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Yet another attempt at sanity

Archive for August, 2009

wow I didn’t think it would be that hot…

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

I forgot my lunch today and so I went to the Rice Kitchen, which is one of my more favored Chinese restaurants. I got my normal Lunch special, but I thought I would try something new. So I got the Hot and Sour Soup… ummm wow. I think my lips may burst [...]

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brain pain

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

my brain is mushy
coherent thought escapes me
pain behind my eyes

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New photos

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

added some new pictures to the gallery…

More campus graffiti
Campus in the Spring
Trip to RSA in San Francisco
and something else, but I don’t remember what

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I put my NetBook in suspend mode yesterday evening so I could take it home and finish some work on compiling.  Yeah now I remember why graphical logins suck fanny.
The graphical login is broken and just keeps reloading and reloading and reloading and reloading… well you get the idea.
Needless to say, I’m reformatting again, because [...]

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Living in a linux desktop

Monday, August 10th, 2009

So I’m getting along fairly well with my Netbook and while I understand that I’m not going to find ready made binaries and happy little plugins for everything I would like. I’m also  remembering what a pain some things can be when installing from source.
My latest adventure has been installing Pidgin’s OTR plugin.  I thought [...]

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Linux, my NetBook and me

Friday, August 7th, 2009

I’m at an impass. I’m pleased with the way my NetBook is working with OpenGEU an yet I’m frustrated at the same time.  This is the first time in a VERY VERY long time that I’ve used Linux for a desktop.  It’s really come a long way since then and it’s very usable.  The problem [...]

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NetBooks and Operating Systems

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

I was a copy-cat a few months ago and bought a NetBook.  I got the ASUS EeePC 901.  it has a solid state hard drive and it’s about the size of a large paperback.  I love it and it worked great for me when I went to a SANS training at the RSA Conference in [...]

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International/National Friendship Day celebrations take place on the first sunday of August every year. The tradition of dedicating a day in honor of friends began in US in 1935. Gradually the festival gained popularity and today Friendship Day is celebrated in large number of countries. On this day people spend time with their friends and [...]

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