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Debian Lenny Sans-X

Posted on June 16, 2009 by ehurst

No two users are a like. Each of us has our own ways and reasons for them. By no means do I pretend here to offer a complete review, since I am neither competent nor interested in that sort of … Continue reading →

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Sign Making for Walking Protests

Posted on May 27, 2009 by ehurst

My “REPENT” sign is finished. I plan to take it out for it’s first run tomorrow morning. Using the four-foot PVC water line (1/2″ diameter) staff from before, I added a “T” junction at the top and horizontal arms to … Continue reading →

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Update: Multiple SMTP Accounts from the Console

Posted on April 10, 2009 by ehurst

This is a follow up for a previous post. Before I committed myself to any particular MTA for the job, I continued the search for information. I stumbled across this HOWTO on Alpine Configuration (no longer available) which addressed my … Continue reading →

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Windows: Version Death?

Posted on February 28, 2009 by ehurst

Having so very many donated machines pass through my hands over the past decade, I have had a chance to install various Windows releases on a wide array of hardware. I’ve noticed something odd, though. Regardless of the condition of … Continue reading →

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Trail: Northern Exposure

Posted on February 26, 2009 by ehurst

Today I had the chance to work on the trail some more. After re-entering the largest wooded section, I moved almost straight east for a hundred yards or so to avoid a depression on my left (north side). I managed … Continue reading →

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XP: Making Me Sick

Posted on February 17, 2009 by ehurst

Just on a lark, I decided to drag out my XP disk and install it on my main desktop system. It took quite a while to get all the updates, because many of them were strictly sequential. Every piece of … Continue reading →

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OS Agnostic?

Posted on February 15, 2009 by ehurst

I’m trying to become more agnostic about computer OSes. I know what I like and what I want, but I also know the rest of the world, particularly those whom I help, just don’t care. All my effort in the … Continue reading →

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Windows (Ugh) 2000

Posted on February 14, 2009 by ehurst

Well, I had to put Windows 2000 on one of my machines. As is always the reason, there are a few things I have to run which only work properly under the Windows environment. Since I know how to make … Continue reading →

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Trail Update: Surprise

Posted on February 6, 2009 by ehurst

After we broke the trail out through the third section of woods, I found I had missed my target. We were just a few dozen yards from the western property line, which apparently isn’t a straight line. We have been … Continue reading →

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Linux Printing: Never Really Good

Posted on February 2, 2009 by ehurst

First off, let’s clarify the title is simply an expression of my personal experience. There was a time way back in the days of RedHat 6.2 when it worked really well. That was before CUPS and I had an old … Continue reading →

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