Tag Archives: Linux

Back online

Posted on 2005-11-28 by Benjamin Hourigan

I got my Powerbook back on Thursday night, just before work. Having a computer again has its upsides and downsides: while I’m not going crazy for lack of a writing machine and a way to talk to my friends and … Continue reading →

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HD Failure

Posted on 2005-11-20 by Benjamin Hourigan

My Powerbook’s hard-disk failed. So I’ll be completely offline for a week or more. I was attempting to migrate to Ubuntu Linux at the time, so I had thought that all the slow boot-ups and IO errors I was experiencing … Continue reading →

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Extreme pinkness

Posted on 2005-04-22 by Benjamin Hourigan

I switched to my Windows box for a few hours today while I was backing up my Powerbook’s HD, and I noticed… benhourigan.com looks very pink when viewed on a monitor that hasn’t been calibrated properly. This was not the … Continue reading →

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Microsoft copies Ubuntu logo

Posted on 2005-04-9 by Benjamin Hourigan

The MSN Spaces service recently passed out of its beta phase. On visiting the service’s home page, regular readers of OSNews will likely recognise a shocking degree of similarity between the Spaces logo and that of distro-of-the-moment Ubuntu Linux. The … Continue reading →

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