Earlier this evening I was saying that I’m not much of a geek. Shortly after I wrote that post, I had 5 computers running in the house, and I was using all of them. Timeshare to be sure, but I was popping from one machine to the next just relaxing… Yes, I did say relaxing. […]
Wow, three posts in one day! I’ve been working on a very old laptop (Compaq Armada), and installing Ubuntu Linux on it. This little machine has just been collecting dust for the past few months, patiently waiting for me to install a working operating system. With an old wireless card, I am now able to
Something new, something old Read More »
Okay, I’m shifting gears for a post. I really have nothing exciting to report for the last couple of days. The second 6th-grade day went much like the first, though my perception of it was better because I really enjoyed working with the kids. 5th and 6th are probably my favorite age group to work
I’ve been working on Windows machines since the existence of Windows, and I always hated the dreaded blue screen error. It has been quite a long time since I’ve had one of those, but today I had one. This machine has been fairly stable, the only additions were an extra gig of memory and my
blue screen of death…. Read More »
Over the weekend I was updating the hardware on one of my computers. While I had the case open, and my hands busily putting in many different parts, my daughter told me that the family computer wasn’t working. Grumble Grumble. I seeing it I thought that the video card was a goner. It looked like
Computers, sometimes I just hate them. Read More »
