It’s easier in Linux!

It’s seems a bit odd to say, but it’s becoming more and more common as Linux distributions mature. It’s true though, using bluetooth devices is just EASIER in Linux. You plug in a dongle and it just works. You search for a device and it typically finds things right away. You select browse and it …

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October 27th, 2009 – 10:25 am | By Ean | Posted in Daily Musings | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Ubuntu 9.10 Coming Soon

I can’t wait to try it out on my new laptop. After my bitter disappointment with Dell I picked up a Lenovo IdeaPad and have been very pleased with it. I’m just waiting for 9.10 to come out before trying it out on the new lappy.

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October 24th, 2009 – 9:30 pm | By Ean | Posted in Daily Musings | Comments (0)

Dell has Awful Customer Support Practices

So I finally received my refund from Dell. Guess what? They only refunded the purchase price of the Dell, and not the interest, which at this point is a sizeable chunk of money from them dicking around for 5 months. Best yet, when I called I was told that there was nothing more they could …

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October 19th, 2009 – 6:17 pm | By Ean | Posted in Daily Musings | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Starry Night ISO Spread Animation

So I went out tonight and took a series of shots with my Nikon D60 at f3.5 @ 18mm for 30 seconds with ISO varying from 100 to 1600 and Hi1. What all that means is I took progressively more sensitive shots of the stars and it ended up being a cool animation. [Starry Night …

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September 18th, 2009 – 2:15 am | By Ean | Posted in Daily Musings | Comments (0)

Are you kidding me Dell?

Are you? How do you explain this? It has been a full three (3) months since I first told you that you had sent me a laptop with a broken Ethernet port. Normally I’d be patient but after this long and the fact that you sent it to the other side of the country before …

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September 9th, 2009 – 6:07 pm | By Ean | Posted in Daily Musings | Tagged | Comments (0)