phipster

In case you hadn’t gleaned it already, “Phipster” is a contraction of the first two and last letters of my first and last names: Philip Steiner.

David Black’s explanation of his domain name, wobblini.net, prompted me to explain mine. But my favourite record as a child was Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent. Go figure.

What: Compaq Presario C506ca

Why: Windows Vista sucks.

When: Yesterday.

How: Ubuntu Live CD + apt-get + Ubuntu Wiki = done.

Ubuntu First Impressions

• What sucks: fonts, headphone jack doesn’t cut out speakers, lousy Palm support
• What rocks: wireless networking, wireless keyboard/mouse, Aptana, online support/community, resource conservation, no viri (no antivirus yet, either!)

It’s all ’splained here. Once you’ve memorized this page, you can hold your own with any Mac-toting, dressed-all-in-black, goatee’d web designer.