Chromium OS on a Dell Mini 9
Update 2/21/2013: I’ve just installed the February 20, 2013, build. Pretty much the same experience although the interface feels slicker. My poor Dell Mini 9 has had more operating systems installed...
View ArticleUpgrading Android on the Huawei Astro u8651t
I dropped my old Huawei u8100 phone. A couple of times. Finally, the headphone jack slipped and the phone thought a headset was always plugged in. This is great when it is, but not so great when you...
View ArticleServer Migration: WordPress, LAMP, Axigen
A hardware failure necessitated a migration of my applications to a new server. It was a good opportunity to start clean, which in this case meant installing a new LAMP server. I’m running Ubuntu...
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Dell Updates Chromium OS Build
The world of Chromium OS has been in motion. Hexxeh is no longer making two versions, focusing solely on the Vanilla build. I’d loaded Dell’s build from December 2011 onto my Dell Mini 9 and was...
View ArticleTurned On Pressbooks Plugin
Ever since Pressbooks announced it was open sourcing its plugin, I had it on my to do list to download it and give it a try. Their own site is pretty slick and I’d enjoyed making an e-book with their...
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Wade into Windows 10
[Originally published on Slaw.ca, August 25, 2015] The latest Windows operating system has started rolling out. Unsurprisingly, reactions to its new update method and privacy functions are mixed. If...
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