Ahh, there heresy! Yup, I finally got off my butt and bought a new laptop and IT’S A MAC! A Macbook 5,2, dual core 2ghz, initially with 2gb of ram. How can this be, you may ask. I thought you are a Linux guy! Well, rest assured, I still am. Although I am no Apple […]
I keep forgetting to publish this post, so I had better do it now before I forget again 🙂 Many of you know that I dig using (al)pine for reading my email. This is especially true on my Acer Aspire One netbook. I like to have fast access to my email and save space on […]
Crap. That’s my final thought on the subject. Last night I decided to finally update my wireless infrastructure and start using WPA instead of just using mac filtering. It’s not that I am uber concerned about the security aspect of it because, let’s face it, the only way to really have a secure box and […]
Long have I been a fan of Slackware. It’s a wonderful distribution, fast, clean and free of much of the bulk and cruft that plagues other Linux distributions. Lately, though, I have not had a Slackware box on which to play, and that has bothered me. My main server currently runs Ubuntu server edition 7.04 […]
I finally found my OS X 10.4 media, so today I decided that I was going to upgrade my new/old iBook. I have a usb dvd drive that I have done OS X installs form before, so I hook it up and give it a shot. No matter what I tried, I could not install […]
While most people are getting a new Nokia N810 or a EeePC, I opted for a much cheaper techie gift. I have been wanting a beater laptop to lug around when I needed to. Something I could afford to break or lose or whathaveyou. Well, a friend was selling off his old 12 inch iBook […]
Integrity: n. Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code. Why did I need the dictionary entry? Well, because it’s so very rare that most people have no idea what it is anymore. The reason I am bringing this up is that I happened to find a man with some integrity. And believe it […]
Now I know most of you have seen one of my old computer setups at home, but since moving and all I have had to severely downsize. I figured there would be at least a few of you who were interested in what I am running now. Things have been whittled down a lot! I […]
Or does it? Many of you may remember me reviewing the Apple keyboard I got with my Mini a while back. At that time I didn’t pick up a Mighty Mouse, although I did want one – they were just too expensive. Well, a kind hearted listener of TLLTS sent one to me recently on […]
I know I have mentioned before that I believe people (computer workers) are more productive with more screen realestate. Well, I am more productive for sure. I like being able to visually keep track of a lot of things at one time and you just can’t do that efficiently with one screen and several virtual […]