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Project 52
Jun. 11th, 2014 03:35 pm
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Wheeeeeeeeeee!
May. 23rd, 2012 04:01 pm
Yesterday my new computer arrived. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jebra installed ubuntu 12.04 on it and got started on migrating my files. I worked on that again this morning and just now had the bright idea to try viewing on my PAL dvds. It works!
This is good news because I'd planned to watch them on my desktop computer at work and it doesn't even notice I've inserted a disk. I've had issues with the CD drive as long as I've had this box, so I'm inclined to blame the hardware rather than ubuntu. My plans to watch PAL dvds on my home desktop computer were also foiled, there because my monitor suddenly ceased working. For viewing anything directly on the machine this is certainly inconvenient, but I spend so little time in my home office I often wonder why I bother to maintain the machine at all. It's main purpose appears to be acting as my personal file server.
In semi-related news, Lewis Collins' voice is entirely different from what I'd imagined from reading fanfic. It's taking some getting used to!
jebra installed ubuntu 12.04 on it and got started on migrating my files. I worked on that again this morning and just now had the bright idea to try viewing on my PAL dvds. It works!This is good news because I'd planned to watch them on my desktop computer at work and it doesn't even notice I've inserted a disk. I've had issues with the CD drive as long as I've had this box, so I'm inclined to blame the hardware rather than ubuntu. My plans to watch PAL dvds on my home desktop computer were also foiled, there because my monitor suddenly ceased working. For viewing anything directly on the machine this is certainly inconvenient, but I spend so little time in my home office I often wonder why I bother to maintain the machine at all. It's main purpose appears to be acting as my personal file server.
In semi-related news, Lewis Collins' voice is entirely different from what I'd imagined from reading fanfic. It's taking some getting used to!
Drive-by Update
Nov. 8th, 2011 02:49 pmYesterday jebra and I celebrated our 25th Wedding Anniversary by going into work late, shopping for computer peripherals at Micro Center, getting lunch (and a Red Velvet Cake) from Walmart, leaving work early and picking up our "real" anniversary cake and an additional Carrot Cake from Costco, having dinner at Wendy's, and the going to band rehearsal. After rehearsal we (well, jebra really -- I was afraid I'd get in the way and migrated to the back of the room) served cake to his conductor and band-mates. I had a slice of the Red Velvet cake at lunch, and then a slice of each of the others after practice. And woke up with one hell of a tummy ache. Serves me right, if you ask me.
Today at work I'm reinstalling Ubuntu 10.04.3 on my work machine and GoBook. Not that we got here on time -- before work I repotted the rosemary as it needs to come indoors for the winter (hopefully it'll survive in the unheated but sunny vestibule at work. If any of you know better, speak up!) and went to our polling place to vote on local elections.
Tonight, if all goes well, will be Nia. It wasn't on Saturday; our teacher's car broke and she couldn't find a last-minute substitute teacher.
I'm sure I'm forgetting to mention all sorts of stuff, but it's time to get back to un-upgrading.
jebra and I celebrated our 25th Wedding Anniversary by going into work late, shopping for computer peripherals at Micro Center, getting lunch (and a Red Velvet Cake) from Walmart, leaving work early and picking up our "real" anniversary cake and an additional Carrot Cake from Costco, having dinner at Wendy's, and the going to band rehearsal. After rehearsal we (well, jebra really -- I was afraid I'd get in the way and migrated to the back of the room) served cake to his conductor and band-mates. I had a slice of the Red Velvet cake at lunch, and then a slice of each of the others after practice. And woke up with one hell of a tummy ache. Serves me right, if you ask me.Today at work I'm reinstalling Ubuntu 10.04.3 on my work machine and GoBook. Not that we got here on time -- before work I repotted the rosemary as it needs to come indoors for the winter (hopefully it'll survive in the unheated but sunny vestibule at work. If any of you know better, speak up!) and went to our polling place to vote on local elections.
Tonight, if all goes well, will be Nia. It wasn't on Saturday; our teacher's car broke and she couldn't find a last-minute substitute teacher.
I'm sure I'm forgetting to mention all sorts of stuff, but it's time to get back to un-upgrading.
Drive-by update
Oct. 2nd, 2009 09:24 am
I don't have a new cellphone. After work last night we went to the sprint store to get a pre, but first their systems were down and they couldn't process sales, then jebra discovered the pre uses a different OS than my Centro and I'd have to license a copy of the, um, emulator? in order to run the programs I've been using. We postponed making a purchase.
Next stop was MicroCenter, for a bigger drive for my laptop and an external case for the old old. Bought both, plus an eSATA cable for work, then came home. Whereupon Jebra discovered that our mail server was dead. So much for working on my laptop, email takes priority. It's also a good thing we recently upgraded my desktop machine as jebra used it to replace Angus (the mail server). He thinks Angus' motherboard went bad.
In other not-exactly-news, I've been knitting scarves like mad. I promised Jebra's cousins' girls hand-knit scarves, only the yarn I promised I'd use is no longer available (not even on eBay). So I've been knitting a variety of other yarns in similar colors trying to come up with something that is close to the promised version. I think the boucle I'm using now will do, only the color isn't quite right. I might be closer now that I'm using two strands of the pink ribbon with the cream-color parts removed. I think I'm up to five child-sized pink(-ish) scarves with one more still on the needles.
And I have two more skeins to try -- I am soing to be *so* sick of pink by the time I finish.
Next stop was MicroCenter, for a bigger drive for my laptop and an external case for the old old. Bought both, plus an eSATA cable for work, then came home. Whereupon Jebra discovered that our mail server was dead. So much for working on my laptop, email takes priority. It's also a good thing we recently upgraded my desktop machine as jebra used it to replace Angus (the mail server). He thinks Angus' motherboard went bad.
In other not-exactly-news, I've been knitting scarves like mad. I promised Jebra's cousins' girls hand-knit scarves, only the yarn I promised I'd use is no longer available (not even on eBay). So I've been knitting a variety of other yarns in similar colors trying to come up with something that is close to the promised version. I think the boucle I'm using now will do, only the color isn't quite right. I might be closer now that I'm using two strands of the pink ribbon with the cream-color parts removed. I think I'm up to five child-sized pink(-ish) scarves with one more still on the needles.
And I have two more skeins to try -- I am soing to be *so* sick of pink by the time I finish.
Anyone miss me?
Sep. 13th, 2009 03:44 pm
A system upgrade has kept me off-line since Friday morning and I'm not 100% back yet. Hopefully my directories will be restored tomorrow and, with a little bit of luck, I'll be able to read email again.
My main computer crashed
Aug. 21st, 2007 11:31 pmFor the second time today, my main computer has crashed. So much for trying to catch up on email tonight. I'm going to leave it be until jebra comes home and takes a look at it.
If the laundry finishes up, I may even be asleep before he gets home. That'd make a nice change as once again I've been staying up far later than a working girl should.
jebra comes home and takes a look at it.If the laundry finishes up, I may even be asleep before he gets home. That'd make a nice change as once again I've been staying up far later than a working girl should.
My main computer crashed
Aug. 21st, 2007 11:31 pmFor the second time today, my main computer has crashed. So much for trying to catch up on email tonight. I'm going to leave it be until jebra comes home and takes a look at it.
If the laundry finishes up, I may even be asleep before he gets home. That'd make a nice change as once again I've been staying up far later than a working girl should.
jebra comes home and takes a look at it.If the laundry finishes up, I may even be asleep before he gets home. That'd make a nice change as once again I've been staying up far later than a working girl should.
