Posted by geetarista September 23, 2005
I found a really good recipe for pankakes this morning on the Men’s Health Forums. Here it is:
6 egg whites
1/3 c. oatmeal (dry)
1 banana
1/2 Tbsp. ground flaxseed
sm handful blueberries (optional)
Blend all together and cook like pancakes - couple minutes on each side. Makes about 6 pancakes.
Posted by geetarista September 22, 2005
Well, because of some problems I’ve had with Fedora for the past while, I’ve decided to use Mandrake instead. I didn’t use it before because of a couple of problems that I thought I had, but after switching over, they were a couple of minor things that I fixed easily. One of the main reasons for the switch is the fact that I can’t read my windows drive in Fedora. But in Mandrake, I could easily access my windows hard drive and that makes me happy. Another weird problem that I was having was that the mouse wasn’t working, and the only way to fix it would be to unplug it, plug in another mouse, and then re-plug my other mouse back in. But with Mandrake, everything has gone very smoothly. It seems a little bit faster, and it has been easier to handle. I’m excited to keep learning so I can eventually stay away from Windows forever.
Posted by geetarista September 20, 2005
I thought I was going to have to keep using Windows with my iriver, but I read somewhere that you can connect your iriver to Linux very easily. All you do is connect the iriver to the computer and then take off the battery. After you put the battery back on, you hold down the “o” button, and while holding it, press the power button. Then you should be able to easily mount your iriver! I have been having some problems with the database after I transfer music to the iriver, so I’m not sure about that yet.
Posted by geetarista September 15, 2005
I’ve got my Linux all set up on my computer now, and I decided to use Fedora. I like it because it comes with a ton of programs so I can try them all out and see which ones I like. It was really easy to set up and get things moving. I’ve tried a couple of other distributions, but this one is the most comfortable for me. Since I’m still learning, I just have it installed on my second hard drive. I still have Windows on the other hard drive. I’ll probably always keep it like that just in case.
Posted by geetarista September 08, 2005
As I have been getting more and more frustrated with Windows, I have looked more and more for a way to get out. Since I’ve never been to impressed with the Mac OS, I’ve decided to finally take the plunge into Linux. Not only is Linux free (as in a free lunch), but it is also free in that I don’t have to use Windows and become dependent on it and use only what Bill Gates wants me to pay for. With Linux, I have something that I love so much: options. I can choose which browser, pim, media player, etc., that I want to use! I heard about Linux a long time ago, but back then, you had to be expert with computers to be able to use it (at least that’s what it sounded like to me). So I never really got in to it. But a few months ago, I started using Firefox as an alternative to Internet Explorer because it had so many more features and I got less ZERO bugs, viruses, and worms from it. After finding out a little more about open source and the like, I have decided to make the change.
Posted by geetarista September 01, 2005
Today I found something that I’ve been looking for since last week. I’ve been juggling ideas on what I should do as far as a personal information manager to keep me organized and productive. I have an old HP Jornada Pocket PC, but it’s just about dead. I’ve wanted to get a new one for a while, but they’re so expensive and I don’t think I would use it that much. I didn’t even use the one I had enough. I think they are a good idea, but just not practical enough. So what I decided to do is keep all of my contacts, tasks, and calendar online with a web-based program called Plaxo. Now it doesn’t matter whether I’m at work, school, a friend’s house, on vacation, I have everything I need with internet access. Now, I know that I won’t always have internet access, but I didn’t always have battery, etc. when I had my pocket pc anyway. So I’m just going to carry around a tiny little booklet to write things down if I don’t have access to the internet. And if I’m driving, I always have my IRiver that I can use to just do a voice recording.
Robby is a web developer that is always trying to stay on the edge.