Archive for April, 2009

Tweetdeck, for Linux

Sunday, April 12th, 2009

Today I installed a Linux version of tweetdeck, specifically for a Ubuntu 8.10 version of Linux. First step was to install Adobe Air: http://get.adobe.com/air/ Adobe knew I wanted a Linux version, and downloaded the install program to my computer. (more…)

The April 7, 2009 Authors Guild demonstration over Kindle text to speech

Sunday, April 12th, 2009

These are two pictures from the April 7, 2009 demonstration in front of the Authors Guild over text to speech in Kindle 2. Details about the issue and the demonstration are available here and here. The pictures were taken by Manon Ress, and may be used under any of the Creative Commons attribution licenses.

George Kerscher at the April 7, 2009 Kindle Demo, in NYC

Interview at Kindle demo, April 7, 2009, NYC

Dead drives

Sunday, April 12th, 2009

Two of my kids have three hard drives they would like brought back from the dead. (more…)