Many of us who aren’t particularly computer literate will from time to time turn to our nerdly friends for help and advice.    But we do so on the basis that these Dungeons and Dragons playing uber geeks will provide us with advice we can trust.     But following this trend of asking nerdly friends to stop playing with each others Broadswords, and give us a bit of assistance, a website that offers advice written by nerds for regular folk is actually a really good idea.     Better yet » read more

So after having many headaches with my laptop, and several ongoing arguments with Windows XP, I’ve finally given up Windows on the laptop and now run Linux. Kubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04) to be more precise, I did start with Kubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (7.10), but only had that installed a few days before the newer version was released.

After receiving a less than flattering email accusing me of a grandiose image of myself, I have now received this from "Rose".