GIMP animation

A little animation made with the GIMP:

http://mclark.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/mwccom.gif

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Computer… start dictation…

Looks like voice recognition is finally getting off the ground.
I’m still using WinXP so did a search for some front end voice recognition software that apparently uses Microsoft smarts included in Vista.
If it sounds complicated, it’s not. Well, it sorta is. But any interested WinXP users can figure out how to get voice recognition software [...]

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All about twitter

Twitter guy Evan Williams talks about following hunches even if you can’t say why or know where they’re going…

In the year leading up to this talk, the web tool Twitter exploded in size (up 10x during 2008 alone). Co-founder Evan Williams reveals that many of the ideas driving that growth came from unexpected uses invented [...]

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Gimme Mo-zilla!

Could it be true? I’m almost starting to like Mozilla Firefox more than my old standard, IE. It’s hard to believe that Firefox is based on the more or less defunked Netscape because that’s one browser that I never, ever liked (well, maybe I did in the very early days when I surfed on the [...]

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Open Office 2.4 – even better!

See my previous blog. I just installed the update for “Writer” and am sold… err, rather… whatever.
It’s freeware!

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A free alternative to costly commercial word-processors

I’ve been trying out “Writer” from www.openoffice.org and so far am very impressed.
It’s freeware and sort of fun but not cheesy. A good alternative to those costly commercial word-processors.

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