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I’m running Ubuntu on a Dell with Intel integrated graphics, the Intel GMA 950. Traditionally, integrated graphics have been left out of the eye candy fun, but this recent chipset is actually pretty good. I’ve run Vista on this Dell, and the Aero effects work great, so I was pleased to find instructions on the […]

PlotKit is a slick javascript library that allows you to easily generate line, bar, and pie charts with a few lines of javascript code. It supports rendering to both Canvas and SVG, so you can use it to add charting to your application and still be able to support a fair amount of browsers. I’m […]

Here’s how to organize a collection of things using Flickr, in this example an impressive 20 year collection of superballs. Lenore writes – Flickr is a great tool for organizing a collection. You can upload your photos and apply titles, tags and descriptions, which is a sneaky way of cramming a lot of indexed data […]

If you need to install X11 on a new Mac you can’t download or use the old one that Apple has on their site, you need to find it from the System install DVDs – mine was on disc 1 / System / Installation / Packages / X11User.pkg. It would be better if it was […]

For a lot of of Linux devotees, gaming has always been the reason for keeping an extra Windows machine, so it’s pretty interesting to see this barrier crumbling. Hackszine reader Michael Becker writes: I’d love for you guys to talk some about using Linux as an alternative to Vista. Personally I’ll be using Linux with […]

There was a nice post on TUAW today about making your Xbox360 and Mac play nice together. The guide includes information on using your Mac as a router to share your internet connection with the game console, using Xbox360 accessories with your Mac, and streaming media from the Mac to the Xbox360 using the $20 […]