Eric Stewart: Running Off At The Mouth

Archive for October, 2009

More Windows 7: I’ve Upgraded

by on Oct.25, 2009, under Computers, Technology

I’ve had Windows 7 64 bit on my home machine for about a week now. While I don’t use my home workstation as much as say, my work laptop while sitting in front of the TV, the home workstation is where I’m more likely to see issues with hardware compatibility and software issues. Here’s what I ran into and the resolutions (if any) that I’ve settled on.

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Purchased Apps: Twee, Weatherman, Word Whirl

by on Oct.24, 2009, under Cell Phones & Providers, Technology

I’ve found reasons to purchase three applications from the Palm App Catalog: Twee, Word Whirl, and Weatherman. Here’s reviews of all three apps.

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Belief And Telling Truth To Power

by on Oct.22, 2009, under Life, Politics

This is something new for me; possibly kind of like my other “Political” post, but this isn’t just about politics. This is about a boy and his hero (neither of which are me), and line drawing. It’s about someone I follow on Twitter, and a video they posted of them relating a recent experience …

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Disk Imaging and Changing Your System Drive Letter

by on Oct.17, 2009, under Computers, Technology

It’s Geek Story Time! In preparation for upgrading my personal machine to Windows 7, decided to move my existing Windows XP partition to another hard drive, and validate its operation by doing “dual boot” with two different XP installations. This wasn’t as easy as it sounds …

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Windows 7: Some Impressions

by on Oct.10, 2009, under Computers, Technology

I finally got around to getting a hold of and installing Windows 7. I haven’t used it much, but I’ve used it enough to give some initial impressions of it …

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Palm Pre: It’s been a busy week

by on Oct.03, 2009, under Cell Phones & Providers, Technology

A review of what’s been going on in the world of the Palm Pre this past week or so. This includes TWO updates to the webOS and a new method for installing “tweaks”.

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