My laptop came with Windows Vista Home Basic, which is the version with everything disabled because the laptop’s hardware “can’t handle it”. Never mind that Linux+KDE can do the same things and more with no slow-downs.
Since Amazon had the $50 upgrade deal, I decided, “Why not?” I like to have Windows around “just in case”, but Vista is so sluggish, and supposedly Windows 7 runs better on low-end hardware than Vista does (due to the netbook rush). Of course, Windows 7 also recommends 1GB of RAM, and I have only half of that. Linux runs just fine with half a gig, but maybe an upgrade to one gig won’t be too bad in the future. We’ll see…
Update: This is the problem I’m having on activating Windows 7. Rather than calling Microsoft, I used the registry/command line hack to get it “activated”.
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Plain text files and spreadsheets are too limited for necessary data storage for story information. I’ve tried working out a text file format that I can load into a custom-written program to work with the data, but that just hasn’t worked out. I decided to check out database software.
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One of the nice things about MyBB 1.4 (the first version I’ve used) is the “View New Posts” link in the header, but the “Mark All Forums Read” links is only on the main page, and at the bottom.
Below is a plugin I wrote that adds a “Mark All Forums Read” link to the header, after the “View New Posts” and “View Today’s Posts” links. Read the rest of this entry »
Random thinking. I loved using Phoenix. It became Firebird, and it was still great. It became Firefox, and it was starting to become sluggish. Firefox 1.5 is the last I used before Opera released a version I felt comfortable with. (Opera 8, was it?) Recently, I tried Google Chrome for Linux, and I liked what I saw. I’m not planning on leaving Opera any time soon, but recent Firefox news got me thinking about competition versus cooperation. Read the rest of this entry »
I’ve tried KDE on Windows Vista on my laptop previously (4.2.2), but various issues prevent me from seriously recommending it to anyone. I’ve decided to give it another try to see how things have improved in the last minor release (4.2.3). Read the rest of this entry »
In Temecula, on Saturdays and Wednesdays, over 50 farmers and vendors gather. These farmers markets are a place to get locally-grown organic foods in the Murrieta and Temecula area. I visited with my camera.
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At about 9:15AM PST on Sunday, May 31st, 2009, I used the “Report Abuse” link on Flickr to send the following message:
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Meet Mandy. Mandy recently was given a point-and-shoot camera as a gift. Mandy liked taking pictures, so she joined the online photography sharing web site, Flickr. While looking at photographs on Flickr, Mandy saw a photo of a doll with a big head and expressive eyes, posed to tell a story. Read the rest of this entry »
Today was a day to get the last of my WordPress installs upgraded to 2.7, and to install the WP-DBManager plug-in on them. Read the rest of this entry »
My demands are simple: I want to be able to wirelessly accesss my files from both my PC and my laptop, at the same time. The hard drive containing the files need only be accessible from my home (not from the Internet), and a short range wireless would be best. I’ve kept an eye open for development in plug computer technology, and I wonder if it’s almost there for my use. Read the rest of this entry »
