Comments for Linux Basement Presents: Chad's Blog http://blog.chadwollenberg.com Life, Fitness, and the Pursuit of Technology Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:24:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 Comment on Laptops and Geeks by ThomasG33K http://blog.chadwollenberg.com/2008/07/02/laptops-and-geeks/#comment-115 ThomasG33K Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:18:28 +0000 http://blog.chadwollenberg.com/?p=60#comment-115 MUDs are awesome! I am a younger person that did not grow up with MUDs. Since I moved to linux, I decided to go full boat nerd and try out some muds. Find MUDs alot better than graphical games. MUSHs are fun too but I havent played them too much to master all the commands. Great scoring with your wife on linux. I wonder how many Geeks can claim to have their spouses converted to the light. MUDs are awesome! I am a younger person that did not grow up with MUDs. Since I moved to linux, I decided to go full boat nerd and try out some muds. Find MUDs alot better than graphical games. MUSHs are fun too but I havent played them too much to master all the commands.

Great scoring with your wife on linux. I wonder how many Geeks can claim to have their spouses converted to the light.

]]> Comment on Hallelujah by cdmac http://blog.chadwollenberg.com/2008/06/18/hallelujah/#comment-108 cdmac Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:06:03 +0000 http://blog.chadwollenberg.com/?p=58#comment-108 Yeah Man... This song gets me every time... thanks! Yeah Man… This song gets me every time… thanks!

]]> Comment on OLPC-XP by Randy Noseworthy http://blog.chadwollenberg.com/2008/05/21/olpc-xp/#comment-91 Randy Noseworthy Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:41:38 +0000 http://blog.chadwollenberg.com/?p=57#comment-91 Actually, it should have hand cuffs. The eeePC needs cuffs to. Or how about the polish handcuffs? The finger cuffs things. Like Data got stuck in on Star Trek. But to wash those thoughts out... have you looked or listened to any of Bob Frankston's stuff? And if so, what do you think? http://tinyurl.com/4y6zbs My thoughts on it.. are here.. http://randynoseworthy.blogspot.com/2008/06/freedom-of-net.html Actually, it should have hand cuffs. The eeePC needs cuffs to. Or how about the polish handcuffs? The finger cuffs things. Like Data got stuck in on Star Trek. But to wash those thoughts out… have you looked or listened to any of Bob Frankston’s stuff? And if so, what do you think?

http://tinyurl.com/4y6zbs

My thoughts on it.. are here..
http://randynoseworthy.blogspot.com/2008/06/freedom-of-net.html

]]> Comment on Heron nvidia-glx-new after upgrade by Erik D. http://blog.chadwollenberg.com/2008/04/12/heron-nvidia-glx-new-after-upgrade/#comment-53 Erik D. Fri, 30 May 2008 11:41:13 +0000 http://blog.chadwollenberg.com/2008/04/12/heron-nvidia-glx-new-after-upgrade/#comment-53 Thanks for sharing. Thanks for sharing.

]]> Comment on OLPC - The Corruption of Corporate Giants by furicle http://blog.chadwollenberg.com/2008/05/16/olpc-the-corruption-of-corporate-giants/#comment-48 furicle Tue, 20 May 2008 15:02:03 +0000 http://blog.chadwollenberg.com/?p=56#comment-48 Thanks Chad, for clearly stating what many of believe. My only hope going forward is getting Sugar ported to run on regular old x86 boxes to get some good out of all this. see http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Main_Page and http://www.xconomy.com/2008/05/16/bender-creates-sugar-labs-new-foundation-to-adapt-olpcs-laptop-interface-for-other-machines/ for more info Thanks Chad, for clearly stating what many of believe.

My only hope going forward is getting Sugar ported to run on regular old x86 boxes to get some good out of all this.

see http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Main_Page and http://www.xconomy.com/2008/05/16/bender-creates-sugar-labs-new-foundation-to-adapt-olpcs-laptop-interface-for-other-machines/ for more info

]]> Comment on OLPC - The Corruption of Corporate Giants by Microsoft » Blog Archive » OLPC - The Corruption of Corporate Giants http://blog.chadwollenberg.com/2008/05/16/olpc-the-corruption-of-corporate-giants/#comment-37 Microsoft » Blog Archive » OLPC - The Corruption of Corporate Giants Fri, 16 May 2008 15:20:20 +0000 http://blog.chadwollenberg.com/?p=56#comment-37 [...] admin wrote an interesting post today on OLPC - The Corruption of Corporate GiantsHere’s a quick excerptThat is to say, they should be learning how to word process, not how to use Microsoft word. They should be learning how to surf the web, not how to use Internet Explorer. The argument that the OLCP is “hard to use” comes from people who … [...] [...] admin wrote an interesting post today on OLPC - The Corruption of Corporate GiantsHere’s a quick excerptThat is to say, they should be learning how to word process, not how to use Microsoft word. They should be learning how to surf the web, not how to use Internet Explorer. The argument that the OLCP is “hard to use” comes from people who … [...]

]]> Comment on OLPC - The Corruption of Corporate Giants by CNN Breaking News » Blog Archive » OLPC - The Corruption of Corporate Giants http://blog.chadwollenberg.com/2008/05/16/olpc-the-corruption-of-corporate-giants/#comment-36 CNN Breaking News » Blog Archive » OLPC - The Corruption of Corporate Giants Fri, 16 May 2008 14:52:47 +0000 http://blog.chadwollenberg.com/?p=56#comment-36 [...] Ian Andrew Schneider wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptFrom an article on CNN Money. “Microsoft’s Utzschneider says government technology ministers and other leaders have long been attracted to the XO’s innovative design, but were also partisans of Windows. They worried, he says, … [...] [...] Ian Andrew Schneider wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptFrom an article on CNN Money. “Microsoft’s Utzschneider says government technology ministers and other leaders have long been attracted to the XO’s innovative design, but were also partisans of Windows. They worried, he says, … [...]

]]> Comment on OLPC - The Corruption of Corporate Giants by Alexandre http://blog.chadwollenberg.com/2008/05/16/olpc-the-corruption-of-corporate-giants/#comment-35 Alexandre Fri, 16 May 2008 14:28:45 +0000 http://blog.chadwollenberg.com/?p=56#comment-35 Not sure the project was ever pure but it is, indeed, sad that the project decided to move to Windows, <a href="http://www.olpcnews.com/software/windows/xp_on_the_xo_in_60_days.html" rel="nofollow">two months ago</a>. As for the difficulty to use the XO on Sugar, it's not just lack of vision on the user's part. It's also because of a series of assumptions made by the OLPC team. The project was designed by adults in the United States for children in other parts of the world. Without any research done on the diversity of needs children have. Not sure the project was ever pure but it is, indeed, sad that the project decided to move to Windows, two months ago.
As for the difficulty to use the XO on Sugar, it’s not just lack of vision on the user’s part. It’s also because of a series of assumptions made by the OLPC team. The project was designed by adults in the United States for children in other parts of the world. Without any research done on the diversity of needs children have.

]]> Comment on Open Office 3.0 Beta by Open Office 3.0 Beta · Buwin Technology http://blog.chadwollenberg.com/2008/05/15/open-office-30-beta/#comment-33 Open Office 3.0 Beta · Buwin Technology Thu, 15 May 2008 20:31:25 +0000 http://blog.chadwollenberg.com/?p=55#comment-33 [...] Linux/Unix News | motd.ambians.com wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt [...] [...] Linux/Unix News | motd.ambians.com wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt [...]

]]> Comment on Heron nvidia-glx-new after upgrade by Sam http://blog.chadwollenberg.com/2008/04/12/heron-nvidia-glx-new-after-upgrade/#comment-29 Sam Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:33:46 +0000 http://blog.chadwollenberg.com/2008/04/12/heron-nvidia-glx-new-after-upgrade/#comment-29 Hmm I tried apt-get -purge and it didn't let me do it...? Hmm I tried apt-get -purge and it didn’t let me do it…?

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