by Chris | May 13, 2009 | Blog
Yesterday I finally succeeded in running Ubuntu 9 on my AppleTV. I used the tools and guides from the atv-bootloader project to solve this problem. I now have a shiny Linux media centre computer using the HDMI output, it looks nice. I certainly had a few problems...
by Chris | May 3, 2009 | Blog
I have finally got that laptop sorted out. It took a lot longer than I thought it would but I got there in the end. The laptop now runs better than ever and I got everything installed without any of the crapware from Acer. I’m so relieved I don’t have to...
by Chris | Apr 29, 2009 | Blog
I still haven’t had any luck with my partner’s laptop. I’ve tried to install Ubuntu 8.10 to test the hard drive but it turns out the disk was corrupt. Today I’m going to get some Linux live boot CDs to troubleshoot the hard drive but I’m...
by Chris | Apr 28, 2009 | Blog
Today I finally started to upgrade my partner’s laptop. It is an old Acer TravelMate 2300 series POS and she was running Windows XP with Norton Antivirus and Office 2007. It was slow as. The first thing I did was have them add a 1GB DDR chip to give it five...
by Chris | Apr 25, 2009 | Blog
On our last day in Melbourne we got taken out to Williamstown to a French crepe . I had this great seafood crepe and a flat white for lunch with a Jaffa and chocolate crepe for dessert. After lunch I headed to the Melbourne Cricket Ground for an Australian Football...
by Chris | Apr 23, 2009 | Blog
This morning we went to the Melbourne Aquarium. This aquarium had penguins! They were pretty funny, this one penguin was following a photographer around looking for food. The aquarium’s jelly fish and tropical bowl were nice and they had a really big shark tank....
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