Category: arghhh!!
some stuff unborks and other stuff borks and ... sheesh!
By basd on Sep 1, 2010 | In arghhh!!
Random stuff is happening on my computer and it is not pretty. I've been using Thunderbird email on Linux AND Windows since forever. Today, no warning, it quit working altogether on my OpSu 11.2 machine. If I click on an email to read it, Thunderbird c… more »
miscellany
By basd on Aug 28, 2010 | In arghhh!!, off-topic
I started thinking maybe I should buy a new computer, one that actually can do stuff. So, I went and browsed the Best Buy website.
Oh, I found lots of better hardware than I've got, but then I wondered, "why do I think I have money to buy a new comput… more »
google+verizon be evil
By basd on Aug 12, 2010 | In arghhh!!
The internet playground that we have known is coming to an end. We live in times where public interest is repeatedly subordinated to corporate profit motives. So, whatdyaexpect? It's really the fault of "the public", of course. So, I guess you would… more »
advanced arghhhravation.
By basd on Aug 10, 2010 | In arghhh!!
So... I have an older cheapo external monitor. AOC, I think. Now when my Sony laptop is connected to it, lxrandr thinks it is a 1280 x 1024 monitor. The AOC begs to differ. Not that it doesn't work, mond you, it works fine, other than rendering white… more »
advanced aggravation
By basd on Aug 8, 2010 | In arghhh!!
Computers, and especially linux, keep getting better and better.
That does not eliminate aggravation. There is always something that could be improved. New issues that didn't previously exist -- because we had yet to think of them -- emerge.OpSu 11.3… more »