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Got Dull?

Well I was unable to convince my parents to get an iMac and they opted for a Dull instead. They are on vacation for the week so when the box arrived today I figured a good unemployeed son should set everything up to eas the experience for his retired parents, which turned out to be a good thing. I set everything up but bootup froze somewhere during the BIOS screen everytime. After messing around with it for an hour I finally broke down and called Dell’s Tech Support. Waited in hold hell for about 30 mins. Spent about an hour on the phone, most of the time telling the dude that everytime the BIOS copyright comes on the screen and says to call Dell Tech Support. Finally dude asked someone with a clue that started asking about the diagnostic leds, kinda cool from a support standpoint, wich lead to the RAM being loose.
So the morale of the story? Paying a premium for the hardware and support doesn’t really mean dick. Sad really.

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Got Dull?

Well I was unable to convince my parents to get an iMac and they opted for a Dull instead. They are on vacation for the week so when the box arrived today I figured a good unemployeed son should set everything up to eas the experience for his retired parents, which turned out to be a good thing. I set everything up but bootup froze somewhere during the BIOS screen everytime. After messing around with it for an hour I finally broke down and called Dell’s Tech Support. Waited in hold hell for about 30 mins. Spent about an hour on the phone, most of the time telling the dude that everytime the BIOS copyright comes on the screen and says to call Dell Tech Support. Finally dude asked someone with a clue that started asking about the diagnostic leds, kinda cool from a support standpoint, wich lead to the RAM being loose.
So the morale of the story? Paying a premium for the hardware and support doesn’t really mean dick. Sad really.

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Apple

TiBook, Cinema Diaplay & Apple Store

Just a quick post from the Apple Store in Cincinnati. Doing this on a TiBook hooked to a Cinema Display. Hope you are gelous 🙂 Next time I’ll try to remember to bring my camera for some pics. Damm this is the way to compute.

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Apple

TiBook, Cinema Diaplay & Apple Store

Just a quick post from the Apple Store in Cincinnati. Doing this on a TiBook hooked to a Cinema Display. Hope you are gelous 🙂 Next time I’ll try to remember to bring my camera for some pics. Damm this is the way to compute.

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Personal

Border Story

Well since arcterex asked in some comments here is my border crossing story, this time. Really nothing much to mention. Some grey haired customs dude chated with me for a bit about living in Canada and why an American would be so crazy as to choose to live and work in Canada 🙂 The only “problem” was having to dig out the paper that said the car had been transfered back to the U.S., which as arcterex and firefly could attest was a feat unto itself. But that was it. Had more trouble getting hotel rooms given all the pre summer vacationers heading to Rushmore and Yellowstone.

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Personal

Border Story

Well since arcterex asked in some comments here is my border crossing story, this time. Really nothing much to mention. Some grey haired customs dude chated with me for a bit about living in Canada and why an American would be so crazy as to choose to live and work in Canada 🙂 The only “problem” was having to dig out the paper that said the car had been transfered back to the U.S., which as arcterex and firefly could attest was a feat unto itself. But that was it. Had more trouble getting hotel rooms given all the pre summer vacationers heading to Rushmore and Yellowstone.

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Perl

Python for Perl folks

Getting Loopy with Python and Perl, and maybe with the recently found Python books in my parent’s basement I’ll give Python another try.

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Perl

Python for Perl folks

Getting Loopy with Python and Perl, and maybe with the recently found Python books in my parent’s basement I’ll give Python another try.

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Happy Canada Day

To all my nexuians, this day is for you. Have a celebration.

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Happy Canada Day

To all my nexuians, this day is for you. Have a celebration.