Mandrake

After a few fits and starts - a "segmentation error" and a hard disk that began to sound like a can full of marbles - I installed Mandrake and got it to default to Gnome, where my server is now looking very pretty and I'm happily pressing buttons and playing with things.

One thing I can't get it to do is recognise my internet connection, which is coming out of a router connected directly to the ADSL modem. I'm sure it's just a matter of tweaking...

{a couple of minutes later} If I plugged the cable in the right hole, it might help!

OK, I'm up and running and online. Woohoo!

Ooooh, look. I've been to Alaska!

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To tell the truth, I don't really want more than what's already there. Add Canada, France and Germany. Anything else is gravy.

But hey, I'm flying again tomorrow!

Pete, not anywhere near packed

With a Heave Ho Rumbelow!

Your LiveJournal Pirate Crew LiveJournal Username Fifteen men on a dead man's chest! Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!Ew... How unsanitary.*dances a jig on a dead man's chest* Cutlass or pistol? CutlassPistolTorpedoHeat vision What is the name of your pirate ship? Where is your secret pirate base? Jolly Pirate IslandTreasure IslandPleasure IslandIsland of DoomGilligan's IslandWindfall Island What kind of loot do you prefer? Pieces of eight!Bling!Babes!Booze!Crowns and scepters!Target giftcards! What do you and your crew prefer to be called? Freebooters!Swashbucklers!Corsairs!Seadogs!Desperados!Pirates, of course! Parrot or monkey? ParrotMonkeyUnicornKittenT-Rex Argh! Ahoy, matey!Avast!Shiver me timbers!I'll see you to Davy Jones!Argh! Ack! Gah! *thud* Your capable first mate thebiblioholic Your bumbling cabin boy with a heart of gold atenea_nike The aloof, yet honorable, pirate with a mysterious past sabriela Is always the first one into the fray katayoun Is the naval officer who ruthlessly pursues your ship sabriela Is the comical pirate who is always drunk on grog alives Is currently in Davy Jones's locker rendiru The amount of money you make as a pirate $171,004 This Fun Quiz created by Lynn at BlogQuiz.Net

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Apache Running!

Well, that was easy! Somewhat to my surprise, I checked http://127.0.0.1 and discovered an Apache webpage being served up. Cool. Now to download MediaWiki and see if that's as easy.

I can't say that I'll have much time to play. I'm flying off tomorrow morning, and I've got a tonne of stuff to do. And another tonne I won't have time for.

A new mobile

My old CDMA cell phone charger blew up a month or so back, and as usual I've left it till the last moment to get a new phone. I wanted something i could use overseas, something light and something with a flip top so Kerri could use it. With an hour left before COB I hit the Telstra shop, only to find that their cheapest fliptop was a bit more than I wanted to pay. $30 a month max, thanks!

Quick dash to the one in Civic, selected the model I wanted in a couple of minutes and we then spent the next twenty minutes on hold waiting for Telstra HQ to change some code on my record.

And now I've got a neat little phone with more features than I could possibly use. I guess I'll have to load up all the dongles and software and RTFM. Heaven knows where I'll find the time. This Bluetooth headset is probably a cool feature but it looks like more trouble than I really need.

Still and all, I'll need a phone on the road, and this one I can tuck into a pocket.

A Poor State of Affairs!

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And I enjoyed every moment of them!