What you need to know before buying an Amazon Kindle

The Kindle 2 is pretty damn amazing, but there are some misconceptions about it’s features and a few things you should know before ordering.

Reading PDFs on Kindle for free

After much anticipation, I have finally received my new Kindle 2 in the mail. Before I purchased the Kindle, I was assured by Amazon’s Kindle purchase page that PDF was natively supported. As I have a rather large collection of PDF eBooks and documents from Project Gutenberg and more, I was sold. Having my entire [...]

Making the Ubuntu Switch Easier – 30 Essential Linux Applications

Below is a collection of cloned applications that I used on Windows that made the switch to Ubuntu (almost) seamless. Most of these apps are extremely customizable, though all are functional and set to the most common preferences once installed. A few important notes for new Ubuntu/Linux users:

If you don’t already have Ubuntu, download [...]

Oh my, the profanity within your box.

Click the image below to see the various profanities found within the linux kernel source.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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It’s apparent that as kernel complexity grows, tolerance diminishes

Colorization Using Optimization

This is a bit advanced, but the outcome is very cool. This process takes a black and white (or color) image, lets you scribble in some colors, and the colorization application accurately fills in and shades the rest. It can even do animated clips, as shown below.

More examples can [...]