Written by Greg Friday, 11 June 2010 19:31
Today I constructed a thing of beauty. The K2D2 is not the distant cousin of a famous Astromech droid... no, the K2D2 is an amalgam of two fine consumer products that were simply destined to meet.
Kentucky Fried Chicken's Double Down sandwich is a delightful thing. Two boneless fried chicken breasts surround bacon, pepperjack cheese, and a savory sauce. One of KFC's advertising claims regarding this masterpeice is that it is so meaty that there was simply no room for a bun.
I thought otherwise.
Taking inspiration from the fabled "Luther" burger and armed with an instrument of plastic cutlery, I obtained one Krispy Kreme glazed donut on my way to lunch with the Colonel.
Written by Greg Tuesday, 23 February 2010 07:23
I've been using computers pretty much constantly for over two and a half decades. Until last week, I had involuntarily acquired viruses zero times. I also maintained that record without constantly running antivirus products... after all, they consume more resources than most viruses, and if you adhere to safe practices, no problem, right?
I learned the hard way that I needed to make a couple amendments to my safe computing practices. I'll share my methods, old and new:
Written by Greg Monday, 01 February 2010 20:35
I've continued to refine my environment on the Zipit Z2, and noticed that the direction towards Matchbox instead of Fluxbox is getting popular, in part, due to default window sizes in Fluxbox greatly exceeding the 320x240 Zipit's screen. I fixed that in Fluxbox with three simple steps:
1) Install DevilsPie.
