Archive for April, 2009
xchat-gnome is not XChat
I installed Ubuntu 9.04 today on my EeePC and notice that the version of XChat I had installed seemed different. The first thing I noticed was it was called xchat-gnome and was build 0.xx. Knowing that XChat was up to version 2.8 I thought it seemed quite odd.
Tags: Add new tag, Linux, Ubuntu, XChat, xchat-gnome
Eventful Day
Last night the boys friend Jayden stayed over. They had fun watching movies and playing the Playstation 2, they stayed up until midnight!
Today Chell and I took all the kids to Bowen for the day to swim and have fun, it was great. We stopped off at Ayr where the big rainbow serpent is and got photos of the kids.
Tags: Bowen, Family, Food, Movies
Windows Vista on a ASUS 1000HE EeePC
The other day I got Chell and I an ASUS 1000HE EeePC (Black). Now this little netbook packs quite the punch. It lasts up to 9.5 hours on battery which is quite astonishing. It comes with Windows XP Home Edition and runs quite well, but what I wanted to do was install Windows Vista.
End of Easter
Well it’s coming to the end of the Easter holiday for me, and back to work tomorrow. So I thought I would write a post about what I got up to over easter, exciting right?
Tags: Birthday, Easter, Website, Work
SCAMwatch
In recent events of the new scams going around in regards to the stimulus package that is being handed out I thought I would post about a website called SCAMwatch.
iPhone + car + hot day = bad
Well I managed to leave my iPhone in the car the other day, which wasn’t a good idea. I have finally been presented with the warning screen about the temperature being too hot.
Tags: Apple, iPhone, Temperature
Force which browser to use?
Just recently I got a suggestion via Skribit to stop forcing you, the reader to use a certain web browser. Now with out being rude, I am not forcing you to use any web browser.
For those that don’t know what I am talking about, I have a bar across the top of my page when visiting the site in Internet Explorer. The bar simply states:
Please, stop using Internet Explorer as a browser. It’s slow, unsecure and doesn’t render web pages correctly. You may download free and better browser like Mozilla Firefox or Opera. Close.
Now, I am not forcing you to switch browsers, if you look closely there is also a Close link at the end of the sentence, so it removes the recommendation. Maybe if I had the site redirect to a page that said “LOL, your using Internet Explorer, FAIL”, there would be a reason to make a suggestion.
I just am recommending an alternative web browser to use, at the end of the day it’s your choice what web browser you would like to use.
Tags: Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, Skribit