Best part of the show "Halt and catch fire": when Boz says "Come on, now!" in that texas accent
Now that the #scumbaglappy is up and running, configured the way I like it, has all the programs I want installed... I'm bored :(
Today I unearthed the very first USB thumb drive I ever bought; 512MB! And it still works!
I was trying to get a photo of it while the read/write LED was flashing, but because of its small size all the operations I tried to get it to flash were completed so quickly that I couldn't catch it lol
This is a solid meme
So I removed the branding from the #scumbaglappy today.
Because it's not a Dell any more; it's a SCUMBAG (TM).
Looks quite good having just a clean circle on the back. Might still cover it with a sticker anyway.
Make it ugly. Make it work. Make it yours.
So, that was fun. After a couple of hours XFCE looks and functions mostly like Cinnamon did straight out of the box. Some things are still missing though; system sounds, ability to remap capslock to mute, other minor things.
The upside is that it''s easier on the RAM than Cinnamon.
Normally not an issue, but I'm working with the #scumbaglappy
That's a testament to the power of Linux - breathing new life into old (shitty, broken, cheap) hardware.
So just as I get everything set up exactly the way I like it, I find that Cinnamon keeps maxing out the RAM on my Scumbag laptop... all 2G of it 😐
So now I've had to install XFCE instead. The online consensus seems to be that it's awesome once it's customized, but we'll see. It's definitely much more lightweight, that's for sure.
I am pursuing every avenue to promote the fantastic live shows we're producing and facilitating this year at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Please come and see them. They are all amazing and excellent.
https://www.ticklepit.com/micf2018/
#micf2018 #comedy #auscomedy https://social.chinwag.org/media/p8-_-i9hzwsvCFv5DEw https://social.chinwag.org/media/65F4NS4ZQeS_wO3azGM https://social.chinwag.org/media/XiSqUrtKU5KZxC73Gi8 https://social.chinwag.org/media/cQQeLlh59WnyOqJaqeY
Current battlestation setup:
Janky old wooden chair with low back, pillow as cushion
Scumbag* laptop sitting on a set of drawers (so I can't get my legs underneath and have to stretch to type)
Stack of books behind laptop with ipad mini propped up playing a video / music while I shitpost / try to force the scumbag lappy to play minecraft without exploding.
*see previous toots
I'm a billionaire who eats sushi off of models' titties.
Notice the plural posessive apostrophe there? Yeah.
Mastodon people: Does anyone know of a trustworthy third party client for facebook messenger for iphone? Does such a thing even exist?
“Wild wild country” - an absolutely enthralling documentary series about the rise and fall of an Indian cult in the United States. Highly recommend checking it out.
So twitter just locked my account and forcesd me to give them my phone number to restore access to my account and prove that I’m not a bot.
What was I tweeting about? I was replying to someone about how google is locking google drive accounts that contain (legal) pornography, and recommending that people back up their data and look for open source alternatives.
Fuck you, twitter. Fuck you right in the arsehole.
#twitter #google #opensource #tech #IT #fucktwitter #fuckgoogle #linux #privacy
So I've realised lately that I'm always happiest when I have a "scumbag" laptop hanging around; an old model that barely runs, that I have to fix and replace parts on, that I have to extensively google answers on how to solve all the quirks and problems for. Now I finally understand why my Dad always had a half-finished car in the garage beside his daily driver.
Current model is a 2012 Dell Inspiron N4050.
@mike Why did I get a parsnip when I wrote .com by accident? lol
