Acer Aspire One vs HP 2133 Mininote

Introduction
I dont know quite who reads this blog but I had an abnormally high hit-rate yesterday when I posted some thoughts about the netbooks I own and have owned in the past, namely my previous HP 2133 and my current Acer Aspire One (Which I am currently using to write this post).
I dont typically write [...]

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School’s out

Schools out so I have more time to blog,  a few notes on the tech side, I sold my HP 2133 because the hardware wasnt very good (Linux compatible) and work bought me a Dell D630 which works rather well.
I bought instead of an HP 2133, an Acer Aspire One which is a far better [...]

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Comments on Heiddegger – Being and Time – Section #34

Despite Heiddegger’s best efforts to refrain from ending up with Da sein being existentialist in nature he fails, he during explaining language has to give some sort of means for language to project out of and thus adminst that ’speaking forth’ or ’saying’ have to come from a being, this is not an abstract concept [...]

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4th Reading and Response

Comments on Wittgenstein Philosophical Investigations (40-)
40.  It is nonsensical to present an argument that is redundant, we not tha the bearer of a name does is not limited to the existance of the subject.  This might be true of the definition is N, however definitions when used as names are not dependant upon physical space [...]

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HP 2133 Mini-note with Xubuntu and Windows XP

My dearest wife helped me save up for an HP mini-note and so for my birthday we bought one.  These are my experiences so far, I would like to hear some of yours too.
I first got the machine with Vista, my patience quickly ran out as I waited for this bloated operating system to fire [...]

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Activities on Firefox

A way cool feature I found in IE8 beta 1 is available for Firefox. Very usefull:
http://lifehacker.com/366659/add-activities-feature-of-ie8-to-firefox
I’m just waiting now for a “Share on wordpress” activity

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JDarkRoom update!

JDarkRoom
I have mentioned a few times about this word proccessor that I use for blogging called JDarkRoom. We’ll I wanted to post quickly and let you know that there is a new version available. This new version is especially freidnly if you are a OS X user.
There is a new OS X download [...]

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Why I want a ‘Want Book’

Personal Reflections
I’ve been reflecting and struggling with the consumerism that is rampant in my life, this has come as a result of partially being a technophile but as well always tinkering and trying to restore things.
Recently I was reading on “Zen Habits” which is a blog I frequent (not that I subscribe to the ’spiritually’ [...]

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My [new, old] Powerbook G4 15″

(below) Monitoring the installation proccess of ubuntu linux on my powerbook.

Powerbook Specifications:
1.25 Ghz G4 Proccessor
2GB RAM (2×1GB SODIMM)
15″ LCD (1280×854 native resolution)
80GB Hard Drive
OS X 10.4 & Ubuntu Linux 7.10 – Operatig Systems

Well after much research on Powerbook G4 laptops I was able to restore a PB G4 15″ to working order. Now I [...]

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Alternatives for Online Email and Application Service Providers

Recently I have been getting a number of questions from various friends as to the reliability of online services such as Google Documents, Google Mail, Yahoo Mail, Hotmail Scribe etc.
If you are like me, these services that are offered to store documents, emails and other such fun things online come in very handy as I [...]

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