Jemie's New Blog

...meh, for now, just a daily diary of the lame things I'm doing, or trying to do, or maybe even successfully completed.  I rolled into Labor Ready @ 7 or 8, picked up a gig unloading a 53 foot semi-truck and then assembling said furniture inside model homes.  Got to the job site about 9-9:30lasted to about 7pm. 

About 8:30pm I went to the McDonalds near Koenig and created this blog.  I meant to do it yesterday, but the installation and update on Derrick's kids Ubuntu Laptops ran into difficulties.   Also I wanted to do Word Press, but ultimately that was a fail, had been a fail for months, don't know why I didn't give up sooner.  Oh yeah, I hate Google's lack of privacy.  Yet Google works, here I am.

I ordered a parfait, and side salad and chicken sandwich minus bun, mayo, lettuce and well everything LOLz.  Basically I cut it up to put in the side salad.  It is about as healthy as I can figure out how to eat here without paying through the nose, which is important, 'cause I eat here almost everyday.  I got a water instead of $1 ice tea, but we will see how long my will power lasts...

I am giving the Ubuntu Laptop a second try and it seems to be kicking butt this time. After the basic updates I plan to add qBittorrent (as uTorrent doesn't play well with this version of Edubuntu), PlayOnLinux (a front end for WINE), WINE itself.... Maybe that is all.  At some point I really need to send it off right?  ha ha ha!  Let's see, instead of Microsoft Office 2010, Libre Office is pre-installed, although Lately I have been enjoying Kingsoft Office, now known as WPS Office (available for Android OSes).  Edbuntu comes with educational games, most importantly a typing tutor.  If nothing else I hope they learn to use a keyboard to the fullest even if it's just to facebook.

What are the first programs YOU install after Windows takes a crap on you?  I usually do the device drivers for my specialized hardware, then some sort of MP3 player, then MS Office, burning/ripping software, and I save games for last unless one is particularly difficult to wedge in there right causing me to have to fresh reinstall yet again.   See you tomorrow.