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And now we begin a journey, a travel back through time.
One finger is a touch swollen from accidentally being a hammer this morning. Should I need to be rude to anyone today, that will prove handy.
Yesterday I watched The Princess Bride for the first time. I like it. A lot. A simple tale well told and a whole lot of fun.
Ahem. Moving away from that bit of inarticulation, I also got around to creating a Live CD for Ubuntu. It works well on my pc (except there is no sound but that probably stems from the absence of any sound card) and on this one - or did, until it froze. Not going to risk actually installing it until I feel I have a handle on the idea of partitions and could venture to hope not to lose all my data (stories). On a related topic, my mother is in the market for a laptop and wants to know which brand to trust. Since I have formed the impression most people on my friends list have some experience in this matter (and I do not, being a prospective owner only) - anyone have any recommendations, pro or con?
One finger is a touch swollen from accidentally being a hammer this morning. Should I need to be rude to anyone today, that will prove handy.
Yesterday I watched The Princess Bride for the first time. I like it. A lot. A simple tale well told and a whole lot of fun.
Ahem. Moving away from that bit of inarticulation, I also got around to creating a Live CD for Ubuntu. It works well on my pc (except there is no sound but that probably stems from the absence of any sound card) and on this one - or did, until it froze. Not going to risk actually installing it until I feel I have a handle on the idea of partitions and could venture to hope not to lose all my data (stories). On a related topic, my mother is in the market for a laptop and wants to know which brand to trust. Since I have formed the impression most people on my friends list have some experience in this matter (and I do not, being a prospective owner only) - anyone have any recommendations, pro or con?
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Date: 2007-02-25 08:39 (UTC)From:The Princess Bride is so great!
Ah, I see you have taken some advice from Sophie and are using funny sounding words that might not be real. Ubuntu, indeed.
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Date: 2007-02-25 21:02 (UTC)From:~S
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Date: 2007-02-25 11:40 (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2007-02-25 20:58 (UTC)From:That's a good idea to play around with a Live CD until you can avoid losing the data or backing it up. I do all kinds of crazy things with this laptop cuz there's no really important data on it.
As for laptops, I know a lot of people who have good experiences with Dells and Macs. I myself own a Toshiba, and I absolutely adore it.
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Date: 2007-02-25 22:58 (UTC)From:Dells are okay. Avoid their cheapest ones though. Everyone I know with a PowerBook gives it high marks. Toshiba makes some nice light-weight laptops.
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Date: 2007-02-26 08:08 (UTC)From: