iMatt :: The Blog of Matt Clare

This post is only for people using Fedora Core 3 Linux and your computer is in the Ontario Research and Innovation Optical Network – ORION, or one that is connected to the National Research Council of Canada – NRC, over a high speed connection (most Universities in Canada). Here’s a note in speeding up yum.… Continue Reading FC 3 and the NRC

If anyone is not familiar with the SETI@Home project you must not be too familiar with the internet. SETI@Home is the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence using distributed computing. Thousands, if not millions, of computers are currently using there spare time to crunch packets of telescope information sent to them from the SETI at home… Continue Reading 4.6 years later, no aliens found

Like Google? Like the look of OSX? Try this VERY cool Google start page: labs.google.com/googlex I would use it as my homepage if I didn’t already have a customized Google News page as my hompage. That said, I’m trying to find as use for this. UPDATE: Did you notice this link is dead? I followed… Continue Reading Ultimate Google Homepage

Have you considered trying Linux? Here’s a good flash animation of what that’s like. I’ll put a posting up soon on why I’m angry with a certain linux server. www.olene.net/linux.html Also, here’s another flash he did on switch from Windows to Mac (a little more positive) olene.net/switch

On the weekend my iPod had a few write errors, and Wednesday night I thought I’d get around to making a backup of the machine, fearing the inevitable. I added a few music files first and got an error after the first one copied. Then I tried to copy the whole thing ASAP and drive… Continue Reading Well, my iPod is iPooped 🙁