I finally got around to getting wireless networking working on the new 700M. I had to jump through hoops first but in the end it was well worth it. Initially the Intel Pro 2200BG internal wireless card seemed to work right out of the box but I could never get it to actually […]
My impatients was really starting to kill me. I was checking the Dell site almost every 20 minutes to see if they had updated the status on my laptop. When I left work I was a bit peeved because the Dell site still stated that my order was “In transit to local shipping […]
Since I purchased my new laptop from Dell on the 13th I have had nothing but hassle with the whole thing. First there was a problem with the fact that I used my debit card to pay for it and my bank, like most banks, has a $500 daily withdrawal limit. Normally […]
Ubuntu 5.0.4:
Over the weekend I downloaded and installed Ubuntu 5.0.4 , which was just released last week. Overall, like the last release, it is fairly impressive. Ubuntu has started to gain quit a following.
One thing noticed was a new Ubuntu Hardware Database app. Basically what it does […]
I have been wanting to try out the pre-releases of E17, the next version of Enlightenment, for sometime now. Today I discovered a project that is releasing a LiveCD with E17 (ELive).
It took me a while to get the CD downloaded but it was well worth it just to get a taste […]
For anybody that has to admin a mix of Linux/UNIX and Windows machines here are two applications I suggest you install. WinSCP and Cygwin (especially Cygwin/X).
WinSCP is an open source SFTP client for Windows. So far I have found WinSCP to be far more convenient than the SFTP client by SSH. […]
“Sick and Pissed Off” or “The Case Against Cable”: This is something that really irks me too! I used to live in the Pittsburgh area so naturally I am a Pirates/Steelers fan. Now I live in the Hershey/Harrisburg area and I think I managed to get all of one Pirates game […]