1) MY NEW LAPTOP CAME! That's it right there. It's a Dell something or other with Ubuntu, and it has a NIIICE silvery keyboard with a real nice texture, and I turned it on out of the box and I was online on the front porch in less than three minutes. I am back among my family.
2) I got some new pink. That's it on my head. This time my friend Lisa Hawks did it. Lisa has her own beauty parlor, it's called The Chop Shop, very much like a sort of icky old-people restaurant in Cobble Hill called The Chop House, except not icky and if there are old people at Lisa's shop, they have tattoos and know all about music. And it is a nice place to hang out, in addition to Lisa being really good and very experienced at hair.
Oh wow, I might have to take a look at your wireless settings later, i still can't get on wifi with ubuntu. Is it an inspiron 1525?
ReplyDeleteI'm so thrilled for you! Living life with an out of date computer is like having a bruised elbow - you can use it, but every motion seems to hurt! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteCool laptop. Congratulations. Always feel nice to turn a new one on. I love your blog. I've been reading it for awhile. Although I am in the UAE now and can no longer see most of your images (due to the ban on Flickr - very retarded), I still enjoy your writing. Thanks! Cheryl
ReplyDeleteI'm amazed to find people using Linux. (That's what ubuntu is, right?) Guess I need to get myself a "blogger identity" or whatever it's called, so I can get involved with this chatter.
ReplyDeleteMy first Linux laptop was so fast and trouble-free, it was like finally finding and using the right size screwdriver after you've spent hours trying to put a bookshelf together using a dime or your fingernail to turn all the screws.
ReplyDeleteBut after it was caught in a shower of rain it never worked again, and I've been without a laptop for months.
So getting this new one is just fantastic. It is an Inspiron 1525, and all I can say about our wifi settings is... er, I left the network open. I had such trouble with the host computer's firewall and McAfee security and MS bullshit, that, ok, anybody can come steal our wireless.
BUT! When I set it up I saw that both next-door neighbors already had wireless networks, so I'm not all that concerned. And I think that's why I've never had any trouble with any of our laptops finding the network.
PS Shan, how's that elbow?
ReplyDeleteI have been looking to get a new hair person for months, and you were the second person to recommend Lisa. So, Zoe and I headed over there yesterday. You're right about her skills. She spent a lot of time with each of us, assessing our hair and getting the cuts just right. Zoe loved her. And it took far less time to dry my newly thinned out hair this morning!
ReplyDelete(I was "anonymous" earlier, but now done went and got my Blogger account.)
ReplyDeleteYNL, hopefully you were able to get Dell's CompleteCare accidental damage protection with your new laptop.
I have WPA security turned on, on my LinkSys router. Our daughter is able to use the wireless with Microsoft Windows on her laptop and desktop, and I use it with Debian (Linux) with a 2.6.26.5 kernel I compiled. If youse guys are Baltimorons, maybe in the future we can do some social time getting tech stuff to work. (I've lived in Baltimore since 1995 and have built up a few references if needed.)