Kurt Nelson

My Various Random Ramblings

Entries for September, 2007

My Desktop Theme

I found online a complete kit to transform XP to look very close to Ubuntu. Link

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New Site Design Done

Well, the newest version of thisisnotajoke.com has launched, and we now run WordPress for a backend. The theme is based on Almost-Spring with heavy CSS modifications done thanks to Spencer of Gurnk.

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jDefense 0.2 Released

jDefense is a Java implementation of a tower defense style game.

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MLA in LyX

Learn how to write MLA papers using LyX and BibTex.

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jDefense 0.1.2

We have released the newest version of jDefense which has some major bug fixes, and minor graphical updates. The game is now fully playable, and just needs to be balanced. The newest version is available at http://jdefense.sourceforge.net

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Office 2007

Office 2007 is a major improvement over the old office. With the ribbon interface, you can now find what you want and can work much quicker.

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Google Talk

Google talk is now my favorite instant messaging system, with one major caveat: no one else uses it. So my new mission is to convert people.

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Pidgin

Pidgin is the best instant messenger program available. It is compatible with all of your friends on AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, Jabber, Google Talk, ICQ and IRC.

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Gmail

I use Gmail for all of my email, and consider it the easiest and best free solution for your email. Using Gmail, you can even keep your old email address. You never have to worry about losing your address book or any of your emails again, as they are all on Google’s server. If you [...]

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Mozilla Firefox

If I can’t have Mozilla Firefox on a computer, I refuse to use it. (Except
in the case of these school computers) Firefox is a full replacement for Internet
Explorer that is easier to use and can have a whole lot more features. Firefox
supports add-ons called extensions. for example, I have [...]

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