i guess it happens when someone or something becomes popular. today, ubuntu will/is releasing gutsy gibbon — ubuntu 7.10 — and it seems the ubuntu website is flooded with requests. i don’t think the ubuntu guys were expecting that much requests. try again in a couple of days… note: i tried again after a few [...]
this is a rant. i’m saying it now so that if you don’t like rants you can and should skip this entry. the monitor of my windows desktop started going blinky-blinky on me. i mean, its like looking at websites through a dimmed out kaleidoscope. and the screen’s getting darker!! barf. well, the thing is [...]
i got myself a new mp3 player — it just happens to look like a cell phone. really. and its cheap! the 128 meg memory stick micro (m2) ™ that came with it was a wee bit too small for my needs so i bumped it to 2 gig. that’s plenty music right there. there [...]
its hot air. lots of it. some people call it fud. and here’s some cold water.
after two days and several retries, i was finally able to install ubuntu 7.04 on this friggin’ laptop and continue writing this post. a friend of mine lent me his old laptop for a couple of months — an hp compaq nx6120 — with a note “have fun. do what you want.” cute. next thing [...]
