On Monday, when I get back from my camping trip, I’m going to switch my phone service to Comcast. AT&T is just begging, “Please Kill Us”. I only have AT&T for our archaic land line (local and long distance). I’ve been really happy with my Speakeasy SDSL for the past six years.
Archive for 2007
Share.whichever.com Went Away
June 10th, 2007
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After something like seven years of minimal use, Jon took down the old share.whichever.com server. That means all the old PHP code from the Whichever Group (FreeTrade, FreeAssociation, etc) is no longer available. The mailing list for FreeTrade didn’t have a post to it for more than a year, so I’m not too worried. But [...]
Iran Holding American Hostages And We Do Nothing?
June 1st, 2007
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Micheal Ledeen wrote yesterday about an Invisible Crisis: Iran is now holding five American hostages. There is has been little coverage of this in the press, and no apparent reaction from our government. Is there no action Iran can take that will convince our country to fight back? Will we be watching a smoldering city [...]
Another Ubuntu Win: USB Devices
May 28th, 2007
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I’ve been running Ubuntu for about a year. I still have an XP desktop at home, but most of my time is spent on a Ubuntu laptop or the Alienware box I converted last July. Sometimes things are little harder or impossible on Ubuntu. Dual monitors on an ATI card was a pain, for example. [...]
Required Reboots From Windows Updates Are Annoying
May 23rd, 2007
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I have this Windows XP box from Falcon Northwest at home. I run an Ubuntu box at work. I probably get 10 times as many updates on the Ubuntu box. Every update from Microsoft requires a reboot. Maybe 1 out of 10 updates from Ubuntu requires an update, usually only if there’s a new kernel. [...]
