"Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today." – James Dean
Posted in Software, Technology on Mar 5th, 2010
I don’t know if you have been paying attention to the case in Pennsylvania that has been making news. It seems the school had all of its laptops loaded with software to protect them from theft. However the department, that was supposed to turn on this feature only if the laptop was stolen, had a [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Feb 9th, 2010
Back in November, I wrote about a new toy I had picked up, a dual SIM cell phone. I have had it long enough that I thought I should provide a followup review.
The good is that it does accept two sims so you can have two providers or two different numbers. If you don’t have [...]
Posted in Instant Messengers, Software, Technology on Feb 5th, 2010
One of the things I miss when I am on a Windows operating system is the ability to have one instant messenger handle all messenger accounts. i.e. Yahoo, MSM, Google Talk, etc.
On Linux, there are several I have used. The best Multi-Account messenger I have found for Windows is Digsby.
Currently it is only for Windows, [...]
Posted in Hardware, Internet, Software, Technology on Feb 4th, 2010
If you move to Panama you have to know what you are going to do for entertainment. Many come here and the uniqueness wears off quickly and they decide that Panama was a mistake. It all depends on what your interests are and what makes you happy.
Luckily for me most of my interests are relate [...]
Posted in Hardware, Software, Technology on Feb 2nd, 2010
Recently, I have been bombarded by emails from a new company by the name of Computer Protection Service (CPS). Apparently this company has opened up shop in Boquete and is looking for clients to purchase their Computer recovery solution. I guess I must have added my name to some list without realizing it.
CPS recently contacted [...]
Posted in VPN on Jan 20th, 2010
Back in my working days, VPN (Virtual Private Network) software was used mostly by companies to allow their workers to connect to their Host computers safely from their homes. Today there are several companies providing virtual VPNs for individuals to securely connect to the Internet. It is becoming especially important for travelers.
Many travelers today depend [...]
Posted in Hardware, Linux, Software, Technology, Windows Vista on Jan 20th, 2010
Well, I have almost gotten everything back up and running. It was not as easy as I had hoped, but I guess any good learning experience is time well spent.
I started this process because of the failed hard drive that contained Windows Vista. I had been running just with Linux, but there was some things [...]
Posted in Hardware, Technology, Windows Vista on Jan 18th, 2010
Lots to do and not enough time. Today I am going to work on replacing the failed hard drive in my main PC and I will find out if the restore DVDs I made of Vista work. May be down for a while.
Posted in Hardware, Linux, Technology, Windows Vista on Dec 29th, 2009
I have had a major hard drive failure on my primary PC. It appears that the disk that contained the Microsoft OS Vista has died. Unfortunately, that disk contained the boot-loader for my Linux system and I am unable to boot into Linux.
I was able to boot up a live CD Linux system and backup [...]
Posted in Linux, Software, Technology on Dec 1st, 2009
I thought you might like to see the desktop on my KDE system I wrote about in a previous post. Here is a screen capture.
I am using the plain vanilla desktop that comes with openSUSE. I have sprinkled a few widgets on it and they all have a use for me.
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