November 21, 2006
I'm (done) compiling my first Kernel
And I gotta say, it feels good.
I'm installed Linux before each time to get utterly frustrated with owned by the Dominatrix-style learning curve. That combined with the inability to port my "windows experience" have kept me from really committing to Linux.
I really couldn't give a you-know-what about the free software (both ways). I've never paid for a copy of Windows and I don't plan to (argh!). I'm also very good at making it run well (quick, no viruses, no spyware). I like using Windows, so I'm in no hurry to switch to something else.
However, my main reason for using Linux is a curiosity and learning standpoint. I'm here for the academics.
Right now I'm using ubuntu because it's user-friendly and hey, it even recognized my wifi out of the box, how cool is that?
Well I managed to finish compiling in just under 30 minutes...much faster than I was led to believe it would be. Yay for Athlon x2 @ 2300 mhz.
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August 15, 2005
AC Adapter Repair
My AC adapter for my laptop had died, but having an electrical engineer for a dad, I wasn't about to blow 50 bucks on a new one with seeing what could be done to repair this one.
The first thing we did was cut it open, and we made a startling discovery.
They just modified a universal AC adapter with thier plug and put some plastic around it to conceal this cheap design. It's also why it broke so easily. Those pins were soldered where the cord took a lot of lateral force and solder isn't made to take direct force and is very weak so it broke.
So we decided to resolder the joints and see how long that lasted. Make sure you know which pin you solder to the tip point because you have to make it tip positive (which the pin-holes are marked pos and neg).
There's our repaired AC plug which we just inserted into the pin holes.
But it broke too. So we went to radio shack and discovered a C-sized AC plug would find the laptop and plug into the existing adapter.
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July 24, 2005
My new desktop
I made the wallscreens and the icons are Elements V2 and I got the info next to them using AveDesk 1.2
I've have to come up with something else once I have my laptop wednesday...well probably not for a while, because I'm going to put it aside while my girlfriend is here from the 25th-9th.
I can't wait til she's here.
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Finders Keepers
I found a really cool blog, the author is Che Chou, an editor at 1UP.com (the portal for Electronic Gaming Magazine, Official Playstation Magazine, and all other video game magazines by the same publisher).
Okay, I admit it. I only think it's cool for the pictures from his japan trip. Well it is cool otherwise too.
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July 21, 2005
Picture of New Laptop
Here's a retail picture of the laptop I ordered to take to UTK with me:
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July 19, 2005
Download Windows Longhorn
Well, since my last entry, I've managed to a place to download both Windows XP Pro 64 Bit Edition, and Windows Codname "Longhorn" Build 5048 HEC DVD.
What luck eh? I didn't even have to use Kazaa, eMule, eDonkey, Bittorret, or any other P2P file sharing program.
I'm not about to list the places right here on this blog, but if you want to know where I downloaded them, comment with your e-mail address.
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July 16, 2005
Windows Longhorn?
I've been hearing so much about Windows Longhorn that I want i now! I've been browsing the internet, looking for a place to download some tester's leak, but to no avail. I tried downloading with a torrent but for some reason I can't get that to work. There was nothing to be found on K-Lite either. So I've resorted to legal and conventional methods of aquiring a copy.
I signed up at http://beta.microsoft.com and http://connect.microsoft.com.
Hey! Yeah, I know, but its the only chance right now, unlikely as it may be. If you know a better way, let me know.
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