The post I intended to complete today will wait until tomorrow.

I had it half-written in gedit. But then something inside my Linux snapped. Kernel panic. So I rebooted into Windows.

Do you hear me, Linux zealots? Ubuntu froze dead so I rebooted into Windows.That's been happening every so often lately. Kernel panics. My computer will randomly ( Read more... )

I haven't been posting a lot lately, despite having quite a bit of say. 100% of my writing energy has gone into my Imprint EIC transition report. So I've been solely concerned with that, and anything which affects the productivity thereof ( Read more... )

I'm clearing up some hard drive space, because my goals require it ( Read more... )

It's a long story (and a half-written post), but I am now running Ubuntu 9.10. And I just had a disappointing experience ( Read more... )

Ugh ( Read more... )

I know I complain a lot, so it's only fair to point out things which go right.

Does dragging and dropping a file from Nautilus to Pidgin send that file to the person with whom I am chatting? Yes. Yes it does.

I like things that are well designed.

My first Linux experience was with Red Hat 9. One of the thing that struck me as pure awesome was the screensavers. My favourites were "Blaster", where these little robots flying in space try to destroy each other, "circuit" where 3D electronic components float across the screen, and "barcode" for that consumer whore vibe. And, unlike in Windows, ( Read more... )

I have many things to post about at the moment, but the purring external hard drive on my desk brings one in particular to the fore.

Some of you might recall that I was considering getting RAID at some point. Well, though my motherboard does support RAID, on some advice I have decided on a better backup plan.

While I do not share the venerable jwz ( Read more... )

Warning: This entry is about computer programming. Luddites and artsies beware ( Read more... )

I found that I was very irritable most of last week. Upon further reflection, I'm still irritable. I have a couple of theories as to why this is, but I hope they're wrong.
I bitch and moan on here whenever Linux screws me over, but in the interest of balanced reporting I should post successes as well ( Read more... )