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, […]

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 […]