Getting Linux running in dual-boot on my Dell Inspiron 8000 laptop with Windows XP.
I downloaded Ubuntu 6.10/Edgy Eft from ubuntu.com, a single ISO image which functions as a LiveCD and an installation CD. I burned the CD, stuck it in the drive and rebooted - which was successful, up to a point. The system loaded […]
Monthly Archives: January 2007
Write-up: in which I get my Linux on
January 25, 2007 – 10:25 pm
Typo saves start-up: legal rottweilers still on leash
January 10, 2007 – 2:13 pm
There’s a new video website called Viddler. Obviously my lawyers have been informed and are watching developments closely, but that lucky double D may just have averted a situation. There’s a good overview of the service at Solution Watch, which explains how you use a timeline to “tag and comment any particular moment of time […]
Matt Cutts on making a how-to archive
January 10, 2007 – 12:59 pm
Anytime you have to figure something out, write-up the solution and save it. If it’s on the web, you can share it. This is exactly the kind of thing I want to do using this weblog.
CSS footers article at Smashing Magazine
January 10, 2007 – 12:42 pm
interesting article on footers at Smashing Magazine.
Apple iPhone announced
January 10, 2007 – 12:32 pm
Steve Jobs’ keynote at Macworld 2007 announcing the iPhone is now up at the Apple Events site as a Quicktime video stream. If you don’t fancy the video, there’s a good write-up with photos at Engadget.
Inventor of instant noodles dies
January 6, 2007 – 10:12 pm
Crazy name, crazy snacks: Momofuku Ando, founder of Nissin, dies at 96.
