BigCat’s Blog of DOOM

My name is Ben Catlin, and this is where I rock out on topics like my life, technology and faith.

Browsing Posts published in May, 2006

The Big Switch

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Ok, so I’m going to finally give in, after the move I’m putting my money where my mouth is and going to Linux for at least the summer. No windows, no going back before I have to make sure everything works for Lauren go to school. Who’s With me?!!?!?! Seriously, does anyone want to try [...]

OpenOffice Missing Feature

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I keep pushing Open Office because I like the idea of replaceing the nearly required MS office a lot, and I’ve found it pretty darned easy to use. Built in export to PDF function, and it can save in the ODF (open document format) which is poor people-friendly, and it can even save stuff in [...]

Nintendo is Good

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Current Mood:  excitedI believe Nintendo will rock the world of gaming with their new system coming out later this year called the “Wii” (pronounced “We”, formerly known as the Revolution). I think people who hate video games are going to start enjoying them, and people like me who grew up playing games are going to [...]

‘Cosmic’ People are just Jeff’s word for prophetic people who are a little out there sometimes. My wife is one of those people, so is my best friend, so maybe I’m biased in saying that they are “Little Nuggets of Gold”, but I’m gonna say it anyway. ( Some fun stuff about Cosmic People ) In other [...]

My Birfamaday ’06!!!!

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Current Mood:  cheerfulYes, my birthday is rolling around again. This year, I’m going to try to keep things fairly laid back since we have less money than last year (due to our recent house purchase) and we would like to save that money for the house warming / 4th of July party we are planning [...]