Derek Hildreth’s Blog

Not Everyday: Three OS’s Running Simultaneously [Screenshots]

This isn’t something that you see everyday… Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Ubuntu Hardy Heron all running simultaneously thanks to VirtualBox and Compiz Fusion. Screenshots taken by yours truly (click on the thumbnail for larger image). Enjoy!

Tags: compiz, fusion, microsoft, screenshot, ubuntu, virtual machine, virtualbox, vista, xp

How To: Install and Use Calc2LaTeX [Tutorial]

This guide is intended to give a brief, but complete tutorial aimed towards users who enjoy an easy, graphical walk-through on downloading, installing, and using calc2LaTeX to convert a OpenOffice 2.4 Calc spreadsheet to something that LaTeX will recognize.  There’s nothing wrong with creating your tables directly in LaTeX, but sometimes the tables can be quite complicated to code. That’s where calc2LaTeX comes in really handy.  So, let’s get to it…
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Web 2.0 and Beyond to Web 2.5 [Research]

The following is a research project that I had the opportunity to conduct as undergraduate research for the BYU-Idaho Linux/Unix Society.  There was both an oral presentation as well as a scientific write-up.  I have made these available for download on my homepage at derekhildreth.com in the Portfolio Section, and I would also like to make them available here.  They are available as OpenOffice documents and PDF files.  Choose from the links below the abstract:

Abstract
The Internet is growing at astounding rates and so are the programs and tools that it uses. This report offers a look into the new and exciting advancements the Internet is making and designates it with a version number not unlike programs do when they evolve on the desktop environment. O’Reilly Media popularized a definition of the evolving Internet as “Web Version 2.0” back in 2004 and has grown to become one of the biggest “buzzwords” found on the Internet.

Web 2.0 and Beyond The Presentation [.odp] [.pdf]

Web 2.0 and Beyond The Report [.odt] [.pdf]

Tags: buzzwords, Linux, o reilly, pdf files, undergraduate research, unix, web 1.0, web 2.0, web 2.5

Computers are Changing the Way We Learn: Education in a High-Tech Classroom [Research]

The following is a research paper that I completed a couple of years ago for a class at BYU-Idaho.  I feel that this is worth a spot on my blog as I am proud of any research project that I have completed.  I hope that you enjoy the informative read on my findings of how technology can actually decrease learning capability if not used properly.  Read on…

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How To: Install VirtualBox on Ubuntu 8.04LTS (Hardy Heron) [Tutorial]

Introduction:

This guide is intended to help users fully install VirtualBox and all of it’s features which don’t work out of the box such as USB support.

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