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Comment on 'Installing and Optimizing an SSD with Ubuntu Jaunty' by Bryan

2009-04-01T15:45:28Z

Hmmm, I can’t say I’ve noticed much. The big win is on boot—Ubuntu boots faster than my BIOS does. But my home directory is NFS mounted, so that’s slower, and counteracts my root and work directories being on SSD to a large degree. The new machine has a faster processor and more RAM, so that contributes to extra speed. But rails-dev-boost sped things up more than anything else! :)

P.S. I think it’s time to kill feedburner. Your comment never showed up on my feed.

Comment on 'Installing and Optimizing an SSD with Ubuntu Jaunty' by Wayne

2009-03-24T00:09:11Z

What’s your first impression? The SSD’s look pretty good against a fast desktop drive. Put them up against a slow notebook drive, and it becomes pretty damn tempting. On the other hand though, 30GB isn’t really enough for a standalone drive. And the 80GB X25-M is still $550. Oh well, I guess I can put up with Safari beachballing on me for a while yet.

Comment on 'January 17 -- Flying Away' by Jason

2009-01-26T04:20:59Z

Hey you two, thanks for diligently blogging your trip! It was interesting to read all about your adventures in New Zealand.

Comment on 'January 13 -- Robbed in Turangi' by Bethany

2009-01-20T18:16:39Z

You are right, Bundaberg. Although we did have a few Kiwi brands which were pretty good—Bundaberg has a diet version though.

Comment on 'January 13 -- Robbed in Turangi' by Marie-Elizabeth

2009-01-20T03:37:09Z

So you got a taste of the lemon lime and bitter hun Unless it’s a Kiwi brand I think you mean Bundaberg which is a town in Queensland Auz, known for it’s rum and mostly for it’s already mixt (bottle or can) rum and coke. I see you guys are having fun! My poor Bethany, you guys always seem to get injured! ;) What a trooper!!

Comment on 'December 30' by Bethany

2009-01-20T00:35:53Z

“Naseby now has an indoor International Curling Rink (opened July 2005), the first in Australasia. With the construction of the only dedicated indoor curling rink in the southern hemisphere, Naseby can now offer a very long season of curling to an international standard.”

—excerpted from The Royal Hotel Naseby website

Comment on 'December 30' by Jason

2009-01-16T04:07:57Z

Really, there’s only one curling club in the whole southern hemisphere? Wow. I guess it requires a combination of cold temperatures and british heritage. (“But what about the Falklands?”)

Comment on 'January 2' by Farha McMillan

2009-01-08T21:09:02Z

Oh no, colds and another trip with broken glass. Hope you guys are feeling better and the lens is fixable.

Comment on 'December 26' by Mom

2009-01-06T02:29:07Z

No I don’t worry. I trust Bethany to get Bryan out of any jam he gets into. Now if Bethany were to get into a jam—than I’d worry.

Comment on 'December 28' by brian

2009-01-04T18:59:49Z

Was Bryan really sick or was he faking to have a psudeo pho meal on a Sunday in absent celebration with his fellow HPVOoOers? Nice details of your trip so far. Can hardly wait till I hear about the bungy jump.

Brian M.

Comment on 'December 28' by david

2009-01-03T22:11:20Z

Poor Bryan. Passing up a lamb dinner for instant chicken noodle soup, that boy was sick.

Comment on 'December 18 - 20, 2008 from Auckland' by Farha

2008-12-28T05:01:42Z

We’re glad you made the stop in Vancouver too. It was great to see you guys.

Comment on 'Ottawa Public Library to Amazon Greasemonkey Script' by Bryan

2008-03-20T13:31:41Z

Yes, I’ve been thinking about signing up for Library Elf. But the OPL was promising email notification and I procrastinated long enough that it’s arrived already…

Comment on 'Ottawa Public Library to Amazon Greasemonkey Script' by Jason

2008-03-18T22:40:58Z

Nice script Bryan, thanks!

You can also get rss feeds and sms text messages (and emails) of your library hold status (and more) via Library_Elf

Comment on 'Ottawa Public Library to Amazon Greasemonkey Script' by Alan Falloon

2008-03-18T00:48:47Z

I just tried it out and it works great! Thanks.