tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193422796425667742Thu, 19 Dec 2024 03:14:46 +0000CatsIrelandLinuxMSI WindPet HealthThe ramblings of a Kiwi living State side.http://catz2.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (2Cats!)Blogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193422796425667742.post-587966671552483096Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:44:00 +00002010-03-19T16:44:31.893-07:00The Case 1Originally uploaded by kiwiboyusAfter upgrading our TV it was time to upgrade the XBMC we have been running for the last couple of years as well. I had bought a refurbished Xbox from Target's website of all places for about $50.00, then hardware modded it to run XBMC. Due to the inputs available on our new TV it made more sense to upgrade the XBMC to a PC build running Linux, the http://catz2.blogspot.com/2010/03/my-xbmc-build.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (2Cats!)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193422796425667742.post-7762455396510996943Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:18:00 +00002010-03-14T16:18:50.777-07:00Good cheese & crackers + Santa Barbara weather @ the Park with my Wife = Perfect Sunday afternoon!http://catz2.blogspot.com/2010/03/good-cheese-crackers-santa-barbara.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (2Cats!)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193422796425667742.post-418530200606162611Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:40:00 +00002010-03-11T12:40:29.499-08:00I read about the new Blogger templates this morning and decided to give them a go. I like it so far, need to play with it a little more though.http://catz2.blogspot.com/2010/03/i-read-about-new-blogger-templates-this.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (2Cats!)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193422796425667742.post-2356106215967522764Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:46:00 +00002010-02-27T17:46:12.236-08:00Just set up my Nokia E71x for blogging :) Let's see how it works.http://catz2.blogspot.com/2010/02/just-set-up-my-nokia-e71x-for-blogging.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (2Cats!)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193422796425667742.post-4544429419037718546Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:22:00 +00002010-02-12T14:32:38.132-08:00So today was a pretty good day, work took away my 3 old 19 inch monitors and replaced them with two 24 inch wide screen monitors :)http://catz2.blogspot.com/2010/02/ubuntu-jaunty-910.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (2Cats!)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193422796425667742.post-7629124070311225420Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:52:00 +00002009-11-09T11:01:23.529-08:00It's not an easy thing to do picking a name, there are so many more aspects to it than just the way it sounds. You want it to "fit"... to convey the idea of the thing being named and at the same time appeal to the person speaking it......must not over think this.http://catz2.blogspot.com/2009/11/picking-name.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (2Cats!)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193422796425667742.post-2497261432603194034Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:05:00 +00002009-11-08T15:30:20.871-08:00It's been a long time since I posted anything here but I have a little project brewing so I think I'll document it here. I've been doing tech support for almost 8 years now and I've decided it might be a good idea to document what I've learned and maybe what other have learned also... http://catz2.blogspot.com/2009/11/long-time-coming.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (2Cats!)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193422796425667742.post-9024987050762292804Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:41:00 +00002009-01-11T16:07:43.540-08:00LinuxSo today I was reading a NY Times story posted on Digg about Ubuntu, an interesting article but containing some of the usual FUD about Linux. While commenting about this on Digg I found myself in a familiar argument, an argument that I have seen often but that does not hold water in my opinion. It goes a little something like this...I won't use Linux because I had hardware issues the last time I http://catz2.blogspot.com/2009/01/comparing-penjuins-apples-and-windows.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (2Cats!)256tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193422796425667742.post-398133777487078842Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:34:00 +00002009-01-06T09:34:54.914-08:00Crunch Bang Linux DesktopOriginally uploaded by kiwiboyusHere's a screen shot of my current #! Crunch Bang Linux desktop. I love how clean looking Openbox is with just Conky and Gwibber running.http://catz2.blogspot.com/2009/01/crunch-bang-linux-desktop.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (2Cats!)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193422796425667742.post-5571477691879806774Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:19:00 +00002009-01-05T08:31:29.319-08:00I just stumbled across this blog while looking for a good Kiwi icon to use as my avatar, I maybe a Pakeha but I really like this design. It's the islander in me, just like my need to live near the ocean, it's a Kiwi thing. Oh and I found my icon.http://catz2.blogspot.com/2009/01/love-this-design.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (2Cats!)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193422796425667742.post-5493301775534934288Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:37:00 +00002008-12-30T20:37:05.262-08:00I saw it twice at the movies, one of the few worth $9+. We bought the DVD and sat on it for 2 weeks, waiting for the Xmas/New Year break to watch it again... and it was SO worth the break. Christopher Nolan captured what I have always loved about the Batman with this movie, he's a true hero in every sense of the word without seeking any of the glory. In a way he is like Sam from LOTR (an Xmas http://catz2.blogspot.com/2008/12/love-love-love-dark-knight.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (2Cats!)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193422796425667742.post-7107109737241531936Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:24:00 +00002008-12-24T00:24:26.900-08:00For the last few weeks I have been experimenting with emulators on my MSI Wind. The first was Project64 which plays Nintendo 64 games and works well. Then this week we finally got rid of our spare old monster of a TV, I had been using it to play my PS1 and PS2 instead of having yet another box in our TV cabinet. This gave me a new challenge of hooking up my Playstations to my PC monitor or http://catz2.blogspot.com/2008/12/wind-makes-great-ps1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (2Cats!)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193422796425667742.post-5531879625964844804Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:21:00 +00002008-10-30T08:21:30.023-07:00I have been running the beta of Ubuntu 8.10 - Intrepid Ibex for almost 2 weeks now on my Wind and have been really happy with it. Last night around 7:30 PM I put my Wind into suspend and forgot about it (normally I shut it down over night). This morning to my surprise, 12 hours later, I hit the power button and my Wind booted right to the login screen for Intrepid. I entered my password and http://catz2.blogspot.com/2008/10/ubuntu-810-and-suspend.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (2Cats!)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193422796425667742.post-8284917813223956486Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:59:00 +00002008-10-27T21:59:49.039-07:00So when I read that MSI had released a new Bios for the Wind I was pretty excited. On top of allocating more RAM to the integrated video the fabled Turbo feature was back. So I flashed my Bios and all looked good until I noticed my wireless connection had become super flaky. I had replaced the stock wifi card with a dell 1490 because it works with Windows, Linux and OS X, so I thought maybe that http://catz2.blogspot.com/2008/10/watch-them-bios-updates.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (2Cats!)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193422796425667742.post-3170037443039618381Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:08:00 +00002008-10-24T12:08:56.650-07:00MSIWindosx86 DesktopOriginally uploaded by kiwiboyushttp://catz2.blogspot.com/2008/10/msiwindosx86-desktop.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (2Cats!)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193422796425667742.post-4199088462374310047Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:08:00 +00002008-10-24T12:08:36.781-07:00XP DeskTopOriginally uploaded by kiwiboyushttp://catz2.blogspot.com/2008/10/xp-desktop.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (2Cats!)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193422796425667742.post-4366963863016224921Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:07:00 +00002008-10-24T12:07:56.261-07:00Ubuntu 8.10 desktopOriginally uploaded by kiwiboyushttp://catz2.blogspot.com/2008/10/ubuntu-810-desktop.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (2Cats!)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193422796425667742.post-2208185224451982371Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:37:00 +00002008-10-23T15:25:26.993-07:00MSI WindSo I've had my Wind for a few months now, and last night I think I completed it's evolution by installing the latest Bios 1.09Back when I first read about the MSI Wind there were three things that got my attention a 10 inch screen an 80 GB Sata HD the ability to over or under clock the CPU on demandWell the Wind started shipping and the first thing people noticed was the over clocking feature washttp://catz2.blogspot.com/2008/10/ever-changing-wind.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (2Cats!)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193422796425667742.post-6349578168494175868Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:57:00 +00002008-09-02T12:57:22.974-07:00Skined MSI WindOriginally uploaded by kiwiboyusHere is my MSI Wind with the Radiohead skin I made on www.skinit.comI love how subtle the colours are on the black of the Wind.http://catz2.blogspot.com/2008/09/skined-msi-wind.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (2Cats!)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193422796425667742.post-6321594087543772239Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:28:00 +00002008-08-23T17:28:15.273-07:00Music studio.jpgOriginally uploaded by kiwiboyusPretty messy looking right now.http://catz2.blogspot.com/2008/08/music-studiojpg.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (2Cats!)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193422796425667742.post-4755591951519765492Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:03:00 +00002008-08-23T17:09:16.501-07:00We are picking up a new desk today for the spare room. Right now it's just too messy and not very inspiring.http://catz2.blogspot.com/2008/08/cleaning-up-my-music-set-up-today.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (2Cats!)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193422796425667742.post-2191032336000156041Sun, 17 Aug 2008 01:40:00 +00002008-08-16T19:38:31.245-07:00Like many others out there, after the Asus EeePC came out I wanted a mini notebook. I've had a Acer Travelmate 4202 for the last 2 years and loved it, but it's still a little big and heavy once you start carrying it around for a while.When I first read about MSI's Wind I knew it was the one I was waiting for, the 10 inch screen and 80 Gig hard drive clinched it. So two weeks ago mine arrived (http://catz2.blogspot.com/2008/08/loving-my-msi-wind.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (2Cats!)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193422796425667742.post-5850128508744573071Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:45:00 +00002007-12-24T15:13:22.791-08:00CatsPet HealthThis is a photo of Buddy, who we had with us for 7 years. I just really want other cat owners to know that feeding your cat dry food is a mistake that may cost your cat it's life. Please read this information, I wish we would have known. ~Amywww.catinfo.org/#We_Are_Feeding_Cats_Too_Many_Carbohydrateshttp://catz2.blogspot.com/2007/11/this-is-photo-of-buddy-who-we-had-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (2Cats!)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193422796425667742.post-2287017843823763794Sun, 22 Jul 2007 18:20:00 +00002007-07-22T12:24:33.085-07:00IrelandSo Dublin was a blast for an afternoon, then we drove down the coast stopping at Bray and Greystones before heading inland to Glendalough.The view from our B n B of the lower lake was really something in the morning. The weather hasn't been bad at all, some rain but mostly warm.http://catz2.blogspot.com/2007/07/one-week-down-two-to-go.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (2Cats!)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6193422796425667742.post-836573092234533895Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:26:00 +00002007-12-24T15:14:11.978-08:00IrelandJet lag got the better of us and we slept in till almost noon on day 2, we were still able to catch a bus into Dublin city from the airport. I have to say Dublin is a fast moving and busy city, a lot of people were out in the town. It was interesting how many different accents we heard today, almost every other person seemed to be speaking another language. Day 3 tomorrow and we pick up the car http://catz2.blogspot.com/2007/07/ireland-day-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (2Cats!)2