Internet Explorer on Linux

After some tweeking with the terminal in Linux, I was able to install four different versions of Internet Explorer. I then searched for various colors of the IE icon online, to help tell at a glance which version was which. Here is a screen shot of my desktop on my Linux computer.

The four versions I installed are: IE5, IE5.5, IE6, and IE7

Other than testing purposes of websites, there really is no reason to ever use Internet Explorer. It is a horrid browser. But as long as people continue to use it, I'll continue to test my various sites in it. IE7 on Linux is a little buggy, but the other three versions of IE that I have installed all work the same way they do on a computer running Windows.

Dell sucks!

So after ONLY ONE YEAR, the graphics card in my Dell XPS computer breaks. So for a few days I was without my Windows machine. I bought a new graphics card and installed it just a few minutes ago, and now the computers works again.

Here is a picture of the old graphics card that came installed on my Dell, the one that died after only one year.

I can't sleep

It's 1:40 AM and I can't sleep, so I'm going to do something different this time. Normally I blog about my opinions to various things, such as my Highlander movie review, and my reasons why a certain distributor on Amazon is evil. But this time, I'm going to blog about what I've been up to lately.

For the couple of weeks, I've been editing a movie I shot with a group of people for a film class I'm taking. I have used a mix of different computer applications to do this, but the one I've used the most is Final Cut Pro. I also bought a MacBook Pro recently just so I could use FCP.

This was also my first time experiencing Macintosh computers. Though I've used one of those semi-bulky, colorful "eMacs" before at a library several years ago, I've never actually owned one until now. My MacBook Pro came pre-installed with Tiger, but with a Leopard upgrade disc. Leopard has many amazing features, one of which looks cool but I haven't tried it yet since I don't have a standalone Windows disc. The feature is called "bootcamp" that let's you run Windows and thus Windows applications on the Mac. It seems cool in theory, but as I haven't tried it, I can't comment.

So besides editing the video, I've also looked for some music to add to the soundtrack. I've added some already, and someone in the group I'm working with is supposed to be getting me some more audio clips to add.

The most recent aspect of the video I've been working on are the closing credits. First I tried LiveType and then Motion (both applications that come bundled in with the Final Cut Studio package. But neither had what I wanted for the credits, they were both too "fancy", and I wanted basic, simple-looking credits. So I ended up making the credits in Final Cut Pro. The credits scroll a little too fast, so either tomorrow or the day after I'll most likely try to slow them down a bit. After all, if credits go by too fast to read, there's no point in having them. And people should be recognized for their talents in a film.

So with that all said, I'm going to try to get some sleep now. Or at least lay down in my bed, in the hopes that I fall asleep. But chances are I'll probably be up all night. I'm not really sure why I can't sleep, all I know is that it's really frustrating.