Actually it is Sandbox running Ubuntu 13.04 but the result is the same. The operating system and the software are the heart of the system. The name sandbox can represent the hardware which seldom changes after the box is built. The update was flawless as thousands of files were downloaded and installed in their proper locations. This was a far better experience than I had with Fedora. I hope a Fedora fanatic reads this. Hmmm...
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Weather Bugged
Here in Texas and in a lot of other places these days we all get severe weather. The job of the weather person is to try to scare the bejesus out of me in their reporting. Every storm is now “potentially dangerous” and is going to rip the roof of my house off or cause dangerous flooding. It’s like I have never lived through a storm and have no idea where I am living, like...
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I started a new blog yesterday. HA! Like I don’t have enough… Actually it is a totally new blog using blogging software I have only experimented with in the past. The blog is contained within The Hobbyist Workshop website and is not stand alone like all my others. So that makes it very specific to the website that contains it. Just what I wanted, The new blog operates very differently from this WordPress based system...
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Well, I’m going to have a little Pi in my face after Christmas. I ordered the $35.00 Raspberry Pi credit card size computer from MCM Electronics today. Just what I need is another micro computer but this little machine is already a classic. Like I said in the previous post, “I would like to have one to play with…” This is probably the worst time of the year to order one. They seem to be out...
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