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Getting Xubuntu 15.04 (Ubuntu Vervet 15.04) working on an HP 2000 laptop (rt5390sta support)
I was having extremely poor wifi performance on Erin's old laptop after moving it to Xubuntu. Specifically, after initially connecting for about 30 seconds, it disconnects and then can no longer see the network. Turns out this is a problem for all machines with this old wifi card and newer Linux distros. You'll know you need this method if you run ( Read more... ) -
Me, completely surprised
SaturdayAfter a lazy morning, Erin and I went to Rockefeller Center to have brunch at the Rock Center Cafe. The head chef from one of our favorite neighborhood restaurants, Seersucker, was guest chef there. The prix fixe menu was delicious beyond words. I think he's there until the end of the month. Go ( Read more... ) -
Enabling CAPTCHAS for anon users
Too many computers trying to sell shoes or pharmaceuticals. Not that I have posted here at all in months and months.
Should I?
Edit: Just got more comment spam. Forbidding anon comments from here-on-in. -
Nearly killed by a cabbie tonight
I was in the middle of the crosswalk, when I see a too-fast cab rounding the corner. My first thought was "He must be slowing down to make this turn, and he's gotta see me." Very quickly I realized that neither of those things were true, so I ran up the block and across the street. I'm not sure how close he ended up being to me - definitely less ( Read more... ) -
Save the Bay Swim
Date: 7/23/2011 ( Read more... ) -
Swim report: Liberty Island Swim
Date: 6/24/2011
Distance: 1.2 km
Type: Circumnavigation
Body: New York Harbor
Salt water
The event started in the early evening to rain. Not that we noticed in the water. I ran into my friend LB shortly before jumping off the boat Respect. The pack was very congested, and it never really cleared up. For some reason the water seemed cloudier than ( Read more... ) -
LJ, you never call, you never write...
Or is it me who never calls or writes anymore ( Read more... ) -
Doing OK
Erin and I went to the Rally for Sanity on Saturday, which was a whole lot
of fun! I
posted some stuff to Flickr which you might enjoyThings at work have been both busy and slow, the way you do ( Read more... ) -
Dreamlog: Jetpack in DUMBO
I apparently got that jetpack that they're selling in New Zealand these days ( Read more... )