Long Time No Post, eh?

Yes I have completely abandoned this blog and forgot it even existed but I might be bringing it back with some new content soon if I can find the time so stay tuned

Moving the “My Documents” folder in Windows

You might be asking “why would I want to do this?”  Well for one it’ll save space on your hard drive that it’s originally located on and second in case your Windows partition ever becomes corrupted you won’t have to worry about losing all of you personal documents.  To do this follow these steps:

1. Right click My Documents and click Properties.

2. Click the Move button under the Target tab.  This will bring up a second dialog box like the one below:

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3. From that second dialog box you need select where you want the folder moved to.  Select your choice and click OK.

4. Click apply in the My Documents Properties dialog box.

Wait for your files to transfer to your new destination and your finished.  Pretty simple huh?

Lucky Day

Today must’ve been one of those days that you get a couple times in your lifetime where everything goes right.  Today I went to the bank to try to open a checking account and what do ya know.  They let me do it without any hassle even without photo ID.  Awesome!  So, if everything goes well I should have my computer parts in my hands in roughly two weeks.  Yay!!

Optimus Keyboard

Here’s the preliminary report:

• The OLED displays look really good, and are bright and colorful, just like we’d hoped.
• Key changes were instant (or almost) in Windows mode, but had a slight delay in Mac mode, where some key bindings were also little out of whack. These are known issues, though, and are being worked on.
• The keyboard itself is friggin massive, and very sturdy-feeling. The thing is a tank.
• Replacing keys is pretty easy, but larger keys are more difficult to pull off. You’re really only intended to replace the standard-sized keys, so far as we can tell.
• Typing on it, well, sucks. We kind of hate to say it, but this thing more than likely won’t replace what ever keyboard you’re writing your novel on — it’s better off used as an absurdly configurable swiss army knife for tasks like gaming, Photoshop, or just about any other productivity app that doesn’t require a lot of typing.
• Okay, why does typing on the Optimus suck, you ask? Well, although the keyboard uses mechanical switches and a lot of high quality components (evident when we pulled off some keys), and there is some clicky tactility to keypresses, as a whole it just requires way too much force to depress keys. And the larger the key, the more force is required, so enter is easier than space, but harder than tab. Let’s put it this way, we sit around and type all day long and this thing wore us out in about 30 seconds to a minute. Carpal sufferers, beware.
• The Configurator is everything we hoped it’d be and more. The ability to paint directly onto the keyboard maps with the image editor of your choice is most excellent. Mapping keyboards to applications and conditions is ridiculously easy. Not everything was working properly though, since we were testing early beta software.

We’ll have some video in a bit. We so can’t wait for people to start getting their keyboards so we can benefit from their wacky layouts.

source: Engadget

Cleaning up a Ubuntu GNU/Linux system

If you want to clean your ubuntu machine you need to follow these simple steps to remove all unnecessary junk files.

Remove Residual Config packages

In Synaptic Package Manger, there is a built-in feature that gets rid of old Residual Config packages. Residual Config packages are usually dependency packages that are left behind after you uninstall a package from your machine. To use this feature, go to System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager. On the bottom left hand corner of the window,

Custom Computer Build

So seeing as this old laptop doesn’t have what I need anymore I’ve decided to bite the big one and attempt to build my own computer.  I don’t know when I’ll have the money to do it but hopefully soon. Here’s what I plan to include in my build:

• Raidmax Sagitta 2 ATX mid tower case
• ABIT IP35-E Intel Motherboard
• Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe CPU
• Rosewill RCX-Z300 92mm Ball CPU Cooler
• WINTEC AMPO 2GB (PC2 5300) RAM (x3 for a total of 6GB)
• Rosewill Stallion Series 500W Power Supply
• Gigabyte Geforce 8600GT graphics card
• Samsung SpinPoint T series 500GB hard drive (x2 for a total of 1TB)
• Lite-ON DVD±R DVD Burner
• Hawking Wireless Network Card
• AOC 21.6″ Widescreen Monitor
• Thermal Grease
• Rosewill Anti Static Wrist Strap

Things that might be added later:

• AeroCool GateWatch
• 15″ Green Deluxe Sound Activated Cold Cathode Kit

Pictures will follow upon completion

Updated 3-4-08 to reflect changes in list