Time Unknown (Entries tagged as gimme)

Life is like a piece of velcro

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:43:59 +0200

Today I got a replacement piece of velcro for my plush toy. Unfortunately I had never gotten the toy itself. So, now I have a piece of velcro and plush toy envy. Woe is me.

The route to techtoy satisfaction

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:41:37 +0300

Most people probably buy a new computer in one go, new monitor, keyboard, components and all. But is this the route to the optimum techtoy satisfaction?

Let's think about the alternative and assume that the current computer is a somewhat old but still functioning laptop. First you might upgrade to a new and fine 24" monitor. It's a pleasurable new toy, though the laptop video card might not be modern enough to use it with the full range of colours. Next you maybe get a new keyboard and a better mouse and enjoy snappier typing and speedier response in gaming. Eventually you get the new main unit, with fancy new CPU, a modern video card and other components, except it has just 2G of memory compared to your planned 4G. The next month or so the rest of the memory gets inserted. At each step you experience some techtoy pleasure.

This gradual approach feels maybe less appealing than the "everything right now" way of getting all you want in one go, but I do think it's likely to provide greater amounts and longer time oftechtoy joy than the one-time joy of getting a totally new system.

Evince for OS2008, please

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 10:40:02 +0200

I flashed my Nokia N800 to OS2008 couple of days ago. OS2008 seems very nice and even has a better PDF reader than the built in PDF reader in OS2007. However, it's still nowhere as good as Evince: it takes ages to load the next page and offers many ways to accidentally switch a page early. And if you end up switching a page early, it also takes ages to load the previous page. This makes reading a very choppy experience, instead of the nice smoothness Evince offered.

Unfortunately I cannot install Evince for OS2008. There simply is no Evince for OS2008 yet. I hope there will be soon. Or at least a nice howto for a person looking into porting OS2007 stuff to run on OS2008.

Toilet tank sink

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:27:06 +0200

Sinkpositive is a little sink that uses water that normally would go into the toilet tank and then into the toilet. That is, you get to wash your hands in clean water and soapy water gets used to flush the toilet. It looks quite simple yet clever.

Unfortunately they do not sell these in EU yet, but it seems to be possible to order one from USA.

Length does matter

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 22:14:39 +0200

It's true, length does matter - in cables. I need a Schuko (male) to IEC-C5 (male) cable and the shorter the better. Any idea where I could get one?

The thing is, my laptop charger has build-in cable of about 2 metres, so I hardly need 2 metres of cable on top of that most of the time, and all that cable takes bag space, and even adds weight. I could manage with even just 20cm long Schuko (male) to IEC-C5 (male) cable, but the shortest I have been able to find is 1 metre long.

Missing hibernation on gutsy

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 21:13:13 +0200

Ever since upgrading to gutsy I have had an unhappily hibernation free existence with my HP NC8230. I've tried a thing or five, but not being a heavyduty hardware geek, I'm pretty stumped. If you are the first person to come up with the fix for that, a fix that actually works, I'll give you 20 euros. Feel free to combine this with any other bounties out there.

Does she live here anymore?

nospam@example.com (Lynoure) — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:08:24 +0300

I like getting mail. Maybe not ads, but other mail. However I have not been getting any for almost a week now. On top of that I'm waiting to get 3 packages, too. It's almost like the post office assumes I do not live here anymore.

I want my mail. Now. Or tomorrow, at least.