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aesmael ([personal profile] aesmael) wrote2007-02-25 06:26 pm

3...2...1...

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?
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[personal profile] coniferous_you 2007-02-25 08:39 am (UTC)(link)
O:

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.

[identity profile] whimsical-esper.livejournal.com 2007-02-25 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm telling you, it's the new thing, pretty soon everyone's gonna be doing it. And it's definitely not part of an unnamed ambitious (and beautiful, might I add) young woman's plan to take over the world. nope.

~S

[identity profile] krank-kether.livejournal.com 2007-02-25 11:40 am (UTC)(link)
The Princess Bride is a great movie... as for laptops, I'm in the market for a MacBook myself - they seem durable enough.

[identity profile] whimsical-esper.livejournal.com 2007-02-25 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay for the Princess Bride! =D "Don't get involved in a land war in asia" coincidentally turns out to be very good advice when playing Risk.

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.

~S

[identity profile] lantyssa.livejournal.com 2007-02-25 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Despite my computer knowledge, I don't know all that much about laptops. =(

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.

[identity profile] lost-angelwings.livejournal.com 2007-02-26 08:08 am (UTC)(link)
The Princess Bride is great fun :D