Getting back to good....

Well, that quick little romp through "let's find a LiveJournal Client on Windows" was quick. I'm posting this one via e-mail in Thunderbird - on Windows.

I tried to check out the Petrus Blogger (http://petrus-blogger.peterp.org/), thinking maybe Java will be my new friend... So, I installed the Java Runtime Environment. (I didn't have it installed, I really only use Windows for games...) Then I think, "Oh, maybe I should install OpenOffice.org on here too" and notice that the Mac OS links for it. Did they already do a native port? Hmm... My mom has my old Mac, but I'll bet the required JRE probably doesn't even run on 10.4... Maybe I should just get her on a x86 box and get her running Windows or Linux...

So anyway, the Petrus Blogger... it works from the Java Web Start, but I just get a blank window. I couldn't log in to LiveJournal... Oops... no go. I might as well just go back to Linux, or do an e-mail post. I bet a lot more people would not be using Windows if there was as much news about good applications being available on other platforms, and *not* on Windows.

So, it might be time to move back to a testing run of SUSE, or maybe Fedora 9 has settled into the post-release stability I need. I did finally break out that 4 GB USB stick I had, I made an upgraded computer for my mom-in-law, and I wanted to transfer some files. I did get it over there today, but I still need to migrate her pictures and e-mail. I think it might be time to forcefully introduce her to IMAP and online photo storage and management with Flickr.

What else... Oh, I got us much further away from "laundry bankruptcy" this weekend. I turned a mountain of unwashed clothes into a mountain of clean clothes (which is what we normally end up doing on a smaller scale). But, we actually got some clothes hung up and put away too... awesome.

Skipped mowing this weekend. Too busy doing laundry.

Finally took some pictures of my SDRAM and am going to actively work on making it go away. http://photos.mvpittman.com/memory has the goods (I really need to get on board with Flickr posting, I'm going to burn up my bandwidth at FastMail on silly stuff... maybe if I ever upgrade this LiveJournal account, I could use that too...) If you know anyone who needs some old PC133 for their computer, let me know. I also need some PC 133 RAM for a notebook, so I'm willing to trade.

Oh, and got my 700 MHz Celeron up to 512 MB after using it as a test bed, and discovering that one of the unmarked sticks was a 256 MB piece. Awesome... maybe I'll get that running as a server. I installed the Fedora 9 Live CD, and it has two 10/100 cards and a wireless B card. I'm not sure if I should wipe it and install ClarkConnect, or if I should just "learn" how to bend Fedora into what I want... "Fedora Home Server" spin anyone?

Oh, since I decided to test an upgrade with my mom-in-law... my TV-tuners got displaced from their BE-2300/AN-52 setup. But, at least the beige bomb is possibly gone. I hope this new box works out, but I wouldn't be surprised if I end up moving her back to the old computer. Still gotta migrate those pictures and e-mail though.