http://davidsterry.com/blog Link, comment, and if you have time, read. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:23:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The following is what I did to get Ubuntu 10.04 x86(32-bit) running properly on a Sony VAIO VPCF121GX PCG-81114L. This laptop is currently sold at Costco but shares the same body with many other VPCF12***X models. Sony has an annoying way of putting two model numbers on their laptops. I had more luck once I [...]]]> http://davidsterry.com/blog/2010/09/ubuntu-10-04-32-bit-on-sony-vaio-vpcf121gx/ After 22 comics and graphics released, I’ve decided to name this webcomic Simple Pen Art. It’s a pretty general title because I like the freedom to do comics on whatever without format contraints. Hopefully you find them thought-provoking, interesting, or sometimes just funny. ]]> http://davidsterry.com/blog/2010/07/simple-pen-art/ This new webcomic is here: http://www.davidsterry.com/webcomic http://www.simplepenart.com If and when it gets a name and it’s own domain, I’ll update this post. For now, I’m building the webcomic and the back-end to support it in php/mysql right here. My model for this endeavour, at least starting out, is xkcd. It’s early yet, so I don’t expect [...]]]> http://davidsterry.com/blog/2010/06/an-as-of-yet-untitled-webcomic/ ]]> http://davidsterry.com/blog/2010/05/needed/ ]]> http://davidsterry.com/blog/2010/05/two-lane-highway/ Most laptops that don’t have a CD drive can boot from USB but not all. This I found out with the Toshiba Portege 3500 Tablet that I recently was tasked to get up and running with a new operating system. I chose Fedora 12 after having seen some compelling footage of Fedora on a tablet. [...]]]> http://davidsterry.com/blog/2010/05/install-gnulinux-without-a-cd-or-usb-flash-drive-just-a-spare-computer/ I recently ran into a problem where the backup software that came with a 1TB Seagate FreeAgent external usb drive wasn’t working. When I looked at the backup logs I saw many files(possibly all) that the program tried to backup said Error 2013 next to them. After a bit of searching, I found the problem [...]]]> http://davidsterry.com/blog/2010/05/error-2013-with-seagate-freeagent-backup/ Over the last few years, small form-factor solid state usb storage devices have become ubiquitous. They have replaced floppies, CDs and even larger usb hard drives with spinning disks for many backup, file transfer, and utility purposes. The question still remains though, what do we call them? To solve this problem, I turned to Google. [...]]]> http://davidsterry.com/blog/2010/05/what-do-you-call-a-usb-flash-drive/ I deleted my Facebook account a few days ago. It’s not really an earth-shattering event for me: I spent less than 15 minutes a month on the site. What was really interesting about my account there was just how many of my friends and relatives were my “Friends” on the site. I never sought out [...]]]> http://davidsterry.com/blog/2010/05/deleting-facebook/ I have a dog and his name his Art He likes to answer questions and i have to say he’s pretty smart I asked him, what do you call that thing on top of a house? he said Roof roof roof And the dog says roof roof roof all day I have a cat named mrs. b a born and [...]]]> http://davidsterry.com/blog/2010/04/stevesongs-animal-song-lyrics/