mindful rage » 2006 » April http://www.halberd.org we do nothing important, and we're very good at it Tue, 20 May 2008 17:40:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Somewhat Typical Conversation with Dad http://www.halberd.org/2006/04/26/somewhat-typical-conversation-with-dad/ http://www.halberd.org/2006/04/26/somewhat-typical-conversation-with-dad/#comments Wed, 26 Apr 2006 21:37:37 +0000 Matt http://www.halberd.org/2006/04/26/somewhat-typical-conversation-with-dad/ Matt:  OK, so I have the wiring box out of the outlet.  What now?

Dad:   You’re gonna wanna clip the end and strip about an inch of clean wire off.

Matt:  You know, it occurs to me.  You never once mentioned that I should turn this circuit off at the breaker box.

Dad:  So?  You’ve got leather work gloves, right?

Matt:  Yeah, but…

Dad:  They’ll impede about 600 volts, so don’t worry about it.  Jeeze.

]]> http://www.halberd.org/2006/04/26/somewhat-typical-conversation-with-dad/feed/ Vaguely Disappointed http://www.halberd.org/2006/04/25/vaguely-disappointed/ http://www.halberd.org/2006/04/25/vaguely-disappointed/#comments Wed, 26 Apr 2006 02:00:00 +0000 Matt http://www.halberd.org/2006/04/25/vaguely-disappointed/ I decided to try installing the Xubuntu 6.06 Beta 1, since my poor laptop is much older and could use a slimmed-down distribution.

This was the very first time an Ubuntu-based distribution failed to detect and configure my wireless card.  Not a good sign.

]]> http://www.halberd.org/2006/04/25/vaguely-disappointed/feed/ The P Stands for “Purge” http://www.halberd.org/2006/04/18/the-p-stands-for-purge/ http://www.halberd.org/2006/04/18/the-p-stands-for-purge/#comments Tue, 18 Apr 2006 22:28:38 +0000 Matt http://www.halberd.org/2006/04/18/the-p-stands-for-purge/ We all know our FujiP clan loves their svelte little laptops.

Now comes the reckoning:  Fujitsu launches 2.2-pound Q series notebook

So now what do we have to look forward to?  A FujiP with an eating disorder.

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