Tyler and I went to the park today after church since it is 70 degrees outside!  Hope everyone is enjoying their Valentine’s Day!

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I was having problems with Firefox in Ubuntu where sound would stop playing (Flash videos in particular) if I had the browser open for 10+ hours.  To fix the issue try the following:

• Open terminal
• sudo aptitude install alsa-oss
• sudo gedit /etc/firefox/firefoxrc
• Type (or copy/paste) FIREFOX_DSP=”aoss”
  • Save and restart Firefox

I’m a big fan of open source and love the new Open Office 3.2.  The start-up times for each of the programs is now lightening fast now and there are several new features added.  If you are like me and are running Ubuntu, you can follow the instructions below to install it.

Download the Deb files here.

• Open terminal and type the following commands and hit enter after each:
  • tar nameOfYourFile.gz
  • cd nameOfFolder/
  • cd RPMS/
  • sudo apt-get install alien
  • sudo apt-get remove openoffice*
  • sudo alien –scripts –keep-version *.rpm
  • sudo dpkg -i *.deb
  • cd desktop-integration/
  • sudo dpkg -i *.deb

I don’t know if you were able to watch the premiere episode of Undercover Boss on CBS, but if not you should definitley check it out.  Larry O’Donnell, President and Chief Operating Officer of Waste Management was featured in the first episode. Despite his responsibilities in running a $13 billion company, his family (wife Dare, son Larry Jr., and daughter Linley) are priority. Linley suffered permanent brain damage due to medical malpractice; thus, safety practices are a main issue with Larry. Larry assumes the identity of “Randy Lawrence”, an unemployed construction worker; the explanation for the camera crews was that Randy was being filmed for a documentary as someone beginning in the waste disposal industry.  What Randy learns from the experience is fantastic and I wish every company did what Waste Management did.

ESPN shares the inspirational story of Jake Olson.  What an amazing young man!

One of the most impactful World Wildlife Fund (WWF) campaigns I have seen.

In today’s USA Today they listed the following Facebook statistics:

• 5 billion pieces of content (web links, news stories, blogs, photos) shared weekly
• 3 billion photos uploaded each month
• 400 million active users worldwide (70% outside the US)
• 60 million status updates posted daily
• 35 million users who update their wall daily
• 130 average friends per user
• 55 minutes spent on Facebook daily per typical user

AccuWeather.com forecast video for the coming Snowpocalypse in the DC/Baltimore area shows meteorologist Jim Kosek freaking out a little about the storm. Oh boy.

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