The following email came in today, suggesting that I accept gibberish and confused references to myself as a clear and memorable tag people can use to find me on Google G+. Sorry bud: Kubulai’s my on-line personna. Take it or leave it. CYA.
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The International Bank of Google (or FaceBook)
The downside to on-line automation is error correction, which requires human interaction. I feel that local brick and mortar credit unions or banks will continue to exist, mostly in partnership with larger brick and mortar retail stores in high traffic areas, to allow human interaction to deal with exceptions.
It’s coming — just as I said. $89.99 Tablet for sale now
Not stunning, but functional. This is just an indicator of what is coming in the tablet market this fall. The price on this seven inch tablet is advertised at $89.99, including shipping. ASUS and Google just teamed up to release their Nexus 7 too, for $199, and the reviews are good: http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/28/nexus-7-review/. I feel that…
EdUbuntu 12.04: Configuring to get work done
Last night we installed the new Ubuntu 12.04 Precise on our HP 6910p business class notebook from a USB memory stick. The installation went about as quick and painless as any we have done. We also installed Blue Fish, FileZilla, Chromium, Compiz configuration manager, and SSH Server, and did some configuring of the Launcher bar….
Practical Ubuntu — Part 2 of 2
In “Practical Ubuntu — Part 1 of 2” we installed Ubuntu Oneiric Ocelot on an HP 6910p notebook alongside the existing Microsoft Windows Vista, set the administrator “root” login to a password we know, added openssh-server so we can work on it remotely instead of needing to stand right there beside the computer while…