Ubuntu Failure on My Laptop
Adding to a list of gripes about Ubuntu that I already have, my laptop, running Ubuntu 64 bit, suffers from a strange problem that makes the machine hang in a very strange way - in which nothing works, but the cursor can still be moved around. Research makes it apparent that this is a problem that occurs on some laptops, which has either to do with the graphics or the wireless card, in other words different machines seem to have the problem caused by different things (or perhaps a combination of those things, which fixing anyone of which solves). This...
Not Quite Today
Yesterday saw my first day at college, and find myself rather tired from it. As a result, I’m afraid no post today (again). However soon, hopefully tomorrow, I’ll write a review on David Khan’s, The Code Breaker’s.
Motherboard Batteries Replaced (Finally)
Today I finally got around to replacing my motherboard batteries, on the Dell, the HP and my desktop. It took me a few months after first encountering problems on my desktop before I finally got around to it, but having to reset the clock every time I started or restarted the computer finally got old. Of course I couldn’t just put in a battery - I had to fix the soundcard, as it of course managed to pop out of its slot. Then I had to spend about half an hour to get the surround sound working again, because the...
ReadItLater
I often come across a long article that I want to read, but can’t read it immediately. That’s when the Firefox extension ReadItLater comes in handy. It puts a checkmark in the right side of the address bar, which can be selected for any page to save to the list. Although a bookmark folder would be able to serve the same purpose up to this point, the convenience comes from two things. The first is the button that is added to the toolbar, which allows you to access a drop down menu which has all the pages you have saved....
NoScript - Block Even More Attacks on Firefox
Although its no Internet Explorer, Firefox still has security holes. The thing is, many of these flaws come from the scripting support, such as support for javascript or Flash. The obvious way to fix this is to turn off scripting, but by default that happens to be an all or nothing proposition. That’s where NoScript comes in handy. NoScript automatically blocks all scripts by default, which you can then manually white list by site. At first this dramatically slows you web browsing, but after having built up a list of web sites you visit regularly, it fades away into the...