The Apple Ipad is by all accounts a smashing sales success. However, those of us in the GNU/Linux community are that are clamoring for a Linux-based alternative have had our dreams come true. In fact there may be enough pent-up demand for a Linux tablet that the competition amongst tablet manufacturers will eventually produce a product superior to the Ipad.

The OpenOffice.org community has released a MySQL connector for OpenOffice. This allows you to edit the table in any MySQL installation from any desktop installation of OpenOffice. The connector has versions for GNU/Linux, Mac, and Windows. You can obtain more information here: http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/mysql_connector

I've been planning for a long time to expand my content into posting tutorials on Youtube as I learn more about the various skills associated with being a computer programmer, webmaster, and site host. I have my handsfree microphone and headset ready and I am currently practicing away. I should post something very interesting soon.

I wrote a few days ago that Oracle shot themselves in the foot by filing a lawsuit against Google for patent infringement related to Google's creation of the Java-alternative Dalvik virtual machine for Android. The fallout from that poorly thought-out decision has arrived: Google has decided to skip the upcoming JavaOne conference.

One of my favorite GNU/Linux games is Tux Racer, a game where the famous Linux penguin, Tux, races down the ski slopes on his belly at dangerously high speeds. I was also a big fan of the Playstation race car series, Gran Turismo. I decided to skip the Playstation 3, but I used to play Gran Turismo a couple of years ago before I got rid of my trusty PS2. Why did I get rid of it?