Tag Archives: Linux

f.lux– A Plugin To Save Your Eyes

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Ted Curran

A couple months ago I added a free, open source plugin to my Mac called f.lux that promises to relieve eye strain and insomnia caused by blue screen glare. It adjusts my screen’s color temperature based on the time of … Continue reading →

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Chrome OS Netbooks: Can Your School Live in the Cloud?

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Ted Curran

If you haven’t heard of Chrome OS, it’s Google’s attempt to do away with the desktop altogether and have everything that happens on your computer happen inside the browser. This means that instead of opening Outlook for your email, you … Continue reading →

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The Best of Both Worlds– Web Apps with Desktop Clients

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Ted Curran

The recent explosion of great tools that simply run in a web browser has been amazing. From tools like Google Docs, Evernote, Flickr, Twitter, Facebook, Prezi, and Rememberthemilk and the venerable Gmail– you can access powerful tools for free wherever … Continue reading →

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Over-Extending your Firefox with Extensions? Use Different Firefox-Powered Browsers for Different Tasks!

Posted on September 3, 2009 by Ted Curran

Everyone loves Firefox because there are so many great user-created Add-Ons that make your web browser into much, much more. Add-ons allow you to customize your browser to make tasks easier. This extra performance comes at a slight cost; the … Continue reading →

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iPhone-style phone number hyperlinks in Firefox [Mac, Win, Linux]

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Ted Curran

One thing that grabs people’s attention when they get an iPhone is that phone numbers on websites automatically become hyperlinks. Click on a number, and the iPhone asks you if you want to call that number. Firefox on your computer … Continue reading →

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Bridge the Screen Divide: YuuGuu, Jaadu, and Chicken of the VNC

Posted on August 4, 2009 by Ted Curran

Image via Wikipedia Has this ever happened to you? <<<<<<<RING! RING!>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Me: Hello? Dad: Hi Ted. There’s a problem with the computer. All my programs disappeared. Me: What do you mean they disappeared? Dad: I don’t know– they’re just gone. … Continue reading →

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