I’ve found the problem–“feck off” is not an acceptable Linux command! All this time I’ve been wondering why it wouldn’t work. What I haven’t found, though, is the fucking location that I have (supposedly) got Flash installed. I hate Flash, there is no hell hot enough for Flash ads, and I have the Flashblock plugin […]

‘Til it’s gone. For years, I have put various ad-blocking methods to use–ENTHUSIASTIC use. Tonight, after a failed Ubuntu install and subsequent Mandriva re-install (temporary, I hope–Ubuntu hot coffee in the morning), I didn’t bother blocking any ads, thinking, “Ah, I can take it long enough to get the Ubuntu DVD”. I was wrong; my […]

I read the ingredients of my breakfast “oatmeal with fruit” while I waited for the microwave. According to the list, the peaches and strawberries are apples, the blueberries are figs and the bananas don’t exist. Artificial flavour, artificial colour. Sounds like I’d have done as well with two Metamucil capsules and a spritz of liquid […]