I had a situation this past week where I was without phone service for a few days, starting on Tuesday afternoon. For whatever reason, the phone company's installation of another phone number caused me to lose access to my phone until a more senior smart-person could come and fix it …

The ubuntu project recenty released their 8.10 release, codenamed "Intrepid Ibex" upon the world. I decided to get a jump on the crowd and started using Intrepid Ibex about a week early, since most things would quiet down prior to release, and I wanted to get a feel for …

Ohio Linuxfest is coming up real-soon-now (October 10th - 11th) and time is running out for registering.

What can you expect at Ohio Linuxfest?

• Speakers: There's plenty of speakers there with a wide range of topics. If you can't find something you're interested in, there will also be BoF sessions and …

I recently upgraded JoDee's laptop (A HP ZD7000 series with a broadcom chipset) to Hardy Heron from Gutsy. Unfortunately, JoDee's laptop lost the ability to use wireless at that point, so she had to be tethered in the den with an Ethernet cord. In the interest of putting out new …

The Ubuntu Michigan Group got together over at the Clinton Macomb Public Library for the Global Bug Jam 2008. In attendance was myself (Craig), JoDee, Mike, Adam, and Jim. After a few minutes figuring out whether or not the library cards were required to get onto the wired network (hint …