It's ten degrees outside
Jan. 1st, 2011 10:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Just 24 hours ago it was 51°F, now it's 10.
In the bleak midwinter, frosty winds made moan...
I think there's a blizzard going on in Minnesota. The dry frigid winds we've had all day were out of the west and I suspect they are blowing out of the aftermath of the passing storm, which would typically be much drier and colder.
After Gary drove his mom home we spent much of the rest of the day rewiring our home network. The purpose of this was to get the wireless router onto the 100MHz branch. It was plugged in under my desk where the Amiga and Alpha live. The Amiga has only a 10MHz ethernet, and was originally on a coax.
So we ran a new cable, and moved the router. I can't say I see any significant difference, but Gary's happy so that's fine.
What has made me a lot happier is the fact that I found I can load the standard Ubuntu desktop even in the netbook edition. Now I have my familiar menus and keyboard shortcuts, which is much better than the "Linux for the compleat idiot" interface that was the default. By activating Ubuntu One, I have shared cloud storage that automatically syncs between all three computers: the netbook, my home desktop, and my work desktop. It would also sync Firefox bookmarks, but I'm used to handling that differently and will leave it alone.
I'm even getting used to the tiny keyboard. Not as nice as a real keyboard, but usable. And certainly better than a touch screen fake or those tiny chiclet keys on cell phones.
At the moment we are both sitting at the dining room table, using two different wireless computers, each equipped with the same model of Logitech cordless mouse. I thought for sure that there would be crosstalk between the mice, but there is none. Good job, Logitech.
And with that, I think I'm going to bed. Happy New Year, everyone.
In the bleak midwinter, frosty winds made moan...
I think there's a blizzard going on in Minnesota. The dry frigid winds we've had all day were out of the west and I suspect they are blowing out of the aftermath of the passing storm, which would typically be much drier and colder.
After Gary drove his mom home we spent much of the rest of the day rewiring our home network. The purpose of this was to get the wireless router onto the 100MHz branch. It was plugged in under my desk where the Amiga and Alpha live. The Amiga has only a 10MHz ethernet, and was originally on a coax.
So we ran a new cable, and moved the router. I can't say I see any significant difference, but Gary's happy so that's fine.
What has made me a lot happier is the fact that I found I can load the standard Ubuntu desktop even in the netbook edition. Now I have my familiar menus and keyboard shortcuts, which is much better than the "Linux for the compleat idiot" interface that was the default. By activating Ubuntu One, I have shared cloud storage that automatically syncs between all three computers: the netbook, my home desktop, and my work desktop. It would also sync Firefox bookmarks, but I'm used to handling that differently and will leave it alone.
I'm even getting used to the tiny keyboard. Not as nice as a real keyboard, but usable. And certainly better than a touch screen fake or those tiny chiclet keys on cell phones.
At the moment we are both sitting at the dining room table, using two different wireless computers, each equipped with the same model of Logitech cordless mouse. I thought for sure that there would be crosstalk between the mice, but there is none. Good job, Logitech.
And with that, I think I'm going to bed. Happy New Year, everyone.
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Date: 2011-01-02 07:40 am (UTC)As an example, the mouse I'm using now is a Logitech Trackman Marble+ originally bought three or four computers ago near the turn of the millennium. The Logitech logo at the wrist has long since worn off from use, as has the CE notice on the bottom of it, but the mouse itself is still going strong after a decade. That's craftsmanship in this day and age.
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Date: 2011-01-03 04:50 pm (UTC)My only complaint about these mice is the feel of the scroll wheel. It has a kind of spongy-scratchy feeling to it when turned, but I've never been a big wheel user anyway. I'm more likely to click it as a third button than to scroll with it.
Interestingly, the ASUS laptops have a touchpad feature that works as a scroll wheel. If you put two fingers on the pad and slide them up and down, the window under the mouse pointer scrolls just as it would with the wheel. I assume that means that applications that make other uses of the wheel would also work that way.
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