 because I haven't been very excited about a new Windows version. With the last release (Vista) being delayed so many times and rumours about this date and that date, I gave up on Microsoft's schedule. I downloaded the beta yesterday and installed it on a Dell D620 which is one of my test machines at work. There is no question that Microsoft really improved the installation process when Vista came out and they are u… Continue

Added by The Sleepy Geek on January 12, 2009 at 2:52pm — 6 Comments

The NEW Blackberry Bold 9000 - This Is The Start Of My Crackberry Addiction!

Well I guess it's more like "MY NEW Blackberry Bold 9000" because it's been out for a little while :) None the less it's new for me and deserves a review. To start, I love having a qwerty keyboard with real buttons to be able to write emails and SMS messages. That is something I was convinced I would like before the purchase because it is so much faster than a phone keypad or a touch screen and having the feeling o… Continue

Added by The Sleepy Geek on January 8, 2009 at 9:01pm — 2 Comments

Geek Parents Listen Up! If You Used To Listen To The Radio To Track Santa, This Is Better!

I used to love listening to the radio on Christmas Eve because they always tracked Santa. They would give locations and the progress of Santa and how close he was to your city and it added to the magic of the night. My son is 4 years old, my daughter just turned 2 and because I am always online I did a search for the Santa Tracker for Christmas Eve. Sure enough NORAD has something there for my kids and I online. Take a look at some of the video they put t… Continue

Added by The Sleepy Geek on December 23, 2008 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Wordpress 2.7 Installed And You Admins Are Going To Like The Interface!

So you all know that I was updating to Wordpress 2.7 because I touched on it last week. I am glad I made the switch because the admin interface is really nice. I liked the old 2.6.x interface as well but the charcoal on white is very easy to look at. The layout has also been cleaned up. Seems like less on the page but all the same information is there. Better organization makes it seem much cleaner to the eye.… Continue

Added by The Sleepy Geek on December 15, 2008 at 2:44pm — No Comments

I Know Where To Get Jaiku Invitations, Come Get 'Em!

I have been searching around for Jaiku invitations on and off for a while and finally I came across a site that seems to be made for me :) If you want to try a twitter like site that is owned by Google then you should head over to http://jaikuinvites.com/ and get your invite. … Continue

Added by The Sleepy Geek on December 8, 2008 at 8:36am — 2 Comments

Who The Hell Knew Google Reader Could Be Better?

Let's face it! Google Reader was a pretty slick interface before they went and made any changes this week. I wasn't expecting it (probably was mentioned on the reader blog RSS feed) but it is a welcome update. I am a huge fan of clean looking interfaces. I supposed that is why I like OS X and some of the simpler applications out there. They have taken away some of the colouring that they had on the left side and replaced it with white backgrounds. The sections are separated with lines rather th… Continue

Added by The Sleepy Geek on December 5, 2008 at 2:43pm — 4 Comments

Twitter Stops SMS Service To Canada

If you are Canadian like I am then this sucks! I am sure that this is not the fault of Twitter but the fault of the wireless providers in Canada. To be completely honest they all are pretty bad up here. In a statement release on their site they explain the reason is due to cost.

Unexpected changes in our billing have forced us into a difficult situation with our Canadian SMS service. We can’t afford to support this service given our current arrangement with our providers (where cost

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Added by The Sleepy Geek on November 27, 2008 at 9:48am — No Comments

Where Do You Get Your Desktop Wallpaper?

I like to change it up every once in a while and put a new wallpaper on my computer. Usually I take something that is pertinant to the seasons or something going on in my life. Right now in my neck of the woods we have had our first real snow fall and the big bad winter is coming. So I decided to go with this one: … Continue

Added by The Sleepy Geek on November 26, 2008 at 11:30am — 4 Comments

Do you Kubuntu? A look at my 8.10 installation.

I installed 8.10 with KDE4 last week on a IBM T43 laptop and it went quite smoothly. I was impressed with how easy it went through and that all the hardware except for the wireless card worked out of the of the box. The wireless card setup even though not 100% automated was still quite easy. The driver is a restricted driver and required approval before being used. I saw the warning icon on the taskbar right away and enabled the driver which let me connect to my… Continue

Added by The Sleepy Geek on November 21, 2008 at 2:25pm — 2 Comments

Want Your Wordpress Subscribers To Automatically Get Emails?

I have been searching for a plugin for Wordpress to automatically send an email to my subscribers each time I post a new article. I haven’t been very lucky, until now! I have found a tool called Subscribe2. The name isn’t very telling however it will let you set up how new blog subscribers are registered for emails by default. Before installing this plugin at www.thesleepygeek.c… Continue

Added by The Sleepy Geek on October 20, 2008 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Need to manage your personal finances?

I have been looking for quite some time for a personal finance management software. I prefer to have something online because my wife and I both need to access it at any given time. I was thinking however that there are quite a lot of people who are not comfortable with having their financial data online and would much rather have it stored locally on their computer.

I have found a personal finance software that is both open source and Windows/Linux

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Added by The Sleepy Geek on October 20, 2008 at 10:49am — 4 Comments

Do You Stream Video Online, Perhaps Have A Podcast? Then The Samson C01U Is For You!

Do you have a live video stream or a podcast? If you do then you have most likely thought about the audio quality that you are sending out. Since thinking about starting a live video stream, I have been investigating what type of microphone to buy. After a lot of recommendations and viewing some streams with the Samson C01U I decided to purchase that model. It is a… Continue

Added by The Sleepy Geek on October 10, 2008 at 1:42pm — No Comments

New Bluetooth Car Headset For My Cell Phone.

I have wanted to get a Bluetooth headset for driving in the car for quite some time. It always seemed to be second place to something else that was more urgent on the 'purchase list'. When I was on vacation I received a new Plantronics Discovery 665 as a gift, and what a nice gift it has been. The first thing anyone asks me about it i… Continue

Added by The Sleepy Geek on September 29, 2008 at 7:57am — No Comments