I just recently purchased a Sony eReader (PRS-505). My reasons are many, but most important are the portability of books (much like music and mp3 players) and the fact that with each new book I buy, I have to give up more space in my house. I love using it – it’s easy to see […]
A Successful Beginning
Good news! I recently sold my first article! The article, Full Support for the Eee 701SD in Linux, outlines the steps a person should take to install Ubuntu successfully with full support for all the Eee’s hardware. It’s amazing what a little bit of time can yield in the open source community. Please visit the […]
Automotive Bailout Problems
As I write this, I’m watching Meet the Press that I recorded earlier. The topic of the day is the potential bailout of the US auto industry and T. Boone Pickens’ energy plan. And I bet I’m not the only one absolutely sick of hearing about corporate bailouts. And plenty of people who know that […]
An Eeevolution in Computing?
For a few months prior to September, my old laptop (a giant Toshiba Satellite) was on the fritz. The power button wouldn’t work. The battery couldn’t charge (or keep a charge when it actually did get charged) because the adapter/charger didn’t fit right, so I had to jiggle it around until it sat just right […]
Consolidation Complete
It seems as though the consolidation is finished. All the relevant information from the Joomla mess has been added. Surprisingly, it isn’t much. Period. I think the Joomla system is useful if you are a large group that needs to allow multiple people to post pages. However, for a single person I think something like […]
Wireless ALWAYS = analog?
So I was thinking the other day about cordless phones, wireless networks, cell phones, and interference. It occurred to me that there is only one way that I know of for information to travel through air, and that is waves (radio waves, to be precise). In addition to that, we have the cell phone companies selling […]
Lowering Our Carbon Footprint, part 2
Earlier this year I wrote about how Jerry and I have bought an engine-less lawnmower in Lowering Our Carbon Footprint, part 1. I guess the next logical thing to write about is the car. Since we live in Wisconsin, it’s nearly impossible to fill up a hydrogen, biodiesel, or other alternate-fuel using car. Jerry had […]
New Look
I changed the theme. I don’t know why I ever wanted to not use this one. Basically, I was sick of the other one not working with Firefox and other non-IE browsers. This one works with Firefox, at least. Any input on how it looks with other browsers?
Afraid of Losing It?
I lose things sometimes. Not as much as I used to, but sometimes I do. I’m sure you do, too. But if you lose an electronic device (such as a notebook computer, MP3 player, cell phone, Palm Pilot, etc.) it may have some capabilities of notifying you of its location. Lost? Check out this article […]
Lowering our Carbon Footprint, #1
In response to Live Earth, I thought I would post some of the things we have done to lower our impact on the Earth. This post is about the most recent thing we’ve done, replacing our old gasoline-powered lawnmower with a person-powered push mower. This was a good idea for us for a couple of reasons. […]