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Journal einstein's Journal: X-mas, X-Windows... 10

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I have some free time at work, so I thought I'd actually post my first (meaningful) journal entry.

Friends and family are starting to bug me about X-mas presents they should get me, and my feeble list needs some fleshing out, so what do does everyone else have on their lists?

As an aside, I've been trying to turn an old 486 laptop into a good X-terminal so I don't have to keep my noisy gaming machine in my bedroom, but can still run most of the same apps.. Does anyone have a recommendation on a distro I can install via a floppy and fit ssh and X on a 300Mb harddrive? Google has been less than helpful. all the X on a floppy Distros point to dead links. I'd like to try something with Gentoo, but I haven't found how to install from only a floppy, and I don't look forward to compiling on a 486. I have heard rumors about using a chroot environment to compile on a faster box, maybe I'll give that a try...

who's reading this thing anyway? :)

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  • But I don't remember why I made you a friend, are connected to FortKnox (Journals|Postings) in some way?
    • Yeah, I read FortKnox's Journal and reply to quite a few journals.. for as unactive as I've been in the regular slashdot threads, and my journal, I'm amazed at the number of friends I've accumulated... I think you said something witty, and I made you a friend. that's how I've made most of my /. friends.
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    • Your on my friends list because your a friend of one of my friends.

      (FortKnox I believe) I frequently add friends-of-friends to my list.
  • I think I added you to my list because of some connection to gmhomwell maybe? I'm a sucker for people who keep journals -- just so long as the journals aren't lots and lots of completely stupid stuff. Yours was just a couple test-like entries, so it had potential. But, no, I'm not ready (nor rich enuf) to buy stuff for any /.ers.
    • hey, I wasn't asking anyone to buy me anything, I'm just hunting ideas to tell RL friends and family :)

      You probably added me through FortKnox somehow. who knew my first meaningful Journal entry would turn into 6 degrees of separation. heheh.
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  • You neglected some very important DVDs from your wishlist. If you don't have a DVD player, then that needs to go on your list too =]
    • DVD, great idea. I also need to fill in some serious gaps in my CD collection.

      Speaking of DVDs, I saw that the Reign of Fire DVD is coming out soon.. I sure hope there is a Director's Cut on that thing. The movie looked like it had great potential but too much of the story was left of the cutting room floor by an editor trying to fit all dragon CGI in (and the CGI was worth that price of admission alone! but...) at the price of character development. FoTR is definitely getting added to my list... any particular DVD recommendations?
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      • Yup.
        • The Usual Suspects
        • Fight Club
        • The Matrix
        • The Rock
        • Men In Black

        And I'm just getting started =]

        Seriously, those are some must-have DVDs. Owning The Matrix is required with a DVD player. But seriously, get/ask for what you like. Comedies, dramas, Gladiator, Braveheart, The Terminator, Terminator II, My Cousin Vinny. All very nice escapes.

        And on a side note, when you get a DVD, make sure it has good special features. They're half the reason DVDs are so much better than normal videos. Sometimes, the separate commentary can be the best part of the DVD. I don't buy DVDs unless they have at least an audio commentary track.

        I now have a decently sized DVD collection, and this is from someone who owned three movies in his life (The X-Files movie, Jurassic Park, and The Usual Suspects) until he bought a DVD player.

  • catching up on /. messages again. thought i'd let you know i stopped by since you asked.

    i frequently get convinced that people don't read my posts because i rarely get replies. but then someone responds out of nowhere. so don't think i'm not reading if i don't post.
  • since you asked for our lists, this is what I have worked up so far:

    Sweedish fish
    lindor truffles
    fountain pen
    underpants
    nice clothing (dress shirts)
    breif case (low importance)

    DVDs (seperate want list):
    The Sting
    Dead Poets Society
    Cool Hand Luke
    The Hustler
    Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Special Edition)
    The Simpsons - The Complete First Season (I already have the second season... just not the first for some reason)
    Das Boot - The Director's Cut
    The Longest Day
    Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Special Edition)
    Transformers - First Season Collector's Edition
    The Train ~ Burt Lancaster

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