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The Laptop is dead; long live the Laptop!

One of the hinges on my laptop (a Dell Latitude X300) snapped due to metal fatigue last Sunday night. Nine days after the warranty expired, of course. So on Monday, thus armed with an excuse, I went and bought myself a shiny new Sony VAIO SZ-48GN. :)

We’ve had a hectic week at work, so I’ve been slow in getting everything set up. It’s now happily running Ubuntu Feisty (the development branch, due for release in a couple of weeks), upgraded from an initial install of Edgy.

I’m using the (proprietary) nvidia driver, for TwinView… though Suspend, which was working while I was using nv, now seems suspiciously broken. Naturally, i810 Just Worked – though my quick attempt at Xinerama did not; I quickly gave up, as proximity to an external monitor implies proximity to a power source, and thus I’ll be running in “Speed” mode. Sound and Wireless (ipw3945) also Just Worked, which is pleasantly refreshing.

Posted by Matthew Draper on Mar 03, 2007

"Do you have a blog?"

No. Well… sorta.

I’ve had Radiant CMS installed for a while, intending to start a blog, but it’s just been sitting on my “things I really should do” list (which tends to grow, but very rarely shrink). Tim just asked whether I had a blog, and I decided I should actually post something. I have no idea of the frequency with which I’ll post here, apart from “probably embarrassingly rarely”.

I honestly don’t remember why I chose Radiant over the alternatives when I set it up; I suppose if I actually start using it, I’ll gain some insight into what features are useful to me, and can begin making useful value judgements of the available options.

Posted by Matthew Draper on Feb 23, 2007