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Turning on the Tunes

Tuesday, July 4th, 2006

I remember the magic of vinyl when I was growing up. Ol’ Chubby Chase, Charlie Pride, or Don Williams would float up from my dad’s den, accompanied by the static scratch of the needle and record. I was of course not allowed to touch the albums, and trust me he always knew when I did, […]

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How to restore my Acer Aspire 3000 Laptop

Wednesday, June 14th, 2006

First issue: After doing the research that I spoke about in my last Linux Diary entry, I found a little snag; my laptop did not come with a Windows XP CD.  It did, however, come with a utility to make factory restore CDs. When run, these CDs will restore my laptop to the condition it […]

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