Archive for May, 2008

21st May Comments

Customize Vista Open/Save Shortcuts

Posted on May 21st, 2008 at 4:50 am

Whenever you open or save a file in Windows Vista, you typically get the standard dialog box which has shortcut locations on the left side. You can easily customize these locations to add or remove locations to best suit your needs. Here is how:
1. Open a dialog box (either a Save As [...]

20th May Comments

A ton of tilling

Posted on May 20th, 2008 at 7:38 am

Here are a few views of LC, gardens;

20th May Comments

A couple more pictures

Posted on May 20th, 2008 at 7:05 am

Here are a few more pics from Wawota;
LC on a small stone
A tad windy but a lot of fun!
I will go through the rest and see what else I can find including the famous “Paperclip House” until then smile and have a great day and better tomorrow.

20th May Comments

Some of my observations of Canada

Posted on May 20th, 2008 at 6:38 am

Here are a few of the things that I noticed while on my roadtrip to Canada and some of the things that really made me sit up and take notice. I really enjoyed the trip and tried to show the folks up there that not all folks from the states are egotistical bastards adn that [...]

16th May Comments

The Birthday Girl

Posted on May 16th, 2008 at 10:43 am

Yeah she will kill me but hey it is her b-day and I get to thank her for a great time in Canada all at the same time

15th May Comments

Worst Hardware For Your Linux Desktop

Posted on May 15th, 2008 at 5:35 am

I have been asked this over and again - which hardware should be avoided before installing Linux? The list is actually smaller than you might expect, but it is helpful if you would like to remain in a headache-free zone.
A good starter base of hardware to avoid for the new linux user, Baldy
Check on the [...]

14th May Comments

The Trip nears it’s end

Posted on May 14th, 2008 at 2:48 pm

Well I will be heading back to the states on Saturday after a very enjoyable stay here in the flatlands of Canada. I have a huge post of some of my observations of Canada and it’s people that I will be posting soon, along with some more pictures of the trip. I have gotten to [...]

13th May Comments

Top 7 Wireless Apps for Linux

Posted on May 13th, 2008 at 6:05 am

Assuming you have managed to find a wireless card that is working well with your Linux distribution, or perhaps you just settled for a hack-n’-hope solution with NDISWrapper, you need to settle on an application that you can use to connect to your wireless network.
For vanilla GNOME and KDE-based installations, you are provided solutions out-of-the-box. [...]

12th May Comments

Company claims Windows Vista less secure than Windows 2000

Posted on May 12th, 2008 at 1:33 pm

A recent statement from anti-malware and threat-detection software manufacturer PC Tools claims that Windows 2000 is a more secure operating system than Windows Vista. The company’s claims, as covered by Infoworld, have attracted a good deal of coverage—no one wants to miss out on a good Microsoft bashing—but an examination of the company’s methodology raises [...]

12th May Comments

Microsoft tries to put a ceiling on ultra-low-cost PC power

Posted on May 12th, 2008 at 9:45 am

Microsoft is aggressively pushing a new low-cost version of its operating system intended for use with “ultra low cost PCs,” competing with Linux on machines like the Eee and the One Laptop Per Child XO. However, Microsoft isn’t willing to sell the low-cost license to any ULPC — rather, the company has set out onerous [...]