12.13.05

well, finally.

Posted in Uncategorized at 1:18 pm by Andrew Kuklewicz

well, finally.

I spent the last few days trying to revive an old pII/350mhz PC.
Having exorcised redhat9, an ill-timed installation as this particular curse damned itself in favor of fedora days after I installed, I had to pick a sexy new distro to play with…so what else, but go with little-miss-popular, i.e. ubuntu?

After downloading the ISO twice, burning four CDs at various speeds and orientations to the crab nebula and burning bushes, I got one that installed on my eighth attempt. My kung-fu is the best. So far so good, I am typing on it now, and looking for other fun to put it through its paces. Actually pretty usable for all that it is ancient - gee, maybe you don’t need to gigs of memory to be happy after all.

I also need some better way to get it networked, as I have no wifi card for it, and it is across the house from my hub. Like everyone else I am sure, I have a 50′ ethernet cable around I am using at present, but as I don’t wish to make yet another electrical hazard in my home, this is not a permanent solution…

12.10.05

So my brother, an aspiring evil scientist, plottin…

Posted in Uncategorized at 7:59 pm by Andrew Kuklewicz

So my brother, an aspiring evil scientist, plotting to take over a flat of his own, has relocated to the land of golf, sheep, and men in skirts. He too has caught the blogger-flu, and now reports from Mighty Reason.

The real question is how much to extort from him in order to prevent me telling mom his new URL. Of course, there is the efficacy of mutually assured destruction . Hmm. I’ll have to find another means to extort the secrets of his evil plans from him.

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