So I read this morning that Microsoft will end support for Windows XP SP2 on July 13th of this year. That happens to be what I’m running on my only two Windows installations that have access to the internet. One is my laptop, and the other is a virtual XP installation running inside VirtualBox here […]
As part of my ongoing quest to experience the unmitigated awesome that is the Windows 3.1 operating system, I have acquired an old laptop. Thanks, Uncle Furry. ;) It’s from the heady year of 2000, which was once a large-looming “FUTURE” but is now, like, ten years ago. And it has Windows 98 already on […]
I’ve read that this latest release is buggy. And I’ve also read that it’s got an “unfinished feel”, especially for a Long Term Release. And from what my own experience with it tells me, I would have to agree. I mentioned earlier how I downloaded the beta and installed it on my netbook. That went… […]
So I have the fucking flu. It’s ruined my day, and might possibly screw up my plans for my long weekend. I booked Monday off so I could get some personal stuff done, but so far I haven’t even done a proper vegetation day. Usually on Saturday I do laundry, play video games and drink […]
Well, I finally got around to checking out my new laserjet printer today. And I didn’t know this… but “LaserJet” is a trademark owned by Hewlett Packard. Meh. Well xerox my kleenex! So far I’ve printed only a test page from Ubuntu and a test page from Windows XP, but they look good. Now, if […]
Yes, my slop is being nuked in the microwave as we speak! IT was either that or Wendy’s. Not healthy, but flavourful. I’m getting plenty of “exercise” at work lately. So I guess I can claim that I’m burning off the fat pretty fast. So on to things that aren’t high-sodium, high-fat, low-nutrient meals. Well […]
As I have bitched about below, I had a printer die on me recently. The new one is on the way, but since I had to shell out a good $400 for it, my credit card was put damn near its limit. My ISP wasn’t able to bill the card, so I had to write […]
Well, out of boredom and a need to express my geekdom in as many ways as I can, I’ve installed “Lubuntu” on my netbook. Lubuntu, for those not in the know, is the variant of Ubuntu that uses LXDE as its desktop environment. I use LXDE over Ubuntu or Xubuntu on most of my computers. […]
So, my opinion of Ed Bott is that he’s a shill and an Áœber Fanboy for Microsoft. Still, this is fucking hilarious. And it has me thinking of Windows 3.1. A while ago I watched this video of someone running Windows 3.1 on a Nokia phone. Pretty neat trick. I have a very old monochrome […]
Well, bluddy ell. I heard on the weather today that the atmosphere above Calgary was unstable. No shit. When I got out of work, it was freezing. When I rode the train through to downtown, it was a fucking blizzard. When I got downtown there was no freezing rain but it was about as windy […]
I can’t take credit for this pic. It’s from a very good article over on ZDNet. The gist of it is this: Fuck Apple.
I saw some recent screenshots of the latest version of GNOME, which apparently is in contention for being an early version of GNOME 3.0. I hate it. I see a very nasty trend in GUI design lately. That trend is all about eye candy. Eye candy and the need to cater to stupid people who […]
Digital Restrictions Management. What a fucking sick joke this is. I just read about another DRM system that has gone down in flames. This time, like so many times before and many more times to come, the paying customers who were dumb enough to be sold defective goods are being shafted. So, you paid for […]
I’m sure many of you out there have noticed that motherfucking godawful bloody Daylight Saving time has cursed us all with its presence one more time. Except for folks in Saskatchewan. Why did they realize that DST is a useless fucking turd and not the rest of us? Anyhoo, you’ve probably guessed by now that […]
This is actually exciting news on Linux. As much as I love Linux, there’s one thing I can not stand about it. The way that software gets installed is a fucking mess. I’ve learned the hard way that unless you are a Linux programmer, you shouldn’t try to install anything outside of what your distro […]
Fuck Apple And fuck Steve Jobs. Apple is the new Microsoft. They are a dangerous monopoly and they must be broken up. Apple can no longer innovate, so its business is based on abusing the completely broken US patent system. Apple is now suing HTC over something which Apple stole from someone else. Fuck Apple. […]
Ah, Vegetation day. Silly me… working hard all week. I should have known better than to not be born to parents who are filthy fucking rich. I spent today doing laundry and playing around with my Amiga emulator again. Not so much actually playing, as still making “configuration files” that allow me to load the […]
Firefox is a very fine browser. It’s full-featured, and it allows for the use of some excellent add-ons. It used to be the fastest browser out there for Windows. As far as Linux is concerned, Firefox is a sludgy molasses pit. Things have improved a bit since Firefox 2.0, but it’s nowhere near what it […]
Not my headline, but one from Christopher Dawson over at ZDNet. Seeing as how I’m under the effect of another bloody Chinook headache, and seeing as how I can’t get the neurons firing to think of a topic to blab about myself, I will just let you read that. And read this too, because it’s […]
I was all set to get lots of stuff done today. I still have a ton of music to Mikeify. I got another album by Peter Hammill today, so I was going to do that one and put it on the iPod. I ordered his 80s albums last week from Amazon.ca, and every single one […]
So I’m in the late stages of “Vegetation Day”. Today, I have been spending time with my Amiga computer emulator and the games I have for it. The emulator, WinUAE, is the most complicated emulator I have. It took me damn near forever to figure out just how to use it properly. And you can’t […]
Okay, printer manufacturers, I’ve got you in my sights. FUCK YOU. FUCK YOU ALL. Greedy, avaricious, gluttonous scum-sucking lowlifes all of you! I’m never buying an inkjet printer again. For the amount of sheer hassle I get, for the wasted money spent on ink and paper when things fuck up, for having to shell out […]
EGAD! GADZOOKS! ZOUNDS!!!! So, entirely typical of the way that I shoot my big fucking mouth off about things I don’t completely know or understand, I’ve gone and said a few things on this blog that need to now be corrected. Here’s the original post. None other than George Ou himself has graciously said hello […]
Ah, vegetation day. I try to make that Saturday, but I was too busy yesterday. And now on Sunday I sit around and do as little as possible. That’s a shame because I have a ton of stuff I need to get done. Oh well. Right now, as I did rather recently, I am playing […]
I used to read ZDNet News quite frequently. I still check the site out every other day or so, but the content is nothing like it used to be. A few years ago there was some sort of shakeup at ZDNet. The site’s top editor and most of the genuine journalists went bye-bye. I remember […]
You may or may not know this, but I am a geek. I am a nerd. Dork. Etc. And making maps of Island 1 and Island 2 from a 1986 game made for a computer that no one uses anymore is probably among the geekiest/nerdiest/dorkiest things I’ve ever done. So without further ado, here are […]
So I’m back “fixing” a friends computer. That’s the same computer I talked bout earlier. Apparently, Windows XP got reinstalled on its partition, thus removing the Grub boot loader and the ability to dual boot. That’s fixed now, but OH SWEET JEBUS how awful the display in XP looks now! Even with the latest XP […]
Today – between bouts of doing laundry, working on FembotWiki and wishing I had more time off – I loaded up my Commodore 64 emulator and played a bit (several hours) of Questron. Back when I was a young lad, my Father bought me and my brothers a Commodore 64. It was the first computer […]
Another day, another load of time spent playing Civ II. That game is addicting. I kicked everyone’s ass and won the game, of course. I read more about ancient Chinese history too. I’m such a geek. I just updated FembotWiki, and now it’s time to get to bed. But not before I bitch about Windows […]
It’s way past my bed time. Good lord, it’s almost 11 PM! I long ago declared Saturday’s to be my vegetation day, but I end up doing a lot of work anyway. Still, that didn’t stop me from playing Civilization II again today. I like Civ II because it can run on my virtual Windows […]
Well, there’s no song in my head right now… and I don’t remember anything special coming on the iPod this morning… so no song of the day. I’m all tired and beat up from working all week too… yesterday was way fucking brutal. But I did get to talk to a hot lady acting like […]
This is a love story. No, not the kind of love I have for female androids. I never have and never will fondle or fuck a PC. My first PC is a vintage 1998 HP Pavilion 8260. Back then, it cost me $2599 and included only a mouse, keyboard, monitor and speakers. The specs and […]