Moving from a Laptop to a Cloud LifestyleMoving from a Laptop to a Cloud Lifestyle
My Laptop History In 1998 I bought my first laptop, it was a Thinkpad 385XD, it had a PentiumMMX 233MHz CPU, 96M of RAM, and an 800*600 display. This was[...]
Category: Misc Computer
Random Computer stuff that doesn’t fit the other categories.
Leaving ThreeLeaving Three
In February I started the process of moving my phone and my wife’s phone to Virgin from Three [1]. The reason is that Three didn’t offer any good phones on[...]
This Event Will be PhotographedThis Event Will be Photographed
The above sign was prominently displayed at a fair that was recently run by the Banyule Council. We have had some discussions in the Linux community about what policies should[...]
Locked Down Phones and Horrible TelcosLocked Down Phones and Horrible Telcos
Choosing a Phone I was considering renewing my Three contract and getting a HTC Desire HD [1]. What I need is a phone that is good for being a ssh[...]
Quality of Cameras in PhonesQuality of Cameras in Phones
The discussion in the comments on my post about a mobile phone for Sysadmin use [1] turned to the issue of picture quality. This is an issue for a sysadmin[...]
Raw Satire Usually Fails on the InternetRaw Satire Usually Fails on the Internet
Sarcasm and satire usually don’t work on the Internet. One cause of this is the lack of out of band signalling via facial expression or tone of voice. Another issue[...]
A Netbook for Aircraft NavigationA Netbook for Aircraft Navigation
There is apparently some MS-Windows software for navigating light aircraft in Australia. It takes input from a GPS device and knows the rules for certain types of common tasks (such[...]
Cyborgs solving Protein Folding problemsCyborgs solving Protein Folding problems
Arstechnica has an interesting article about protein folding problems being solved by a combination of brute-force software and human pattern recognition in the form of a computer game [1]. Here[...]
Yubikeys Have ArrivedYubikeys Have Arrived
In my previous post about the Yubikey I suggested that computer users’ groups should arrange bulk purchases to get the best prices [1]. I ran such a buying club for[...]
ATI ES1000 Video on Debian/SqueezeATI ES1000 Video on Debian/Squeeze
The Problem I’ve just upgraded my Dell PowerEdge T105 [1] from Debian/Lenny to Debian/Squeeze. Unfortunately the result of the upgrade was that everything in an X display looked very green[...]