Man, I would love to get me one of these! If it were mostly home use I’d want a Macbook Pro but I’d really like to take a computer to uni with me, then again I wouldn’t buy a computer for mostly home use because I have my Ubuntu box. The Macbook is smaller, 13″, […]
Technology
Dear dear
Hubby went to the doctor over two hours ago and he’s still not home. He has had a blocked ear for about a week, it seems to be a recurring thing. He’s been pretty grumpy since dinner time last night, while I hope he’s not still waiting for the doctor I also hope that he […]
Holy Moley!
We had an enormous thunderstorm here a couple of hours ago. I squealed a couple of times in response to the loud thunder. I’m not necessarily easily scared or surprised, it was LOUD! I tried to get some photos of raindrops, I didn’t try to get the lightning, I didn’t have the right angles or […]
Switch to Google Reader
Since switching to Ubuntu I’ve been using Liferea for reading blogs and news feeds (but mostly blogs). I like it, it’s got a nice layout and is fairly flexible. It is a desktop program, it runs on your computer (as opposed to an online server) so it’s not accessible from everywhere. Online aggregators are very […]
Music and other things
My little brother was asking if you turn off the search suggestions in Firefox’s Google Search Bar. I was looking through the about:config to see whether you could change it and what you change it to. Then I just right-clicked the search bar and discovered the option to show suggestions right there. Duh! xP I […]
Widgets for Linux
ADesklets are widgets that can be used in Linux using the X-windows system. They are cute and easily customisable. This article has a nice description of how to install the calendar and weather desklets. I now have the weather forecast one up and running and configured to the way I like it. I’ve had to […]