No. Not a typo ( Read more... )

Woot!

I got my Lego Mindstorms RCX2 platform programmed under Linux using the USB tower and Not Quite C (NQC). I just now, this moment, downloaded the firmware.

Now to try the test program:

task main () // main program ( Read more... )

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sábado 19 de junio de 2010
No One Takes Linux Seriously Until...Yes, nobody takes Linux seriously until you are face to face with the Blue Screen of Death, your system refuses to start, or maybe it does, but then it goes into a never ending loop of booting. I have never experienced anything like ( Read more... )

US woman says Ubuntu can't access internetShuttleworth baby kills college dream ( Read more... )

Linux... I love it ( Read more... )

I finally got around to trying out different DVDs on my laptop last night ( Read more... )

My replacement DVD drive arrived yesterday. I installed it and I can now read DVDs! Woot! Unfortunately, my replacement keyboard did not arrive. Today maybe? [ /me crosses fingers ( Read more... )

A week ago I upgraded my $50 laptop from Mandriva 2009.0 to Mandriva 2009.1. Doing so hopelessly broke the network. I am missing a piece of software called "nl80211". This piece of software is new to the wireless configuration and settings. It sets the regulatory domain code thus allowing the wireless settings to be fully IEEE compliant ( Read more... )

I have been enjoying my laptop... five minutes here, 1/2 hour there, ten minutes here. For some reason I can't seem to get a good geek session with my new $50 toy ( Read more... )

Recall the past.

I won the corporate computer lottery last week. I won a new (for me) $50 notebook - a HP nc8230. Given my previous experience with the last used corporate notebook I won, I was not expecting much ( Read more... )