http://mikecar52.blogdrive.com/ Mikecar52 Musings Sun, 26 Sep 2004 17:30:00 PDT http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2004. PCs Software Open Source http://mikecar52.blogdrive.com/archive/4.html Tue, 20 Apr 2004 05:47:53 GMT I am running a peer to peer home network. A p3 667 compaq desktop connected to internet running w2kpro with 2 laptop wireless clients. 1 on xppro other on w2kpro. My wife and I found we were getting some pages not loading. After searching the web for hours I found the answer on http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article04-107 The page is detailled enough to get all windows os up and running with registry advice. But I used tcpoptimizer from speeguide.net to fix registry on my clients. It is much easier than going through the registry looking. http://mikecar52.blogdrive.com/archive/3.html Mon, 29 Dec 2003 14:26:51 GMT I listen to a lot of computer radio shows. 2 sites have great lists of shows available. Computer talk audio links is the one I use most and Andy Graham's computer beat also has a list. I download the archives of the ones I like and convert them to lower quality so more fit on my mp3 player and listen to them doing all sorts of things. I go to the gym, ride my bike, run, garden and work around the house. Do I learn much? No, but I enjoy it. My favourite show is computer america. 2 hours a day 5 days a week. But I also listen to jazz, sci fi, health, motivation and cycling shows mostly... (more) http://mikecar52.blogdrive.com/archive/2.html Mon, 29 Dec 2003 11:41:47 GMT Well almost. There are a few debian distributions around which are much easier to set up than the original. I saw a review of one called Mepis which was a 2 CD download for the lot. After downloading and burning I found I didn't need the 2nd cd as it allows all the usual debian downloads which is a huge selection of software. Mepis installed almost more easily than Mandrake. I didn't need to do anything with the video or my mousepad and my trackball. On Mandrake I had to search the net and install software to get mousepad and trackball to work, as well as play with xfconfig settings. ... (more) http://mikecar52.blogdrive.com/archive/1.html Mon, 29 Dec 2003 09:49:48 GMT Why use free email? I have changed my isp every 1-2 years. My first isp folded after around a year, a year later, so did my second. Each one since then has become more expensive in relation to the rest over around 18 months. It has been cheaper to change than stay, so I did. The most stable part of my internet experience has been my email. Some people recommend free email is best for unnecessary mail, spam and stuff. That, too, is true in lots of cases. But not so with me, isps come and go. Yahoo remains. - posted by Mike @ 01:29 Monday, September 29, 2003 Swen.a A very... (more)