Tag: Linux

    Mini laptops – netbooks?

    Weird things really…very compact (and as such, not too useful for touch typing), and the solid state hard drives apparently are a lot faster. I’ve had a few in my grubby mitts over the last year – and now I’ve got another – the Elonex OneT+ which runs a stripped down version of Linux (when I say stripped down, I mean no root access, no apparent way to install software…). The person who’s PC it is would really like a version of Windows on it (CE most likely – not sure about XP), but reading up on it, it seems […]

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    Have a quickie (oo-er missus)

    So, Windows eh? I like XP (Professional, SP3). It’s stable*, and you can get rid of all the girly crap and make it look like Win2K. Vista is shit. Total shit – it has no saving graces whatsoever. When Lee died, it took me about 4 months to crack his laptop running Vista as he’d listened to me and put on the Password From Hellโ„ข. Anyway, using the skills I acquired while cracking Vista security, I now have a bootable CD with various utilities to reset passwords, and run AV scans and the like (what’s very handy is the ability […]

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    Random Friday stuff

    Whilst moving between offices this morning, I happened upon TGND so settled in for a bit of a geeky chat. It all started promisingly: “Have you heard of Geek Squad?” he asks. “It rings a vague bell.” says I. “I’m gonna call them and have a dictaphone to record them…” he goes on, with an evil smirk. “Why’s that?” I enquire. “I’m gonna ask them some questions regarding Linux, and when they say they don’t do Linux, I’m gonna say ‘What kind of geeks are you? you’re not geeks, you’re nerds!’” I had to agree with him there. The conversation […]

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    If you're not wasted at the weekend…

    …then the weekend’s wasted. Well, that’s not strictly true – I had a great weekend and didn’t get falling-down drunk (or anywhere near that) once. Went to an ‘all you can eat’ chinese buffet yesterday – it was awesome. I ate so much I actually waddled. Spent the afternoon lying down quietly kinda dozing too. Found this link among the QOTW replies on B3ta.com today – it made me laugh. Sigh, I’ve just been insulted ๐Ÿ™ Let me explain: The other day I’d burnt a CD for Corina (google ‘envelope fetish’) and, because she lives just round the corner form […]

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    Another week

    <sarcasm>Oh I love Mondays…</sarcasm> Actually, as they go, today’s not been too bad really – couldn’t be bothered to make sandwiches this morning so I got Tony to go to the chippy for me. Also, ‘cos I’ve been pretty damn busy, the time seems to be zooming by ๐Ÿ™‚ soon be time to go home. Got my new PC on Friday – Harriett lent me her car so I could go pick it up…then I ended up being the ‘designated driver’ for the day as she had a few (I reckon about 6 pints) drinks and was WAY over the […]

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