Matthew Poer

I use Opera, and I use Kontact, Kopete, and the many other KDE applications. So Opera is sort-of the sore thumb in the mix. But it can integrate with the KDE Desktop almost as well as Konqueror itself, plus it renders more quickly and handles javascripts better (in my experience).
But I had one very annoying [...]

Tonight I discovered a tool I have been wanting for quite a while: a video editor for my Linux systems. The application is called LiVES (LiVES is a Video Editng System) and it is in the Debian Multimedia repository.
I am no artist, video producer, or anything even closely resembling an expert judge for this sort [...]

My wife, daughter, and I spent last weekend at my grandparents’ home. Among the southern cooking, visiting, church-goings, and other such things, I spent some time each day (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) using their computer and dial-up Internet service.
The computer is new, an anniversary gift from the “kids.” It is a Dell something-or-other with a [...]

First, a quick definition of Piggybacking. I like to define it as the act of using a notebook computer or other electronic device to connect to an open an unencrypted wireless access point, often with the Intention of connecting to the Internet.
Internet Service can be expensive. It tends to range from the $25 to $75, [...]

You may have noticed that occasionally, presentations made in Microsoft Office PowerPoint lose a bit of their formatting and functionality when they are played in OpenOffice or KPresentation.
Well, now that won’t be a problem. That is, if you don’t mind using WINE and/or a Microsoft product.
The solution is Microsoft’s Free PowerPoint 2003 Viewer application. Probably [...]