Going Static with Nanoc
Taking the Starry Hope website from the dynamic world of Wordpress to the static world of nanoc. Learn why going static might be a good idea for your website. Continue reading ...
Take a Break with Workrave
Workrave is an app for Widows and Linux to help prevent Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI), and it's very useful for reminding you to get up and walk around or take a break. Continue reading ...
5 Online Backup Solutions for Ubuntu
The Cloud has promised us infinite, cheap storage where we can save our ever-growing data. Online cloud backups can be a great part of your overall backup plan, but it's important that your data is secure, encrypted, and backed up automatically. Here are a few online backup tools that aim to make cloud backups easy for users. Continue reading ...
10 Alternative Web Browsers for Ubuntu
Here are 10 alternative browsers that you may find useful or interesting. This is not a comprehensive list of Linux web browsers, just 10 that we liked. If you're using Firefox or Chromium on Ubuntu, you can install these browsers from this page by clicking on the Install Now button after each browser summary. Continue reading ...
Welcome to Starry Hope!
My name is Jim Mendenhall and Starry Hope is where I occasionally blog about geeky technology stuff. Starry Hope has taken many forms since the late 90s when it was my web design and hosting company. I relaunched the site in 2004 as a personal blog and some of those posts are still around for historical purposes. These days, I try to post helpful information for other geeks as I solve problems in the process of my work and play with computers. If you find something useful here, be sure to subscribe to my RSS Feed or follow me on Google+, Twitter or Facebook.
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Compress Website Images with Trimage
If you do a lot of publishing on the web, you probably know that you should be optimizing your images for speed. Trimage can help you optimize your images quickly and painlessly.
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What Is the Best Tablet for a Linux User?
As an Ubuntu Linux user and someone who has aversion to vendor lock-in, I've been holding out on getting a tablet computer, waiting for something better and more Linux friendly to come out. What are your experiences with using a tablet along with your Linux desktop?
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