Published on 30 March 2012 in Shopping, computers, Dell, online shopping, shopping
I was hoping that my third post about Dell would be a positive one. I like positive things. Positive is good. I'd hoped I'd find some amazing Dell person on Twitter or something who could make it all happen; sort out the mess and make me a happy customer. Well. I was hoping.
Published on 10 February 2011 in Life, computers, television programmes, video, web development
I have a slight worry that I'm turning in to one of those people who starts projects and then never finishes them. You know the kind. You start with lofty ambitions, kick it all off and then, somewhere down the line, get distracted and never finish.
Published on 29 November 2009 in Computers, computers, Nintendo Wii
Throughout my life, computers have always reigned supreme. The first was a Dragon 32, followed by a ZX Spectrum +. An Atari STE came next, then a 386DX-40. After that it all went a bit blurry, but there's been several upgrades and new machines. Our house now contains a desktop PC, two laptops (one nine years old) and a very shiny and new netbook.
Published on 28 November 2009 in Computers, BeebCamp, computers, internet, Linux, Ubuntu, wireless internet
I've never had any experience with 3G dongles, and I must confess I approached plugging one into my Dell Mini with some trepidation. I'd heard scare stories of faffing with config files and other horribleness. I remembered a whopping four page feature in Linux Format on "how to get 3G dongles working." I mean - four pages. That means it certainly wasn't going to be easy...
Published on 9 November 2009 in Computers, computers, Dell, Linux, Microsoft Windows, netbook, Ubuntu
Every now and then when you have a PC you inevitably end up with some near heart attack inducing moment.
Published on 12 May 2009 in Computers, computers, internet, Linux, Ubuntu, wireless internet, XUbuntu
I recently broke the USB wireless dongle I use on my eight year old Linux running laptop PC. Without it, the laptop can't connect to the internet. Hmm.
Published on 4 May 2009 in Computers, House, computers, house
there's a draw in the spare bedroom just of computer cables and other bits - full to bursting. All tangled up, and with no idea what was what. As such, an obvious bank holiday task was to actually sort it out. And looking through, I was amazed at what there was in there.
Published on 23 February 2008 in Life, computers
A fantastic piece of packaging came my way today.
Published on 23 June 2007 in Computers, computers, Linux, Ubuntu
As anyone who has read these pages before, upgrading Linux since the arrival of my new PC last year, hasn't always been smooth.
Published on 10 January 2007 in Computers, computers, Linux, Ubuntu
So here's the story with getting the sound working again on my new Ubuntu Edgy Eft setup.