Batman the Dark Knight

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Perfectly Suited to my needs...

I'm really enjoying this new Ubuntu OS and it has all the programs I need included.
Only thing missing was a GOOD html editor, but I found one, free, in the add applications section. All in all I'm glad to be back to Linux, although I would have liked to see better and more impressive desktop enhancements..

I rate this Linux distribution -> 8/10 (2 points off for long boot time.

I can't wait to start playing with Gimp again, it's a great Graphics software. And I can't wait to try the 3d desktop, but I'll need to change my graphics adapter first.

If you all want to try this OS out get it for free at ubuntu.org

Settled for Ubuntu 8... Seamless Install

Well my Ubuntu installations went very well. Since I started the installs on 3 machines at the same time, they prompted me for action pretty much all at the same time. I spent less than 10 minutes total setting up the first two. The third was a bit slower but it's installed an running. In the mean time, I ate, watch the Soprano's and went out to buy cigarettes. It beats babysitting Windows Installations and hassles.

Next post will be coming from my New Ubuntu desktop..
Next step, Ubuntu Server, can't wait.....

Back to my roots, gonna give Ubuntu 7.1 a twirl..

I'm sure my family remembers when i foresaked Microsoft and windows back in 2002. I spent 3-4 yrs using Mandrake and Red Hat, then Fedora and also debian and Lindows!
I love Linux and I don't really remember why or when I switched back to windows, but here I am again; looking at three failed XP computers. I am desperate to get at least one of my laptops running again with Win XP, since I need to recover my password from my Dreamweaver Site Manager. One of my laptops is running Linspire 4.5, which has been abandoned by CNR and a forced migration to L6 is coming. That make it 4 PC's with no OS and a whole lot of mistrust for Windows. I thought earlier, that this was my opportunity to try the new Win Vista, but after investigation it seem i9t's not worth shi..

So I have a dilema, I can install my old Win XP w/ service pack 1a and do all the uploads, then I have to install my antivirus, which dates from 2006 so the updates will take days, not hours. Then I have to download and install Service pack and then again sp3. I have to reinsall my Firefox, thunderbird, coreftp, and Dreamweaver. All this, spread on 4 pc's will take the rest of the week.

Or I can install Ubuntu or Mandriva or Fedora, Spend 20 minits configuring and go to the movies tonight, instead of becomingbleary eyed and frustrated, while install of win XP fail and have to restarted and spending hours browsing for drivers.

My choice fell on Ubuntu, I'll be installing the Ubuntu Server edition on my my Dual processor server that is running (was) Windows 2003 Server and the others will get a fresh install of the Ubuntu Desktop OS.. Sounds like I'll be done in about an hour, so I'll post my progress here later on..

Très bel exemple...

Long time no Blog....

It's been awhile.
Not much to say; it rains everyday. I had Adri this weekend despite the schedule,
Looking to buy a new car and spending lot's of time catching up on the news.
Looks like the world changed quite a bit these last few months...
American presidential, Canadian Elections, the Georgian conflict (again), Somalian Piracy, Financial Crisis, Hurricane IKE then KYLE, riots in Montreal, terrorist bombings all over the world and let's not forget the horrible devastating earthquake in China. I guess when it comes in little bits through the daily news you don't notice how many things have happened, but when you try to catch up; it looks like a f.ing disaster!
Gotta admit these are interesting times and now is the time to be alive and witness the tides turning in society. We are all witnessing the changing of the world as we know it, isn't that what all those prophecies say anyways!!!

Up early on Saturday, had a couple hours to spare.

Hey y'all, so yeah, I woke up early on Saturday and had a couple of hours to spare.
I pulled up my Photoshop and decided to do some planets. I haven't done planets since the early day of Myst and here I am 15 years later having fun with what used to earn me $$.

Thought I would post it here, it's kindda goofy and low res but it looks good, the lighting is off but hey, what can you do with only an hour or two.
















Then there's the others I had fun with after supper, those were more detailed and took a little longer, but still; the lighting is off...guess I'm outta practise.














I did this one with Gimp.27 just to get some mix going;

Three Weeks without the kid!

Tonight marks the first night of a three week hiatus (19 days) from having Adri.
Claudie needed the weekend off so we switched, which means she has him two weekends in a row.
Now that we have a schedule it's easier for me to get out of town and live a little. The summer in Mt-Laurier was just too long, mucky and boring. I can't wait to be outta here!!!
I'm driving to Montreal tomorrow to check out some used cars, I need to change my van... It's tried to kill me several times. LOL...

Maybe I'll drive to NY sometime soon, I'm in dire need of some entertainment. It'll also be fun to catch up with an old friend from PR while I'm there. I really can't wait to get out of here.

Ok so it's obvious, I can't wait to get outta HERE!!!!!!

Sleepy Sunday Blog

Sunday morning blogging. I guess I could be using my time more creatively, but hey, it's Sunday. Adrien is playing Sly on he PS2 and I'm having a morning coffee, checking out my sites and cleaning up the accumulated junk in my Facebook profile.
I've set up some new business blogs this week -> Wireless Central & firemail Web 2.0. You can check them out through my blogger profile. Wireless Central is a big disappointment I have 30 shop running (+ all the maintenance that goes with) and I've only managed to make one sale and attract only 2 new partners...in three months!

Oh well, I guess WC will go the wayside and I will concentrate on firemail.ca instead. Firemail is my baby so I can't really give THAT up.

Lazy, lazy Sunday in store....



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Little bit of business to mention.

Some of you may have noticed I have allot on my plate these days, what with the re-design and deployment of firemail.ca come up, as well as 30 Wireless shops to run. I'm running out of time and energy for it all so I'm planning a big push this week. Gonna spend 18hr days coding to get a bunch of little bugs out of the way. Not to mention that I've been promising a release of my plugins for @mailOpen since july!!!!

I hope all my friends and family will follow my links and share my posts on Facebook... It's easy; that little share button is everywhere.............

links;

Wireless Central for Facebook -> http://apps.facebook.com/ppwireless

The Firemail Network; Same as Hotmail®, only Hotter : firemail.ca -> http://www.firemail.ca

New Year, New Teacher, More Work, More Fun....

So there was a PT meeting tonight and I finally got to meet Adri's new teacher. She seems nice and she's enthusiastic about teaching 1&2 together...
There was a General Assembly with the principal and school nurse as well. It seeems they are making significant effort to improve reading skills and they have an intensive reading program, which will be good for Adri I'm sure.. He reads very well in english and can decipher the words in French so he should have a good time this year.
The school (Notre Dame des Anges) has a "cote" 10 (millieu défavorisé) which means it's got the worst rating there is, but I'm confident in my own parenting and education skills to get him through the tough spots...
Anyways it's a small school so the teachers can develop close relationships with their students.

A week of coding...

Well, most of the week was spent working on firemail.
Many new developments & I'm almost ready to go Alpha 1.1. (See Blog : http://www.firemail.ca/blog/blog.html)
Adri had a great week at school and loves first grade. He is very excited about learning math and other new stuff. He had an english lesson this week, which he enjoyed very much.
Rainy weekend, not much to do. We played cards, played with a new yo-yo and played alot of Sponge Bob on Xbox.