Public Address | Cafe | OnPoint: Things I know https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Stephen Judd https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38957#post38957 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38957#post38957 Torrenting it now, Keith. The big problem is prising it off Hannah for long enough to try it – she loves that little lappy.

Damnit, I should have bought it for me and got her a book voucher or something.

]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:25:07 +1300 Keith Ng https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38953#post38953 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38953#post38953

Hi- just quietly to the wannabe geek:) is it a viable option to put ubuntu on a memory stick, and boot and run the os from that?

It works just like a normal installation, except that you install it onto the memory stick (or in my case, SD card). The…

]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:29:13 +1300 Stephen Judd https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38944#post38944 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38944#post38944 "is it a viable option to put ubuntu on a memory stick, and boot and run the os from that."

I did exactly that the other when experimenting to see how well Ubuntu ran on my daughter's new Asus eee.

A certain amount of jiggery-pokery might be required depending on…

]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:42:14 +1300 Danielle https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38943#post38943 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38943#post38943

... as bad as the sight of Natalie Portman naked in The Darjeeling Limited ...

Good lord, man – speak for yourself! 8-)

Belatedly: I was cool with seeing her naked, but I kind of wanted to kick Wes Anderson's ass for making her character into an imitation Jean Seberg.…

]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:38:52 +1300 Rob Stowell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38940#post38940 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38940#post38940 Hi- just quietly to the wannabe geek:) is it a viable option to put ubuntu on a memory stick, and boot and run the os from that?
I don't want to have a dual boot, but a very light-on-the batteries word-processor and browser only option for the laptop- that I…

]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:35:54 +1300 Keith Ng https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38914#post38914 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38914#post38914 You mean yours hasn't yet?

>apt-get update
>apt-get install sentience

]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:25:00 +1300 Hansel Dunlop https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38851#post38851 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38851#post38851 Sat, 05 Jan 2008 17:44:18 +1300 Keith Ng https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38780#post38780 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38780#post38780

Ditch your Journeyman habit and get with the big bang...

I already finished the first and only season. I did quite enjoy it, though. But I have 25gb of traffic left at my old flat, and I was wondering what to do with it...

]]> Sat, 05 Jan 2008 01:06:02 +1300 Keith Ng https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38779#post38779 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38779#post38779 Journeyman was intriguing but never paid off: always with the shadowy deus-ex-ex popping up and being adorably omniscient yet never actually telling us (a) what the fuck's going on or (b) why we should care about these people. I tried hard, watched six episodes, which in retrospect turned out to… ]]> Sat, 05 Jan 2008 01:03:31 +1300 Lyndon Hood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38741#post38741 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38741#post38741

Does this resonate with others on both sides of digital divide?

I did have much the same experience going the other way (to PCs at work). Why is the type all blocky and distorted? Why must I see the pixels?

It it just my hazy memory or is Ubuntu somewhere into…

]]> Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:54:54 +1300 Nat Torkington https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38736#post38736 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38736#post38736 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:03:53 +1300 Matt Crawford https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38692#post38692 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38692#post38692 It took the release of Safari for Windows to finally figure out why I found the Mac experience so disconcerting – it's the damn font rendering. Does this resonate with others on both sides of digital divide?

Speaking of a different type of MS-Apple underdog – if any of you…

]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2008 23:18:12 +1300 Hansel Dunlop https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38691#post38691 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38691#post38691 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:45:37 +1300 Rich of Observationz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38688#post38688 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38688#post38688 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:45:56 +1300 Don Christie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38685#post38685 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38685#post38685

I would go so far as to say – and I would say this, even to Russell's face – that it's sexier than Macs.

Well look at that. Woke up this morning and suddenly I'm cool.

Now I need a new mission for 2008.

]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:33:06 +1300 Keith Ng https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38681#post38681 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38681#post38681

... as bad as the sight of Natalie Portman naked in The Darjeeling Limited ...

Good lord, man – speak for yourself! 8-)

Perhaps I should whack Ubuntu onto my iMac too (can I install and boot it from an external drive?).

Aye. I put in on my new Eee…

]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:05:22 +1300 Duane Griffin https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38679#post38679 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38679#post38679 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 12:05:01 +1300 Idiot Savant https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38678#post38678 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38678#post38678

I/S, dude, never read the book of anything before seeing the movie.

Unfortunately, as a literate person, I often find that Hollywood has taken the choice out of my hands after the fact.

Though I suppose I could not read anything, ever, just in case some Hollywood studio decides they…

]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:21:56 +1300 Heather Gaye https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38677#post38677 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38677#post38677

Oh, and interestingly, MacOS X is up over 16% of traffic on PA this month. The difference between home and office traffic, presumably

Three people I know and I switched to mac late last year, & I know a couple more who saving up for it. I suspect Vista's the best…

]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:07:19 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38673#post38673 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38673#post38673

I would go so far as to say – and I would say this, even to Russell's face – that it's sexier than Macs.

Perhaps I should whack Ubuntu onto my iMac too (can I install and boot it from an external drive?). I feel like such a dweeb for…

]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:43:54 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38672#post38672 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38672#post38672

Something I learned today: The Golden Compass blows goats.

My kids thought the same thing. The younger one was appalled.

]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:33:47 +1300 Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38669#post38669 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38669#post38669

Season 2 of Heroes suck ass

I'm sorry to be the one to break it to you. But it does.

Well, Keith, creator/executive producer Tim King beat you to it. I didn't actually think it was as bad as the last season of Lost (Veronica Mars turned kinky sociopath with…

]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:50:25 +1300 tussock https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38668#post38668 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38668#post38668 I/S, dude, never read the book of anything before seeing the movie.

Things I know: It's late. Goodnight.

]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:49:01 +1300 Idiot Savant https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38662#post38662 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38662#post38662 The Golden Compass blows goats. Having carefully re-read the book as preparation for the movie (which also allowed me to admire its greatness again), I was appalled to find that most of it is glossed over in about twenty minutes (gotta rush to get to the… ]]> Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:55:21 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38661#post38661 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-things-i-know/?p=38661#post38661 Discussion from blog post.

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