Pages Tagged “Frys”
Tech Tips
- Wrong Tech for the Context: Fry’s Line Spotters If you’re going to replace an old technology with a new one, make sure it’s actually an improvement in the context in which it’s used.
Blog Posts
- Finally Upgraded!
After way too long, I finally upgraded the processor on my desktop. I’d held off because that always involves upgrading the motherboard, which is major surgery on the computer, and with a small child who wants to grab everything, that wasn’t really a good idea. Replacing phones and tablets, and replacing the Windows box, sure, […]
- It Pours
My desktop computer has been a bit flaky for a few months now. Well, more than that. There’s the problem where it won’t display anything in plain-text mode, but that’s not really a big deal. It was when it stopped running anything higher than 1024×768 that I started getting annoyed. That turned out, oddly enough, […]
- Only in Vegas
You know the routine. We can’t pass up a bizarre image without taking a photo and posting some sort of comment. Not even on vacations. The drive to Las Vegas from southern California is simple: make your way to the 15, head north, and keep going until you get blinded by the neon. The ⅔ […]
- A bit morbid, but still funny
Noticed an ambulance parked out in front of Fry’s earlier today. On my way in, I passed two people who were talking about it: “That’s kind of disturbing.” “Sure, ‘Shop ’till you drop,’ but…” One of those moments where you know you shouldn’t laugh, but it somehow manages to be funny anyway.
- Spec Check
I’ve been thinking about adding memory to the PowerBook for a while now, and for various other reasons we ended up at Fry’s last night. I figured, we’re here anyway, why not at least price the RAM? Well, here’s a big fragging “Why Not:” I couldn’t remember the exact specs required. There was, however, a […]
- Red Shirt Linux
On Friday I reinstalled Red Hat 9 on my computer. On Saturday I figured out why I couldn’t build Dillo on the virtual Conectiva system (the only reason I tried to install the real thing). On Monday I made a remark on the Dillo mailing list that, after trashing the system trying to install Conectiva, […]
- Always check the requirements
We have a “yours, mine and ours” set of computers at home. My system started out as a Compaq Presario in 1994 and has been upgraded piecemeal over the past decade, Katie replaced her Power Mac with a G4 last year, and we picked up an eMachine to use as a dial-up server when we […]