I know, I know… It’s a proprietary format. Sometimes you can’t help yourself and get e-books of this file format. Though you wish to really avoid it, you can’t always do that. And so you end up having to deal with it. Let’s see two options that you have.

Convert the file into HTML.
This is one of the most natural things for me to do. Especially when I still had my flash cart working with my DSi. I used to have DS Libris as my e-book reader. That’s why I’d rather have it. …read more

If you’ve had your Linux installation for the longest time, sometimes you don’t really know what’s in there any more. Some of the problems we have:

Temporary files which never get cleaned up
Duplicate files. Maybe those we’ve downloaded before. But never removed after using them or maybe we copied them in another directory aside from the download directory. (This happens to me too. Especially when I get careless.)
Empty directories. We get lots of these when we move files around.

For us to manage our files, a tool such as FSLint would surely help.
This utility helps you search through your …read more

I like reading fiction and I miss writing fiction myself. There’s nothing like a good book to keep me up all night. When the story’s really gripping, I can’t help myself. That’s why I prefer having an ebook reader on my DS aside from actual books.
For the e-book worms
If you have an e-book reader, you have an application you might want to consider. Calibre is an open source application made for those who love reading e-books. This e-book management system can support a lot of e-book formats such as EPUB, FB2, OEB, LIT, PDB, PML, …read more

My take on the topic How not to be a Linux evangelist but this one in the context of migration:

Don’t change the operating system on the computers without warning. You might incur the wrath of the users. Give them ample time to back up their data, as well as learn something about the new OS.
Don’t leave your sys ad alone in doing the migration process. What I mean here is that there should be enough coordination between the sys ad, management and human resources so that you could come up with a good migration strategy. The said …read more