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Zylblog is a personal blog about anything and everything. Previously, Zylblog was specifically dedicated to computer technology and software.
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Quick Kudos to our new theme
We’d like to give a quick kudos to the new theme we are using on our blog, to Devolux. The theme we are now using is called “JQ”, and it seems to work with our setup just fine. Unfortunately, if … Continue reading
Radio Shows
The oldest form of electronic entertainment, the radio show, still lives on. Unfortunately, due to the furthered technological inventions in our rapidly moving world, radio is being buried underneath various forms of entertainment. Personally, I enjoy radio shows. Don’t tell … Continue reading
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Tagged car talk, don't tell me, entertainment, lab, lake wobagon, prarie home companion, programme, programs, radio, radio lab, radio shows, science, science friday, show, wait wait
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Server Updates
I like telling my users what I have changed on my website, and what I will be changing. First, I have decided that the forums are utterly useless and that they do not benefit the website in the least bit. … Continue reading
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Blog stats — Last 30 days
User visits increasing (partially because we fixed an issue that was occurring with the way we had Analytics set up…) Anyways, here’s the results of the last 30 days. Visits Over the Past 30 Days Site Usage 137 Visits 67.15% … Continue reading
Updated Progress: Ubuntu 9.10
So far, so good. I have been keeping top of the bleeding edge nightly updates for the BETA operating system. Ubuntu 9.10 is really undergoing quite a bit of active development. I have noticed stability increase quite a bit, though … Continue reading
Pandora Alternatives
Pandora has recently (probably a month ago or so) started doing video advertisements. If you are a frequent Pandora user, you know that quite a while ago they started doing audio ads — that wasn’t so bad. The video ads … Continue reading
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Tagged alternatives, audio ads, free, last.fm, no ads, pandora, radio, Rhythm box, video ads
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Ubuntu 9.10 Progress…
Okay, the progress: The upgrade of 9.10 from 9.04 failed completely. I don’t know who to blame it on yet, however it is not an issue that an average home user would be able to easily fix themselves… Anyways, I … Continue reading
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Updates to copyright / citation policy
I updated my copyright/citation policy. I consider copyright a very serious matter, even on such as small blog as mine. See the policy in detail here: http://zylstrablog.co.nr/wordpress/?page_id=150 This also includes information on how to take excerpts from my website.
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Uncommon Instrument
I ran across a relatively uncommon instrument, called the “Thumb Piano”.
Its a small portable essentially acoustic instrument, requires no tuning (its a fixed-tune instrument). Continue reading
Google Voice Review
I have been using Google Voice for the last two months. I don’t believe in reviewing a product until I have really tried it out, which took me longer with my Google Voice account since I don’t get a lot … Continue reading
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Tagged Google, Google Voice, grand central, review, sms, voice, voicemail, voicemail alternatives
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