Monthly Archives: September 2002

Wifi Kicks Ass!

Posted on September 30, 2002 by Nosbig

Oh, I love the wireless internet stuff. I just bought a wireless card from Linksys last Thursday, and I got it set up in Linux and an using it right now to surf the 802.11b network at NC State. Once … Continue reading →

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Best Joke in Last Three Weeks!

Posted on September 19, 2002 by Nosbig

Tonight, Mom came home from school with a rather humorous story to tell me. Each day, she has a problem of the day to give her students something to do while she checks their homework. Today’s problem was: “John wanted … Continue reading →

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Toy to Play With

Posted on September 3, 2002 by Nosbig

This week, I bought a laptop. The specs are not bad for a three year old laptop. I installed Linux on it, anyway. It runs very nicely. I figured I could use it this fall during the three hour breaks … Continue reading →

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New Loot

Posted on September 3, 2002 by Nosbig

This week, I finally bought a laptop, an IBM Thinkpad 390e. Specs: Pentium II – 333MHz 128 MB SDRAM 6.4 GB hard drive Neomagic video chipset 14.1″ LCD screen Built-in 56k modem (Winmodem ) Included Xircom 10/100 PCCard NIC All … Continue reading →

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