Category Archives: computing

Monday, 1 October 2012

Posted on 1 October 2012 by Robert Bruce Thompson

09:30 – Ubuntu 12.04 is hateful. The Atom system in Barbara’s office is now running Kubuntu 12.04. Very slowly. Extremely slowly. As in, when I click on the icon at the lower left corner to bring up the main menu … Continue reading →

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Sunday, 30 September 2012

Posted on 30 September 2012 by Robert Bruce Thompson

11:33 – I’ve been working this morning on switching out Barbara’s system. It’s beginning to look as if the problem in the den was the display all the time. I’d squirreled away my old den Atom system, intending to scavenge … Continue reading →

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Wednesday, 26 September 2012

Posted on 26 September 2012 by Robert Bruce Thompson

08:28 – Thanks to the kindness of a reader, I now have a legal copy of Windows 7 Home Premium. I attempted to install it on the new Atom system in the den yesterday afternoon, and the system behaved exactly … Continue reading →

Posted in computing, government, politics, science kits, writing | 15 Comments

Friday, 21 September 2012

Posted on 21 September 2012 by Robert Bruce Thompson

08:49 – Barbara’s been gone two days now, and Colin is taking it pretty well. At night, he’s taking advantage of her absence by stretching out full length on her side of the bed–with his head on her pillow, yet–instead … Continue reading →

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Monday, 3 September 2012

Posted on 3 September 2012 by Robert Bruce Thompson

09:20 – Yesterday I finally got around to building a new system on the Intel Atom motherboard I ordered a couple of months ago. Ultimately, that’ll be Barbara’s new system, but for now it’s sitting in the den next to … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 28 June 2012

Posted on 28 June 2012 by Robert Bruce Thompson

10:40 – We’re still working on building science kits, which is going to be my life for at least the next three months or so. We’re down to about five chemistry kits from the last batch of 30, but we’ll … Continue reading →

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Friday, 22 June 2012

Posted on 22 June 2012 by Robert Bruce Thompson

07:50 – I had one of those days yesterday that was, as Pournelle says, eaten by locusts. At the end of the day, I’d worked hard all day but felt as though I hadn’t accomplished much. In retrospect, though, I … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, 13 December 2011

Posted on 13 December 2011 by Robert Bruce Thompson

07:56 – EU officials announced yesterday that they would make Britain suffer for vetoing their planned power grab. “Nice little financial services sector you have there. Be a shame to see anything happen to it…” Meanwhile, the markets are treating … Continue reading →

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Sunday, 20 November 2011

Posted on 20 November 2011 by Robert Bruce Thompson

09:56 – I just did a purchase order for bulk quantities of various bottles and caps, totaling about 13,000 pieces. Tomorrow I’ll call the vendor and go through the order line-item by line-item to make sure that all the bottles … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 17 November 2011

Posted on 17 November 2011 by Robert Bruce Thompson

08:44 – Apparently, some people took one of my comments yesterday to mean that I was planning to abandon Linux for Windows. I’m not. What I may do is buy a low-end PC with Windows on it to do some … Continue reading →

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