Grant Laird, Jr. Blog

Check it out: this article from The Wall Street Journal article about "Out the Window" — basically he decide to try out all six different Linux-based operating system on his Sony laptop. He explained that couple of them did pretty well than others but he ended up buying upgradable Windows XP.

You can view it in PDF format - click here.

While solutions may exist to almost every problem I encountered, I was willing to invest only a limited amount of time as a system administrator. Claims by some Linux publishers that anybody can easily switch to Linux from Windows seem totally oversold.
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In the end, I decided to buy an upgrade copy of Windows XP for $100. That normally wouldn’t be a good idea since it doesn’t upgrade the file system. But it’s a good solution until Vista arrives.

Grant W. Laird, Jr.
http://blog.grantlairdjr.com  

This is something I have in mind for long time.

I remember my father helped me make “homemade” computer desk years ago. It was so cool back then. Few months ago, my friend got used commercial type desk from store and it was awesome. It gave me some ideas where I can do similar for less.

Countertop

Home Depot and Lowe’s are perfect place to shop around. Lowe’s are only one that offers several different color on countertop such as green, black, tan, etc. Home Depot only offers one color. I got tan colored 8-feet countertop. They also have 4, 6, 8 and 10 feet countertop in stock. I drilled two holes on it where all wires can goes there.

I got a pair sidebar template. It was relatively easy to install – I had to use iron to heat it and it get attached to sidebar. It’s only $15 dollars.

Cabinet

We did look at wood-type cabinet for around $125 dollars but it required stain paint and craps. However we saw nice metal 2-drawer cabinet at Sam’s Club for $82 each. We got two of them. Office Depot and Staples have them too but they are over $100 each however they carry all colors while Sam’s Club only offers putty type ones.

I spend about $250 on this huge multimedia desk – plenty room for 2nd person to sit next to me.

2 - Hirsh 2-Drawer Commercial Vertical File (putty) - $82 each plus tax
1 - Countertop type (tan-marble type) 8-feet long - $70 plus tax
1 - Pair of sidebar template (color matched) with extra wood and nails - $15 plus tax

What do you think?

Grant W Laird Jr.
http://blog.grantlairdjr.com

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According to Teri Sentelle’s ASL website, she explained very good comparison between deaf and hearing world in her ASL video. I realized I am not alone — I had mixed feeling about it too. You have to understand that I raised in both worlds. I am sure that many of you are in same situation as I am.

I will always respect you no matter what and you should respect me, too.

To view her ASL blog site about it, go to:
http://www.belicimabambina.com/gallyprez2.html (Gallaudet President Who?)

Also, there’s already heated discussion from hearing users’ prescriptive at their blogsite.

Grant W Laird Jr.
http://blog.grantlairdjr.com