I forgot to mention—my cure for the php/mysql editing blues has descended upon me in the form of EasyEclipse.
Now if I could just find a cure for my new Guitar Hero addiction.
Archive for July, 2006
EasyEclipse
Posted in Personal, tagged Geek, Personal on July 20, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Restless nights on an air matress have officially caught up with me now that I’m waking up at 6am every morning.
All I can do is sleep when I get home.
I must get a bed with next paycheck.
Liftoff in T Minus…
Posted in Personal, tagged Geek, Personal on July 16, 2006 | 2 Comments »
It will be interesting to see how Google behaves with our new project which is set to launch this coming week. I can’t say much about the project until I get the go ahead, but it is wonderfully exciting. It was my first chance to flex The Bag’s muscles.
Dmac just announced he’s moving [...]
ATI Linux Configuration – nVidia’s Switch Campaign (sponsored by ATI)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Geek on July 13, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Open call to anyone who can read, I cannot for the life of my set up my ATI video card in Ubuntu.
My hardware:
ASUS A8V DELUXE Socket 939 VIA K8T800 Pro ATX AMD Motherboard
ATI 100-435105 Radeon 9800PRO 256MB DDR AGP 4X/8X Video Card
My current configuration:
andy@frostbite:~$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer [...]
Minor Victories
Posted in Personal, tagged Personal on July 12, 2006 | 1 Comment »
We’ve all got to celebrate some things. Here’s my minor victories list:
KCScout.com – a good idea to check before rush hour so I don’t have another marathon commute
MSUR – Auto Enthusiasts help from the crew at MSUR with my car stereo. I changed the busted fuse. First time for everything…
Installation:_Installing_PHPEclipse”>PHPEclipse FAQ a minor victory on [...]
WGA – Linux’s Switch Campaign (sponsored by Microsoft)
Posted in Personal, tagged Geek, Personal on July 12, 2006 | 8 Comments »
My primary desktop operating system is now Ubuntu. This month, it’s cool to use Ubuntu because big shots like Mark Pilgrim and Cory Doctorow (former Apple preachers) have switched.
Ubuntu pronunciation:
Ubuntu, an African word from Zulu and Xhosa, is pronounced “oo-BOON-too”. See the other FAQ on its meaning, it’s a worthwhile read, and no, [...]
Rush Hours
Posted in Personal, tagged Personal on July 10, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Today was my first day at the new job. A ‘real’ job.
Now I know why it’s called Rush Hour… it took me TWO HOURS to get to the office. Granted, there was a rather large wreck on Lamar Avenue which backed up I-35 significantly…I was unaware of the wreck. Now I know I need to [...]
Overheard: Swayze Edition
Posted in Personal, tagged Personal on July 8, 2006 | 2 Comments »
the following is a true story
this actually happened. randomness. but pretty funny:
my roomies and i are at a bar called The Granfalloon in KC. The night had already been a relatively strange night with the Church Group standing outside of Kelley’s and the midget with a midget-walker that begged the question “where do you go [...]
Elevated
Posted in Personal, tagged Personal on July 6, 2006 | 5 Comments »
I’ve been using a card table as my computer desk. That’s been the case been since I moved out of KY.
This morning I realized why my neck had been bothering me so much… my monitor had been on the same level as my keyboard.
I scrambled our newly cleaned house (Thanks, Andrea) [...]
While you were out
Posted in Personal, tagged Personal on July 5, 2006 | 3 Comments »
I took an internet break and a blogging break. A lot’s happened since then, so here you go in bullet form…
Chris Sanders got dugg
DMac and his wife visited
I fully converted my desktop machine to Ubuntu Linux Dapper Drake release. Free at last.
I had a great KY visit. I wish I would have had [...]
