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TTOW: TokBox, video chatting for the masses

TokBox is a website that provides video chat services, also known as webcam services. Yes, it's true, just about every instant messaging platform already does this: Skype, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger – even Google Talk does video chat now. On top of that, there are already so many sites providing video calling and conferencing like [...]

TTOW: Intense Debate

In this Tech Tip of the Week (TTOW, get it, almost seems like a feature, doesn't it?), I will present, once again, Intense Debate, a centralized commenting system that has benefits for content authors and readers alike.
Earlier this year I looked at both Disqus and Intense Debate. I weighed each of their merits and drawbacks. [...]

Tumblr

In short, I have a new site you can read: http://revjim.tumblr.com/
There are hundreds of sites begging people to put their cool links into them (delicious.com and the like). But none of them really let you customize the site and make it your own. On top of that, almost every piece of social networking software has [...]

Event: Photography at Eisenhower State Park (11/1)

When: Saturday, November 1st, 6:15am
Where: Eisenhower State Park near Denison, TX
What: Sunrise Photography on the lake followed by hiking
Who: Photographers, Models, Hikers, and Sunrise Enthusiasts
Why: WHY NOT?
This Saturday, November 1st, I'm heading out to Eisenhower State Park for some sunrise photography on the lake followed by a nice hike on some of the park's outstanding [...]

a day of moments and thoughts

I know that most of you didn't like the auto-twitter posting that appeared on my site. In truth, I don't really care for it on other sites either, unless I don't follow that person in Twitter and so long as they have more than just nothing but Twitter posts for months on end.
At the same [...]

My growing frustration with Vista

Maybe it isn't Vista's fault. Maybe it's just software developers not implementing their products correctly in Vista. But, much the same as Linux or, to some extent, the Mac, software is what makes an OS useful. If the software doesn't work then the OS may as well not work.
I can't seem to get my iPod [...]

Virtual Machines and the search for freedom

So I bought a laptop.
My employer — heretofore known as the Great White Devil (as coined by Joel Watson of HijinksEnsue) or GWD for short — was giving me some after my request for a RAM upgrade to the impossibly small 512kb that I have now due to the new Encrypted status of my laptop [...]

Daniel: 0, Linux: 1, Windows: 1 kabillion

I'm not misinformed enough to proclaim, "nothing changed, it just broke all by itself". But, I don't have any other explanation. My Wireless Card has suddenly stopped working in Linux.
I'm almost certain I didn't have a kernel upgrade or software install in between the last time it worked and now because I remember upgrading all [...]

Skype

I've been using Skype off and on here and there, but, thanks to it's Linux support, I've decided to make it my primary vehicle for Audio/Video Chatting, especially when away from home.
Skype Me: jimreverend

Ubuntu Live and Java

I'm not sure if this is specific to the Ubuntu Live based installs, or if this would apply to any Ubuntu installation. However, attempting to install sun-java6-jre (or sun-java5-jre) has left me with a continuous string of errors until I did this…
ln -s / /cow
It seems as though one of the installation scripts has this [...]