Monthly Archives: January 2009

Reflections on a New Laptop Battery

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Ben

Now, Linux isn’t exactly known to get you amazing battery life on laptops.  (Yes, when the distro and hardware are specially designed this there are some exceptions.)  However, in my Toshiba Tecra the battery life was getting to be horrendous, … Continue reading →

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Back to Gentoo

Posted on January 20, 2009 by Ben

When I first started on Linux, my distribution was RedHat 8.0 on our old HP Vectra.  After installing it I found that I couldn’t get X to start, and so I had to navigate the system from the command line, … Continue reading →

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Solar Powered Web Server

Posted on January 12, 2009 by Ben

As you have probably noted from past entries I like to run my own servers.  I’m not running a big enterprise here, so they don’t have to be extremely reliable (though they have been very reliable).  Mostly, I like the … Continue reading →

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Winter Without Christmas

Posted on January 4, 2009 by Ben

I believe that today is the Nativity, or the last day of Christmas or whatever.  It is also the day I am heading back to school, back to the daily grind…  Actually, I shouldn’t complain.  My quarter is relatively light, … Continue reading →

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2012

Posted on January 2, 2009 by Ben

This post is not about that movie that asks you to Google ’2012′, but it does cover similar subject matter.  For those unaware, the Mayan calendar ends in this year (look it up), and doesn’t really say anything else.  So … Continue reading →

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Happy 2009!

Posted on January 1, 2009 by Ben

Well it is now 2009.  I didn’t do a lot last night, just hung around with the family, drank some champaign and went to bed around 1 or so after listening to NPR.  Didn’t really feel like doing much else. … Continue reading →

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