Kali set up

Weather was not looking good for today... Although it had cooled off.

I spent much of the day installing the "new" dining room computer, Kali. I tore down the old Hercules computer running Windows 2000 and then installed the donated eMachine AMD box running XP.

I wanted to take it back to it's factory settings but the original CD was not provided. Had to deinstall stuff. Defrag. Optimise, etc.

After checking the apps on Hercules, I rolled out a fairly minimal configuration. Browsers. With Flash and Java. OpenOffice 3. TheSky6. That's about it. I checked with Dietmar. He didn't think we needed anything else.

Finally, I put the "new" flatscreen on it. Unfortunately, I could not seem to find the appropriate drivers to run it in 1440 x 900 resolution. So 1024 x 768 will have to do. Needs a stand. I could build something out of wood.

Rained in the afternoon and evening.

Should have taken Phil up on his request to go for a bike ride, in the morning...

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I also fiddled with the alternate Linksys wifi router. I brought the second WAP back from the GBO into the house. I wanted to try it in the south-east bedroom but ended up installing it in the basement, atop the other network gear. We'll see if this improves wifi coverage out to the THO...

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Listened to the fridge all day. Was making weird knocking noises. Pulled it out to get a better listen. The signature changed. Pushed it back. At least it's still keeping things cold. The new appliance is almost off warranty...