May
27th

Efficiency versus Brainlessness

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In the city this morning, while I was waiting for the Fremantle train to arrive, a large unattractive woman (I’ll call her ‘Hippo’) looked over my shoulder and watched me playing Jawbreaker on my PDA. She asked me if I was making it work by tapping the screen. I replied that I was. A really dorky looking guy sitting on the other side of me commented that his dad has a PDA too. The train pulled up to the platform and as Hippo got up to board the train she shot of an insult - “Those things are for brainless

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Apr
8th

Stability and Flexibility

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Well, I’ve been using Ubuntu 7.10 (64-bit) at work for almost a month now.  Even though I was already pretty experienced with Ubuntu before this, I have learned a lot since installing it as my day-to-day operating system at work. I’ve learned about wine and wine-doors, adding printers (Fuji-Xerox DocuCentre II C2200), and network interoperability.

I’ve also learned that even though Ubuntu is an outstanding operating system, there are still somethings you will need either a Mac or a PC for. Need to get the PPD driver so you can install your Fuji-Xerox DocuCentre II C2200 printer? Well, there are no

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