High Tech Sister
My Daily Tech Challenges, Solutions, And Observations

Lately I’ve been discussing my recent dive into the world of web development– design, css/xhtml, and php coding.  One of the projects I’m starting with, a webcomic, was mainly chosen to make the process more enjoyable.  And to put things in perspective, I am just now completing the css/xhtml phase.  It was during this phase [...]

I remember reading Octavia Butler’s book, Parable Of The Sower and particularly the quote:

“The destiny of Earthseed is to take root among the stars…beyond Mars. Other star systems. Living worlds.”

This passage in the book really resonated with me and took me back to the 3rd grade when I had an assignment to watch and document [...]

Over the course of the last couple of weeks, I’ve been working on a few projects and writing a ton of code.  It was during one of my breaks — an increasingly rare occurrence these days — that I realized that I wasn’t taking advantage of the real estate that my dual monitors provide.
Back when [...]

Okay, virtualBox has been installed and configured, and the windows xp virtual machine is running smoothly. Now it’s time to examine why I chose dual booting instead of virtualization. To quickly recap, I only need windows for an art class that I am taking. For this class I need use of my wacom intuos3 tablet and Photoshop CS3. So let’s first look at setting up the wacom tablet on the windows xp virtual machine….

Overview

Article 1 covers installing and configuring my virtualization platform of choice, the Sun xVM VirtualBox.

Article 2 covers installing Windows XP on VirtualBox and configuring system hardware and peripherals.

Article 3 covers the pros and cons of using a virtual machine as well as for which types of projects they are suited.

Alright, it’s time to pick up [...]

As a result of my last article series on dual booting, I’ve been asked quite a few times why I decided to dual boot my linux machine with windows xp instead of installing windows on a virtualization platform such as VM Server or VirtualBox. The short answer to this question is that I have used virtual machines in the past, but they do have their own set of limitations. However using virtual machines is a good option in many situations. So in response, I’ve decided to examine the process of using virtual machines and some of their perks and and shortcomings. Below is a quick overview of what I’m going to cover….

I guess nautilus has had a bug that causes a segmentation fault when you try to run it as root while a blank CD/DVD is mounted for a while — at least in the Ubuntu Hardy 64 version I’m using. However, it’s been so long since I’ve needed to burn a cd/dvd that I [...]

Overview

Article 1 covers Introductory Information and Preparations necessary before You Install Any Additional Operating System.

Article 2 covers System information collection, Necessary Data backup, and Installing Windows.

Article 3 covers editing the boot information on each hard drive to make the Dual Booting Process seamless.

This article is part 3 of a series of three articles that detail [...]

This article is part 2 of a series of three articles that detail how I got Ubuntu 64 Bit Hardy and Windows XP dual booting on my box while being installed on different hard drives. It differs from some dual booting methods in that I already had linux installed prior to installing windows. Just like anything else though, this method may not work for everyone as it is specific to my system configuration, and that plays a big part in setting up any software. But you may be able to find some bits that help you in your own undertaking….