Category: Computers

  • Fedora 12 on HP tx2513cl dual-boot Vista

    This past week I installed Fedora 12 on my desktop computer, dual-boot with Win XP. I haven’t gotten the wireless card working that is installed in that computer, it works great in Win XP, matches our router too. Both router and wireless card have been abandoned by D-Link, meaning: no updates for future OS usage,…

  • Fedora, DVD Playing via VCL

    I wasn’t able to stay asleep last night after sleeping for awhile. I got my laptop out and worked on some things and read up on some things, then finally decided to go downstairs, make coffee, when it wasn’t such an indecent hour to be up (5-something). I got the coffee going, which means grinding…

  • Cricut Gypsy & Cartridges

    I bought a Cricut Gypsy at the end of November 2009. There was a cricutrewards.com point bonus and a cricut.com $100 store credit bonus for buying the Gypsy at that time. I didn’t get anything from either place then. I wasn’t sure what to get, there being so many cartridges that I would love to…

  • Tweaking my Vista laptop

    The year is going fast now. Just a week until Christmas. We have most all of our shopping done, but yet to do some other necessary things. I have been working on my laptop today as well. I was tired of having the lag time in typing to what shows on the screen and am…

  • Leap Frog TAG pen problem

    We bought a Leap Frog TAG Reading system for one of my boys in the past year. I haven’t connected it very often but when I did I really liked how it worked for parents. My boy that uses it is past the age that my first two children were already able to read by…