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April 8, 2008
Using VMWare to Watch TV?
I remember being so excited the first time I played PacMan in an emulator. Now virtualization has become so fast, I can watch TV in a virtual machine. Specifically, VMWare Server 1.0.5 is able to run Mythbuntu 7.10 as a front-end at 640x480 at…
April 7, 2008
Thunderbird and Google Desktop
I love Thunderbird. I love using Google Desktop with it — two whaps
at the “Ctrl” button and I get my search box, and I’m seconds away from
finding any message.
Unfortunately, Google Desktop still doesn’t index documents attached
to email messages stored in…
April 6, 2008
Xeyes: Inviting an Old Friend to Microsoft Windows
In the early 90s, we worked on these large black and white Sun monitors with X‑Windows. The problem was that with monochrome screens, we’d lose our cursor if we glanced away for a second. The solution was xeyes: a charming set of…
April 2, 2008
Grants.gov Stakeholders Webcast — April 16th
Just got this notice (and entered it on the Grants Management Events Calendar):
Please join us for the next Grants.gov Stakeholder Webcast on Wednesday, April 16, 2008, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. ET. This meeting will be a webcast only…
April 1, 2008
FBO.gov redesign creates frustration and angst
Government contractors’ favorite Web site, FedBizOpps.gov (known as FBO.gov), launched its redesign this week, and there are some significant problems with it. I just e‑mailed this list to the site maintainers:
1. New site registrants are sent their username AND password…
March 28, 2008
GPC Webcast available
So it says here:
The archived version of the GPC Webcast from March 18, 2008 is now available from our website at http://www.grants.gov/aboutgrants/grants_news.jsp. Once you are brought to HUD’s website, if the link does not take you to HUD’s directly to…
Updated FFATA Subaward Pilot meeting information
More details on the FFATA Subaward Pilot project have been announced. The original announcement is here. Apparently the pilot project is scheduled to start June 23 and end August 23, 2008. If you are interested in participating, join the meeting…
March 27, 2008
GPC Webcast available soon
I missed the GPC webcast last week due to another commitment, and didn’t know about the problem that was mentioned in the Grants.gov mailing list yesterday:
Yesterday’s Webcast was unable to be viewed outside of HUD due to an unfortunate and…
March 26, 2008
Using a Wii Controller on Mythbuntu
My wife and I love our MythTV box (a great set of open source projects that allow you to make your own TiVo-like machine), so we just needed to have a front-end box for our treadmill. But, we didn’t have an extra…
Creating an RSS feed From an iCalendar Zimbra Stream
At TCG, we have moved to using Zimbra for company-wide collaboration and are rather pleased with its mail and calendar capabilities. Within the system we created an event calendar to hold vacations or company events, and I thought that an RSS…