stuff on stuff

price of popularity

Thursday, 18 October 2007 11:34 am by noel
posted in linux, stuff

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 minutes and the [...]

blahing equipment

Monday, 15 October 2007 10:15 pm by noel
posted in hardware, stuff

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 around [...]

new mp3 player

Sunday, 14 October 2007 10:58 am by noel
posted in hardware, stuff

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. [...]

hot air

Wednesday, 10 October 2007 8:18 am by noel
posted in software, stuff

its hot air. lots of it. some people call it fud.
and here’s some cold water.

ubuntu, pcbsd and me

Thursday, 4 October 2007 10:23 pm by noel
posted in hardware, linux, software, stuff

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 i [...]