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HowTo: Install Windows Vista in 2 Minutes

Posted by Mark | Filed under Computers

Do you have a new com­puter that doesn’t run Win­dows Vista? Do you need step-by-step instruc­tions on how to install it? Then watch this great YouTube video for instruc­tions. Then go down­load and install a proper OS, like Ubuntu.

Tags: humour, linux, ubuntu, videos, windows, youtube

Read more | Comments (2) | Apr 24, 2007

Windows Heck

Posted by Mark | Filed under Computers, Life, Software

On Easter Sun­day, my wife and I went to her sister’s for lunch1. While we were there, the rel­a­tives sprang a cou­ple of bro­ken com­put­ers on me ask­ing me to fix them2. Since we were get­ting really good grub3, I fig­ured I could at least take a look. Of course, nei­ther per­son with a broken […]

Tags: family, repair, sysadmin, windows

Read more | Comments (0) | Apr 14, 2007

Windows Tips

Posted by Mark | Filed under Computers, Software

This post was inspired by a recent arti­cle over at Life­Hacker. But before I get into the tips, I’m going to bore you with a slight digres­sion. Life­Hacker is one of the very few blogs that I actu­ally check daily for new con­tent. And I’m not talk­ing about using an agre­ga­tor, I will actu­ally pop […]

Tags: tips, windows

Read more | Comments (5) | Oct 16, 2006

Pukka’s Links of the Week

Posted by Mark | Filed under Links

The last PLotW never hap­pened because I was too lazy to post it. :p Sorry about that. From Pukka: Jack Thomp­son whimps out and P.A. steps up to the plate. Not from Pukka: Pump­kin Apple Bread Ubuntu No Sound Trou­bleshoot­ing [Edi­tor] I recently installed Ubuntu 5.10 on my ancient lap­top and I plan to get KDE up & running […]

Tags: Apple, coffee, Links, linux, problem, recipe, sound, ubuntu, windows

Read more | Comments (0) | Oct 21, 2005

Feeling Better & Mumbling Randomly

Posted by Mark | Filed under Life

*blech* I hate being sick. Sure, it’s paid time off from work (121.5 hours of sick time remain­ing) but I’d rather be feel­ing good and tak­ing vaca­tion time. I am mostly over the bug I’d caught, but still feel­ing a bit con­gested. That being the case, I’m skip­ping cof­fee today in favor of hot tea1. […]

Tags: annoyed, breakfast, chicken, chocolate, Code, coffee, crap, email, family, HAL, home, Links, office, Photos, PHP, problem, quotes, random, Sick, Software, sound, soup, tv, Upgrade, vacation, windows, WordPress, writing

Read more | Comments (1) | Sep 21, 2005