another day at heather's and adam's apt

heather

isaac

adrian

Evelyn

Evelyn

Poor mans portable computer

Its been a while since I have written anything. And I have been keeping up with some websites and figured i'd write a post.

Most of the stuff you'll need can be found on http://www.portableapps.com/

ok here we go.

What you'll need.
1. USB drive (1gig works for most 4gig if you want actual space / storage)
2. Portable apps to work with.
3. A friend running windows ME, XP, or heavens forbid VISTA (aka MEII)

First load the portable apps you want on your usb drive.
I'd recommend:

Firefox for secure surfing (no logs or history left behind)
OpenOffice (for creating documents, letters, webpages)
Pidgeon (for instant messaging)
Notepad++ (for editing simple text files when Openoffice would take to long to load)
Gimp (For doodles and image love making)
Mplayer and VLC (for movie love playing)
7-zip (for compressing and encrypting files)
Eraser (for wiping out those "sensitive" files.
SIW (not on portable apps.com but very usefull and free. Displays saved passwords and sys info)


This will get you the basic needs, you can always add more applications, at one point I had almost all the portable apps on a 1gig drive, but due to having to carry around work related stuff I took a lot of them off.

Now you can plug your drive into any newer computer and surf the web, chat, and be productive without actually using any of their software.
I would also recommend portableputty for those of you wanting to gain shell access to machines, and XAMPP for playing with a portable web-server.

On-screen keyboard can also be usefull. (Ever seen those computer kiosks with open usb ports but no keyboard?hmmmmmmm)

For those who want a true "portable" computer experience checkout http://mojopac.com it allows you to take your games, applications and OS with you anywhere.

Well thats all for now. have fun with the applications.

i went over to heather house today

Went over to heathers house and it stormed. So i spent the night there because i did not want to walk in the storm.


heather, adam and me we are not high the fucking flash was bright we were sitting out side on the dark porch so the flash seemd brighter the normal

heathers beautiful daughter Evelyn

she is so cute :)

i got to hang out with a old class mate that became a good friend

Ariana Grchan

We hung out me and my son hunter her and her son. We sat around and talk and played with the kids alot. it was pretty fun. And so far we are becomeing good friends i thank or i hope lol.

She is very beautiful, caring, smart, funny and in no way is she like Leeann and she has a really great son.

well i got to see him

Well i got to see him two differnt days. and every thing went fine with me seeing him she is finding some one else i am just sitting here be lonely and bored out of my mine

me and leeann is broke up

july 16
she said that she wanted to find some one else and she did not want to go out any more that is about all she said and i tryed to call her house and she wont answer the phone for 2 days now to day july 18 i called her mom and her moms bf got on the phone and said that i cant see hunter tell i pay child suport but i have not gotany papers telling me that i have to pay it or any thing like that.

Spoiled Computer users = People I hate.

Even though this won't reach too many people I figured i'd vent a little about it anyways.
I have seen a lot of sub-pc/ notebook computer being released this year. These are basically low cost low power computers that are designed for basic computer use.

Although most are capable of performing just about any task you'd usually do, these machines have lower cpu power, smaller storage space and less memory than say your store bought pc.

I have seen soo many people complain because these machines don't come with windows vista, or XP, or run windows at all (linux). Or they don't have a cd-rom drive or huge hard drive.

People fail to see things for what they where built for, and for what they could be used for.

http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/12/dell-announces-cheap-o-mini-itx-desktop-for-china/

The link above is to the most recent articale I read and commented on.
Its not the latest and greatest machine, but it has more power then most of the computer customers bring in to my shop for repair, and those customers have been getting along just fine without a 3+ghz cpu, and a 256mb video card.

Uses for older / less powerfull machines:

Great computers for kids cheaper means less worry about them breaking

arcade machine, install mame and download some roms and play video games all day long

thin client, manage hundreds of computers from one location and give everyone fully loaded desktops without having to use a harddrive

clusters chain several older machines together and combine their power to perform large tasks such as 3d rendering, folding @ home, seti @ home etc

Web browser and email machine. Most people don't use their computer for any but this. Why waste a powerfull computer on it.

vnc client, administer every computer you have by installing vnc on them and using the sub pc to connect to the desktops

security auditing. install backtrack to flash drive, hard drive or cd drive and test your network security and wifi security with these lower power machines.

kiosk: take it apart or just slap it into a stand, attach a monitor and display company info, advertising, or usefull information for customers on your home built kiosk.

loaner machine. Give customers and family something to use while you fix their computer

the list can go on and on. People have gotten so spoiled by high priced over-powered computers now days is sickening. I don't know how many times I have told a customer that just because a new version of windows comes out does not mean you have to go out and spend the money for a new computer just to run it. ESPECIALLY YOU TARDS WHO ONLY USE E-BAY.

The ONLY reason you need a high-end pc is if you are a GAMER! nothing else. most mid range to low end pc's will run office software and other programs.


Also people need to learn about Open Source alternatives to these expensive M$ junk.
Use OpenOffice instead of M$ office
Gimp instead of photoshop
and again the list can go on.

Thats my 2 cents, and i'm not changing my mind.