Kindle media converter Windows script

Check this post out for a Windows batch script to convert images into PDFs optimized for the Amazon Kindle e-reader.

Quest to find the best Linux for slow computers, Fedora 12 LXDE upgrade to 13

I replaced Kubuntu Netbook Remix (KNR) on my netbook with the LXDE spin of Fedora 12. KNR looks nice and has many nice features for devices with small screens but it was just painfully slow on my netbook. LXDE is (in theory) a more crappy-hardware-friendly Linux flavor, so I decided to give it a try.

LXDE's UI looks uglier and less flexible than KNR's, but performance is indeed better. With that in mind I put together a development environment based on a Fedora LXDE virtual machine I can use to test my own projects in Linux. Nothing terribly resource-intensive but things like Grails, Gradle, AppFuse, etc. I wanted to know if this VM would be fast enough so I could use it as my development environment.

Click on "Read more" below to check out the rest of this post on a development environment VM and instructions on how to update Fedora 12 LXDE with the unofficial release 13.

NFJS 2010 - Northern Virginia Software Symposium II

This is my last post about the No Fluff Just Stuff Software Symposium here in Reston, VA. Sad to say I didn't get any of the 3 iPads! I did see my name scrolling down for the last iPad (the most expensive model!) but the system had to pick someone else's name just 2 or 3 positions from mine! Oh well... guess I am not destined to get one, since I am not gonna buy one and my luck isn't gonna get me a free one either. This is something else I might consider buying, if it ever sees the light of day Notion Ink Adam.

Anyways, the symposium was amazing - Jay Zimmerman put together a great set of speakers and enough varied content for everybody. Thanks Jay! These are the sessions I attended, along with my comments:

Click on the "Read more" link below to check out my notes on Friday's presentations.