Today, I was still depressed and struggling some... yet I managed to whip my laptop into shape, for the most part. ( Living la vida something )

Apparently, in the phone world, the Intercept is so ancient no one is interested in talking about it anymore. As someone who doesn't live on the bleeding edge, however, I still have one, and after a year of ownership I was tired of the bloat and assorted performance issues. I decided to root it and put a new kernel on ( Read more... )

I am, needless to say, way behind on LJ. I'll try to skim the back issues today, but I might miss something... if there's anything I really need to know about, please point me at it ( Read more... )

I downloaded and installed Dropbox, and as I start using it I find I like it pretty well. It's seamless and painless, so long as you accept that editing files via the website requires downloading and re-uploading them again... and now I can coordinate my two main computers, my auxiliary laptop, and any smartphone I eventually get without worrying ( Read more... )

I need to do two things ( Read more... )

While watching videos off a DVD with hopeforyou, I decided to go look up something on the web. My browser folded and wouldn't come back up. So I went to a terminal and typed 'ps aux | grep firefox', to find the errant process and kill it. It gave me a BUS error and died. buh ( Read more... )

This. This is a glimpse of exactly how I feel about Vista.

I'll stick with my complex, obedient Linux system with a side of Propaganda.

1) A silicon life-form was found, and is now being assimilated. A 1U Pentium 4, courtesy of a fellow lilyite ( Read more... )

I got my new phone today... the salesdrone didn't even try to slap an activation fee on it, though the sales tax (on the full value of the phone) bumped it up to $122 out the door. I'll send in the $50 rebate as soon as I'm certain I'm keeping it ( Read more... )

I went to the Verizon store today to see whether 1) they have the phone I want, and 2) I could push up the upgrade date (I'm due for an upgrade on the 30th).

In brief: yes on 1, no on 2.

( Which one was yes, go ahead and destroy Russia... or number 2? )