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ManiaRavings is a personal blog that focuses on events and happenings in Jaffer's life.
(We are currently undergoing a major renovation. So as soon as we are ready to re-open, we shall update this listing)
Recent Posts Tagged With 'computing'
The Satanic Computer from California
Note 1: You may have noticed that I haven’t been online as much and I haven’t been visiting your blogs lately. Don’t worry, things are fine. I’ll be around soon ! Note 2: I am aware this page does not render properly on Int...
Flying Sumos
Earlier this week, I chose to place an order for a Lenovo G530 laptop. But unfortunately, it will not ship in several weeks ! (Either they are trying to be on the safe side or that their ordering system has still not been fixed !) The anticipation is...
My little world in Twitterverse - TweetDeck
Many if not most of my friends know of my love for Twitter. Some like that I am willing to share bits from my life and stuff that I find online, some who are already on Twitter are glad to have me make their online experience more wholesome, while so...
Recuperating an old Laptop - Part 2
Installing Debian and resolving some issues on an i1300 In Part 1, I introduced you to my Thinkpad and some challenges I’ve had adopting Linux and FreeBSD. There I also discussed how its aging hardware prevented me from installing newer version...
Recuperating an old Thinkpad - Part 1
The Medical History I bought my Thinkpad in 2001. It’s an i series 1300 and it came with modest configuration: 750 MHz Pentium iii processor, 128 MB RAM of which 8 MB is shared with video and a 20GB hard drive. Over the years, it’s helped...
