Category: Technology

  • Need moar tech!

    Need moar tech!

    I recently purchased a new laptop (Acer Aspire S5) and installed Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS on it. It took some fiddling (I needed to uninstall DMRAID from the command line before I could install the new OS: sudo apt-get remove dmraid) but, eventually, I replaced Windows 8 with Ubuntu on my new machine. I work in…

  • Wisdom of the ancients

    Ah, I know this feeling all too well… Very well conveyed, Mr. Munroe!

  • I see fire on the water

    Six weeks ago, my TV broke.  Something crackled and popped inside of it; the screen went black.  I immediately unplugged it and stared dumbfoundedly at it.  This TV set was in my possession for only 3 years!  Why did it break?  And what was I supposed to do about procuring a new one? Ten days…