Computers Hate Us

I've just spent two hours wrestling with a weirdly defective wifi network interface which was insisting that there were no networks around; in the end it turns out that the little blue LED on the transmitter kill switch does not in fact change color or state or anything when the button is pressed, and undoing the switch does nothing unless the kernel module is reloaded, too. But if you tell people that computers hate us they just walk away and mutter something about anthropomorphic disorders.

Some days I want the robot revolution to occur just so that I can say "I told you so!".

Computers Hate Us

I've just spent two hours wrestling with a weirdly defective wifi network interface which was insisting that there were no networks around; in the end it turns out that the little blue LED on the transmitter kill switch does not in fact change color or state or anything when the button is pressed, and undoing the switch does nothing unless the kernel module is reloaded, too. But if you tell people that computers hate us they just walk away and mutter something about anthropomorphic disorders.

Some days I want the robot revolution to occur just so that I can say "I told you so!".

What's a Cr-48 good for, anyway?

I have a Cr-48, a Google Chromebook.

It's a good replacement for the newspaper at breakfast.

The kids like to play Flash games on it.

Z wrote a presentation in Google Docs. (Pix from Wikipedia, thanks Creative Commons licensors!)

Yes, the Caps-Lock key was replaced by a New Tab button; yes, you can turn it into a Ctrl or back to Caps-Lock. I haven't.

Yes, you can flick a switch behind the battery to enable "Developer" mode, which includes the ability to root it and run Ubuntu or similar. I probably will, leaving the Chrome partitions around.

Speaking of which: 16GB storage isn't that much, but it is enough for two complete kernel+root environments, plus a third, plus /home. The two that ship are both Chrome, and Google updates one in the background while the other one is running. Next reboot... flip.

What's a Cr-48 good for, anyway?

I have a Cr-48, a Google Chromebook.

It's a good replacement for the newspaper at breakfast.

The kids like to play Flash games on it.

Z wrote a presentation in Google Docs. (Pix from Wikipedia, thanks Creative Commons licensors!)

Yes, the Caps-Lock key was replaced by a New Tab button; yes, you can turn it into a Ctrl or back to Caps-Lock. I haven't.

Yes, you can flick a switch behind the battery to enable "Developer" mode, which includes the ability to root it and run Ubuntu or similar. I probably will, leaving the Chrome partitions around.

Speaking of which: 16GB storage isn't that much, but it is enough for two complete kernel+root environments, plus a third, plus /home. The two that ship are both Chrome, and Google updates one in the background while the other one is running. Next reboot... flip.