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How to Rip DVDs to Small AVI or MPG Formatted Files

While DVDs are high quality and you can rip them to your PC, they do have drawbacks, such as large file sizes (4-9 Gigabytes per movie) and obscure file-naming.By ripping a DVD to an AVI or MPG file, you benefit from small and portable file sizes, your own file naming, and free conversion software.For Mac owners, see your own guide ….

A critical look at Ubuntu or: What companies could learn about PR from open source

Matthew Thomas has posted a very critical look at Ubuntu on his weblog. Actually, he calls it "My first 48 hours enduring Ubuntu 5.04," which follows his 48 hours enduring Mac OS X. Thomas is an interface designer, and he has plenty to say about the Ubuntu interface, some of which I can agree with, other things I find a bit silly. For example, this complaint about the dialog boxes for some programs: Dialogs themselves are not modal: they let you continue to use the parent window. This allows such nonsensical situations as a ?Save as JPEG? dialog for a Gimp image that no longer exists, and a Print dialog for a Web page that is no longer open or ……

When parents turn poisonous…

Are you a parent of minor children who is considering getting divorced? If you are, you should be aware of the risks of Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS), whether or not you plan to be your children's custodial parent. According to…

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Sniffles

Anna has a cold. It’s really only her 2nd one I think, so we’ve been lucky. She hasn’t had one since she was only a month or two old. Luckily she’s not too cranky, but her nose has been…