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linux again

Thursday 27 May 1999

Back some months (year?) ago, I worked on installing Linux and Windows on one machine. I had big problems at first with Windows trying to be the main boot manager, but finally was able to get it to all work in relative harmony. When I installed Windows 98 on the same machine, intending for it to replace only the Windows 95 partition, tragedy struck, I lost Linux accessibility altogether, and Win98 was unstable like anything, so I started from scratch again.

Since then I have purchased a new machine (that I'm using now) and for some reason though I have 128 megs of RAM, Netscape is complaining about out-of-memory when I pull up more than like 3 netscape windows. It didn't previously have a problem with this; I don't know what is the problem. (If you know please email me at rob-nugen@flash.net (take out the spam reducing hyphen))

So I've got two machines (actually 3 counting my cute 486/33 DOS based machine with some cool old files) and I intend to put linux on the other and use it for web browsing type stuff. We'll see how it all goes.

I went to Astroworld yesterday and Serial Thriller was running, but not open to the public. The ride has some great inversions, including 1/2 a loop, a full corkscrew, then the other 1/2 of the loop. Other maneuvers were there, but I couldn't really see them because of trees.

It opens on Saturday to the public. I will be there.

I rode all the cool coasters at least twice (Texas Tornado I rode 6 times) to get them out of my system for a bit. Saturday total focus will be Serial Thriller.

Today I'll be at KTRU from 1-4 covering for Robert, and then I'll learn how to broadcast the Rice baseball game so I can make 35 bucks doing that in an afternoon. permalink

linux grr

27 May 1999

The machine I wanted to convert to linux, apparently, for no apparent reason, has broken.

It was so cute - Win 95 with almost no drivers, almost nothing on the disk.. I copied to floppies a couple of files that I wanted to keep, and I was ready to install linux.

Taking an inventory of the machine, I booted it a couple times to see what chipset was on the video card. It didn't say how much memory was on the card, so I powered down and removed the card. I couldn't really tell, so I put the card back in.

Turned it on and got angry BEEEEEPs back. No signal to the monitor. What??? All I did was remove and replace the video card.

I've tried another video card and it did not work. I have no idea what I may have done. Sigh. It was a PII 233. Do I need a new motherboard? New CPU? What could I have done? permalink

survey

Thursday 27 May 1999

When I get these surveys from people, I never reply unless specifically asked to. Last night I was specifically asked, so I replied and here's the responses for all who may be interested.

GETTING TO KNOW YOU

1. Name given at birth: Robert Dale Nugen Jr
2. Nicknames:  Rob, Robbie, Bunny, Barefoot Wonder, Wonderboy, Thunder Rabbit
3. Favorite Word: boing
4. Birthtown:  Fort Knox
5. Current Residence:  Houston TX
6. Croutons or Bacon Bits:  croutons
7. Favorite Salad Dressing:  I prefer none
8. Shampoo or Conditioner:  Head and Shoulders only
9. Have you ever went skinny dipping? yes, I have GONE skinny dipping
10. Do you make fun of people? not often
11. Favorite Color:  bright primary colors
12. One pillow or 2?  Cotton or Feather?  zero or 1.  I don't care what's in it as long as it's soft not bouncy.
13. Pets:  1 cool small cat named Spot
14. Music: not country, not rock,  house, techno, ambient, industrial, rap, turntablism, Beastie Boys, nine inch nails, KTRU
15. Hobbies:  skating, writing, computering, roller coasters
16. Toothpaste:  anything not too tangy
17. Foods:  cereal, pizza, milk, Reeses Pieces
18. Do you get along with your parents? Oh yes, but my dad and I have a more meaningful relationship than me and my mom
19. Favorite Town to Chill in:  wherever I exist
20. Favorite Ice Cream:  vanilla, or cookies and cream
21. Favorite Drink (nonalcoholic):  SURGE!!!
22. Adidas, Nike, or Reebok? I don't wear shoes
23. Favorite Perfume/Cologne:  ewww
24. Favorite Website:  My website, but I sure enjoy a good shockwave website
25. Favorite Subject in School:  Amanda
26. Least Favorite Subject in School:  probability and statistics
27. Favorite Drink (Alcoholic):  I don't drink alcohol
28. Favorite Sport to Watch:  gymnastics
29  Most Humiliating Moment:  When in 3rd grade some kids wrote a fake "love letter" from a girl I had a crush on
30. Craziest or Silliest Idea:  That people have to be productive to be valuable
31. Car you drive:  silver 1990 Toyota Camry
32. What do you look for in a potential mate? no smoke, no drink, has worked through childhood "issues", recognizes that life is a big game that we have chosen to play
33. Say one nice thing about the person who sent you this: too cute for my own good when she wears pigtails
34. Person least likely to respond to this: myself