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odd ironies
By basd on Jan 28, 2010 | In off-topic | Send feedback »
Given my current hatred of Santa Monica -- in that they handed me a wrongful ticket for blocking an intersection (and have failed to provide me with the ticket-payment-info, meaning I will have to make yet another visit to that disgusting little city wh… more »
passings
By basd on Jan 28, 2010 | In off-topic | Send feedback »
I have very few "heroes". I never met Howard Zinn, but it was always comforting to know that he was out there, a moral compass for a nation without one.
I will miss him. more »
it's google's fault
By basd on Jan 19, 2010 | In -arghhh!! | Send feedback »
This blog keeps getting spammed constantly by bots and I couldn't figure out why. Then I realized (as the result of a spam that offered to sell me such a service in order to get me a higher position in google searches) that the reason is this: one of… more »
yast, zypper and some other stuff
By basd on Jan 19, 2010 | In opensuse | Send feedback »
Yast2 borked in my OpSu 11.2 KDE 4.4 RC1 install. Now, that is inconvenient, especially if one does not know any other way of solving update problems.
Now, one option was YAST, invoked from a command line. But, I find that version really cumbersome.… more »
can't decide
By basd on Jan 12, 2010 | In kde4, linux, opensuse | Send feedback »
My two main work computers now run OpSu 11.2, with the KDE 4.4 RC1 -- and I 'm glad they do. But do I risk updating my HP ZD7000?
I had trouble with my Toshiba A15 and had to roll it back to OpSu 11.1. Not sure whether I want to run this risk on the Z… more »
wish i bought two
By basd on Jan 10, 2010 | In -arghhh!!, off-topic | Send feedback »
I've posted several times about my great Gateway LT3103u netbook. I had noticed shortly after I bought it was no longer available in stores. Today I was searching to see if I could put a bluetooth card in it. I did not find such a accessory offere… more »
about that suspend feature ...
By basd on Jan 3, 2010 | In kde4 | Send feedback »
KDE/OpenSuse 11.2 power management is a bit iffy. My Gateway netboot won't suspend to ram -- but it WILL suspend to hard drive.
My Sony Vaio will [usually] suspend to ram, but won't suspend to hard drive.
And then yesterday, the Sony pretended to su… more »
reinventing the wheel over and over again
By basd on Jan 3, 2010 | In kde4, linux, opensuse, -arghhh!! | Send feedback »
So, as reported here, I built a little "report system" in MS Access because that is what is available on my company's server. Unfortunately, I cannot get a sufficient cellular internet connection from "on location" to use the system I created. Rats!… more »
