Hello Friend

It’s been a while.

My blogging has been lacking lately.  I moved to a new host – didn’t enjoy paying the monthly fees so back here I am.

More Linux Fun

I am currently downloading OpenSuse iso’s.  I have an eee PC running Xandros, and another box with Ubuntu on it.  I never  was hot about Unbuntu.  So I am taking Suse for a spin.  I’ll let you know how it goes.

Safari?!

I am on Windows.  I have iTunes.  I just updated iTunes – and it told me I had an update available.  It wanted to install Safari.

Vista SP1

Microsoft released Vista SP1.  It seemed to have quietly slipped out on to the market.  Microsoft has supplied a blocking tool for organizations if you are not ready to unleash it on y our users.  Here are some things you need to know before installing.  Sounds like some hardware may not function properly after the update:

Some Windows Vista users may encounter an issue with a small set of hardware devices that may not function properly after updating a Windows Vista PC to Windows Vista SP1.   This is an issue with the way the device drivers were re-installed during the Windows Vista SP1 update process, not with the drivers themselves—these drivers worked on Windows Vista RTM and they work on Windows Vista SP1.  This problem is typically corrected by simply uninstalling and reinstalling the driver. We are working with the manufacturers of these devices to get the known problematic drivers and their install programs updated, and also on other solutions we can use to ensure a smooth customer experience when updating to Windows Vista SP1 using Windows Update. For new PCs provisioned with Windows Vista SP1, this is not an issue.

Updates

I wanted to give you – my faithful 2 readers an update on the status of this blog.  Starting tomorrow I am going to start doing some category posts.  These will be regular weekly posts – tomorrow we will start off with Tech – Tuesday.  I know, original huh?  That’s all I got for you on a Monday.   Monday will usually be Financial information.  I’ll try this setup for a while and we will see how it all goes.

Photography

I downloaded Photomatrix and have been trying my hand at HDR photography.  Not liking the results too much.  It has been an over cast day – so not really good for ’stunning’ photos.

I’ll try it again on the next sunny day.

Snow

They just  mentioned on tv that we could see some snow.  I am ready for spring.  Seems like it has been a long winter.

Aquarium

I get a good bit of hits on this blog from some older posts regarding a fish tank I had set up.

It’s time for an update and a few links as well.

The aquarium is still doing great.  The center piece in it decoration wise is a piece of Malaysian driftwood – with java fern growing on it.  Since that is the only live plant I have in my aquarium – there is no need for extra CO2.  I do use Flourish Excel and some iron supplementation – but that is about it.

More Asus

I know – I may be writing too many eee PC posts lately.  Chill though – OK?

I have a business trip coming up in about a month or so.  I am looking forward to taking the eee with me.   I have envisioned that it is going to be the perfect laptop to travel with.  First it is cheap, I am not going to have to be too cautious with it.  If I lose it – it won’t be the end of the world.  It is VERY light.  It should be much easier to get in and out of security with.

Seriously, if you are looking for a cheap laptop – you owe it to yourself to give one of the eee PCs a spin.

Adding Thunderbird to 2g eee PC

For whatever reason the 2g eee PC doesn’t come with an email client installed.  Plenty of links to different webmail sites – but no client.

I hunted around and found some super easy instructions for getting Thunderbird on to your eee PC.

First open a terminal window.  To do so hit Control – Alt – T.

In the terminal window type:  sudo synaptic

That will bring up the synaptic manager.  Go to Settings and then Repositories.  On the repository screen you want to change everything that says 700 to read 701.

Save your changes in synaptic then hit reload.  Then exit synaptic.  You should be back to your terminal window.

In the terminal type: sudo apt-get install thunderbird

Next you will need to download an update fix.  After Thunderbird is finished and you are back at the terminal window prompt, type:

sudo apt-get install eeepc-updatepack-20071126 

That’s it.  You will now have a Mail icon on your Work tab.