Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex, and a new laptop

Man, I think Ubuntu is getting to me like a high school student experimenting with "soft drugs". Granted, I don't use it as much since it's installed as a dual boot with Vista, on a new laptop, but it still get's used once in a while.

Which reminds me: go out and buy a HP-DV5 laptop. You won't be let down. Well, you may be, if you don't get to configure it (like I couldn't), but this laptop has everything you need:  a Blu-Ray drive, two headphone jacks, a mediocore screen resolution of 1280x800 on a 15.4 inch wide screen, and some decent sounding speakers. Oh, and of course there's the next-gen Wireless-N adapter that's built-in ready to pick up any Wireless-N signals if there are any nearby. (Fear not though there's always B and G to fall back on).

That brings me to the following point: I hate laptops and wireless connections. I wish I had a wiredconnection everywhere that I could go. That would enable me to get some pretty high transfer speeds on the LAN, while bogging down the rest of the network ;). The reason why laptops suck: they're not modular enough, and usually don't have a nice high screen resolution. But otherwise they're good when you're travelling.

(C)

Sign up for Twitter!

Or don't. It's up to you. It's an interesting service that is basically like the Facebook/MySpace status message. Basically, that's all twitter is: a status message that anyone can view. The interesting thing about it is that you can send upates via your phone, which is really nice, because let's see you see something interesting on the streets, while you're out and about, you're not going to wait to get to home before you "twit" about it.

Sign up for it. It's really interesting.

I installed Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) about 3 weeks ago, and I found it really interesting. It does everything I need to do (browse forums and post here :p) and then some. There are many interesting things available on Ubuntu, such as Frozen-Bubble (don't install that game unless you want to waste a lot of hours spending playing the game).

Come to think of it, I'm not even sure why I've installed Ubuntu. Probably mainly because I've come to like it as it is, and I'm trying to expand my horizons. Anyways, that's all "news" wise".

The inter[national]net

Considering that the internet is used by many people all over the globe, why doesn't anyone make any strides to make it more user friendly by at least putting in the GMT, or UTC offsets whenever posting any times and dates on the internet. It makes it so much more easier for the non-NorthAmerican users to figure out what you guys are talking about instead of trying to figure out what the whole acronym is. Most people outside the US don't even know what EDT, or PST means, and just putting the GMT offset up there would make it so much more easier.

Yes, it saves us on a little bit of Googling, but most of the users have to try and find out what the author/admin is trying to say while trying to convey a message.


All messages posted during GMT +0 offset.

Jaxtr - the person to person youTube

Well, at least that's what I like to call it.

Basically, it's a service called Jaxtr and it lets you make calls (yes, phone calls) to other people by just using your computer.

At least that's how I think it works.

Anyways, here's my link, let's try it out.

PS: If you want to sign up for the service, you can go to their website.

Opening day

Let's see. I've set up this blog in boredom of studying for my exams. Something that everyone does.

Actually, it's weird how during exams, your room will be extra clean, you dishes extra shiney, and even your bathroom, extra white (no pun intended).

I think it was during my GCSE years that I found IRC, and since then have been addicted to it. Let's see if the same happens with blogger.

What do you get up to when you are meant to be studying for exams; whether they are IB exams, A-levels, GCSEs, SATs, university, or even driving exams. And for those of us in the businesses, what do you guys do when you are meant to be filling out tax forms, or doing accounts.

Does anyone actually get this out of the way early? I know this one guy that does work when he's bored. I asked him: when do you get bored, if you're doing something instead?

O_o