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Network Manager applet crashes periodically in Ubunty 11.04 / Natty Narwhal

May 25, 2011

Since I’ve been using Natty Narwhal a.k.a. Ubuntu 11.04, I’ve increasingly run into a scenario where the Network Manager applet crashes. Now, any old app crashing on Ubuntu doesn’t catch my attention quite like nm-applet‘s does because the crashing of nm-applet TAKES THE INTERNET WITH IT! It’s maddening because I’m typically crash-surfing 10 sites at [...]

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Moving Back to WordPress from Habari :(

May 23, 2011

Over the course of 7 days, I completed the migration of this site from Habari 0.7 to WordPress 3.1.2. I ultimately came to realize that I needed to spend more time writing my blog posts and less time fiddling with my site or theme. In the end, I needed a fully baked CMS as Habari [...]

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Nokia N8 Repair Saga – Part 1

March 21, 2011

I sent my Nokia N8 (sometime around the last week of February) to a Nokia Care Center for repairs. Ostensibly, the problems were: bad screen flicker and trouble installing Ovi Store after an apparently botched PR 1.1 update Over-The-Air. On 03/16/2011, I received my Nokia N8 and spent much of my lunch break working on [...]

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Solving One of the Nokia C7′s pain points – Pricing

March 17, 2011

Well, less than 2 days after I published my review of the Nokia C7, there’s a rumor that the C7 is actually coming to a US carrier for the subsidized price of $79.99!

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First Look: The Nokia C7-00 and a review.

March 15, 2011

I reached out to WOMWorld/Nokia after the PR 1.1 update fiasco on my Nokia N8. They were gracious enough to lend me a Nokia C7 and a Nokia BH 905i headset for duration of 2 weeks. I was curious about the Nokia C7-00 because it reminds me of the Nokia N8 in that both run [...]

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First Look: The Nokia BH-905i Bluetooth Headset

March 5, 2011

I received the Nokia BH-905i headset from WOMWorld/Nokia for a two-week trial along with the Nokia C7. I was excited about this gizmo because it was a wireless headset that promised great audio. After suffering through one too many twisted cords, I appreciate gadgets that have the nerve to cut the cord. The BH-905i is [...]

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Returning to Ubuntu, Maverick Meerkat

March 2, 2011

After using Windows 7 for a long while, I got bored and wanted to give Ubuntu another go-around. For the uninitiated, Ubuntu is an operating system that is free for you to use and tinker with. It’s a GNU/Linux distribution and development is spearheaded by a for-profit company called Canonical (which is run by a [...]

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