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Computing / Greetings from CrunchBang Linux
« on: May 22, 2009, 09:25:30 pm »
A very interesting minimalist distro - might look into it more. Would be AWESOME on a netbook.
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Computing / Greetings From Windows 7 Ultimate RC
« on: May 16, 2009, 10:05:48 pm »
Just finished the install - has recognized everything on the Acer Aspire 5315 laptop I have. Cool!
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Computing / Ubuntu 9.04
« on: April 29, 2009, 07:05:32 pm »
Threw a Wubi install of Ubuntu 9.04 on the laptop and - BAM! the wifi, sound, well - everything - works!
Think I will dual boot awhile - can't ditch Vista because I need to use iTunes for the Touch.
Nice, though!
Think I will dual boot awhile - can't ditch Vista because I need to use iTunes for the Touch.
Nice, though!
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I have been streaming much music via Pandora. I use the page from the computer and there is an app for the iPod Touch - that is what I am usually listening to as the dog is outside doing his business. Lots of different ways to mix up the tunes and it's free (or you can pay and become a member - $36 a year - kills the adds and the like).
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Computing / iPod Touch Fun
« on: March 04, 2009, 09:38:00 pm »
I am loving it more and more...
RSS Player is a great podcast downloader and player app - much better than the iPod's podcasting download system (one episode at a time)
The NY Times app also updated yesterday and it is GREAT now - much faster, slick interface, and very good for news.
Amazon just released a Kindle for iPod app that allows you to nail books (no periodicals though) through the Kindle Store.
Pandora, the music player that bases its stations based on the Music Genome project's similar artists concept - magical!
And there is a Public Radio player app that allows you to choose from MANY different public radio stations to stream.
The iPod is getting very cool!
Getting interesting, sirs...
RSS Player is a great podcast downloader and player app - much better than the iPod's podcasting download system (one episode at a time)
The NY Times app also updated yesterday and it is GREAT now - much faster, slick interface, and very good for news.
Amazon just released a Kindle for iPod app that allows you to nail books (no periodicals though) through the Kindle Store.
Pandora, the music player that bases its stations based on the Music Genome project's similar artists concept - magical!
And there is a Public Radio player app that allows you to choose from MANY different public radio stations to stream.
The iPod is getting very cool!
Getting interesting, sirs...
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Computing / Greetings from a Nintendo Wii
« on: February 13, 2009, 09:48:59 pm »
I don't remember if this has been done before.
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From the future makers of Chuck - so I watched the pilot - a bunch of rich kids that party too much, parents that are way into careers and whatnot, and a troubled kid that somehow winds up in the mix. Up to episode 1-04 now - it kinda pulls you in. The entire first season is up on Hulu, of course
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Computing / Drive Fun (notsomuch)
« on: October 11, 2008, 02:28:27 pm »
In an effort to free space on my C Drive I decided to move my Music folder to the D Drive - right click, Location, Move, Choose, Go...
And it froze up.
Hmmm... So I killed Explorer, noted I still had the full and complete Music folder on C, had some files on D, but not all. Renamed the newly not-all-the-way moved iTunes folder on D (just in case it deleted as it moved), and started it all over again - and it went. Unfortunately, as close as I can figure, I aimed the Music folder to be moved to the root of D - and now instead of a Music folder pointer on C taking me to D and my iTunes library being intact, I get a D drive Icon that takes me to the D drive and my iTunes library. iTunes won't even startup without the folder path being straight!
After a few Google events that led to nowhere, I come up with a desperate plan to save my iTunes install - I somehow managed to get the D drive to "restore original location" and it pointed back to C:/username/Music, so I nailed that, then it said do I want to move files, I said no, then I had the Music folder back in the username folder. Make a D:/Music folder, slide my iTunes stuff there, - right click on the username/Music folder and search for location, point to the D Drive, and point at it. Success, but a whole lot harder than it had to be.
Moral of the story is don't move a special folder to the root of a drive - you will not like the way it comes out.
And it froze up.
Hmmm... So I killed Explorer, noted I still had the full and complete Music folder on C, had some files on D, but not all. Renamed the newly not-all-the-way moved iTunes folder on D (just in case it deleted as it moved), and started it all over again - and it went. Unfortunately, as close as I can figure, I aimed the Music folder to be moved to the root of D - and now instead of a Music folder pointer on C taking me to D and my iTunes library being intact, I get a D drive Icon that takes me to the D drive and my iTunes library. iTunes won't even startup without the folder path being straight!
After a few Google events that led to nowhere, I come up with a desperate plan to save my iTunes install - I somehow managed to get the D drive to "restore original location" and it pointed back to C:/username/Music, so I nailed that, then it said do I want to move files, I said no, then I had the Music folder back in the username folder. Make a D:/Music folder, slide my iTunes stuff there, - right click on the username/Music folder and search for location, point to the D Drive, and point at it. Success, but a whole lot harder than it had to be.
Moral of the story is don't move a special folder to the root of a drive - you will not like the way it comes out.
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Computing / Gparted Question
« on: October 08, 2008, 11:58:26 pm »
I posted earlier about such a situation, but I am considering trying to combine my 30 gig C drive with my 30 gig D drive (also has about 20 gigs locked up in formatting and the like and the install partition that Acer threw on there). Has anyone here used Gparted to mash two partitions together like that? Data loss? I was thinking of emptying the D, delete it, and then expand the c to fill the rest of the drive. Any thoughts? Kinda nervous, as I don't want to have to reinstall.
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Just purchased some thumping $25 Altec Lansing speakers with a subwoofer and hooked them to the laptop/desktop and am thumping the ambient from Pandora through them. Awesome... I have loved ambient jams forever - starting with Tangerine Dream, and here it is, in it's screaming goodness. Yes!
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Yatta Yatta Yatta / Birthdays
« on: October 08, 2008, 03:27:49 pm »
Many years ago in a forum that I can no longer access I came upon a pair of HTML and WebTV knowledgeable soon to be 21 year olds, and I posted and learned with them. Then they turned 21 and left - and that seems to be about 10 years ago now.
Happy birthday, Sal. Doesn't seem like I have known you that long.
Happy birthday, Sal. Doesn't seem like I have known you that long.
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Computing / Desktopping the Laptop
« on: September 18, 2008, 12:19:13 pm »
My main computing device currently shifts back and forth from the Touch to the Acer laptop. The laptop I have kept next to my chair in the carry bag that the daughter let me have (she never used it), plugged in almost all the time. When I would use it I would snag a table leaf, drape it over the two arms of the chair, and then prop the laptop there. Instead of being more portable, I was less. I would take it here and there about the house and the such, but I have not been one for leaving the house with it much.
Enter the Touch. Way portable and has quite the few capabilities, albeit somewhat less than what the laptop can do. Cool. I actually take it with me much of the time, can look at video, listen to music (and some streams), YouTube, read textfiles, a few games... an awesome gap filler for when things are boring.
Anyway, I think I am going to try setting the laptop up somewhere I can keep it - the boy's desk. I can have it set up and use the heck out of it, I can pack it up and go if I need to, and I can use the Touch for normal day to day stuff. I can also use the net cable that is already run to the boy's room and run Ubuntu on the other hard drive (wifi issues).
Enter the Touch. Way portable and has quite the few capabilities, albeit somewhat less than what the laptop can do. Cool. I actually take it with me much of the time, can look at video, listen to music (and some streams), YouTube, read textfiles, a few games... an awesome gap filler for when things are boring.
Anyway, I think I am going to try setting the laptop up somewhere I can keep it - the boy's desk. I can have it set up and use the heck out of it, I can pack it up and go if I need to, and I can use the Touch for normal day to day stuff. I can also use the net cable that is already run to the boy's room and run Ubuntu on the other hard drive (wifi issues).
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Computing / greetings from iPod Touch
« on: March 13, 2008, 01:41:08 am »
Total impulse buy, but this thing is way cool!
I love having a wifi enabled browser that is so small and usable. The DS's browser is so far behind this... Much faster, although still no flash. There is a YouTube app that works great. They just dropped a developer's kit, so third party apps should be dropping directly.
So far, I like, allot.
I love having a wifi enabled browser that is so small and usable. The DS's browser is so far behind this... Much faster, although still no flash. There is a YouTube app that works great. They just dropped a developer's kit, so third party apps should be dropping directly.
So far, I like, allot.
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Computing / Sexiest Geekable on the Planet
« on: February 20, 2008, 08:55:47 pm »
The Asus Eee PC is SOOOO sexy I wanna get one. Too bad I just got a laptop about two weeks before this came out. I had been hearing about them since July, but they kept putting off release. A little bigger than a DVD case. No crap.