Do you watch Fox's newest TV series Glee? Glee is a musical comedy-drama that revolves around high school students and a determined teacher. I'm just dropping by this short message here for you to check out Glee TV Show Guide. And if you want to exchange links with that site, e-mail contact[at]gleetvguide.com. Thanks! And don't forget to visit my main blog The Extraordinary Kiddo. :)

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After a very mind-boggling semester, my laptop which was using Windows Vista then became full, crappy and slow. I have been itching to use OSS ever since people claimed its wonders. Now that I am on my semestral break, I decided to borrow the installer of Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope, released last April 2009, from James.

Now my Vista's wiped out. I am using solely Ubuntu as of the moment because I felt I need some software refreshment. My Ubuntu's now fully functional; I hope I didn't miss anything. But here are some problems/not-much-of-a-problem that I faced during/after installation:

• There are so many libraries and files to update. This is since the installer is for April 2009 and we are now in October and prolly there are thousands of upgrades/updates done in between. It took me around 3 hours to update.
  
• No sound! This is the biggest problem I had. My soundcard doesn't seem to be recognized or what. I have to scour the web with all the possible solutions. I have tried a lot and most of them failed. I found the solution here: http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=3103449.msg179195#msg179195. Just some minor file edits (I don't know and care what file that was) and a reboot and voila, I'm hearing That Girl by Plain White T's now.

One more question, will I stay with Ubuntu for a long time or do a dual boot with Vista? Of course I HAVE TO do a dual boot.

• I don't like Open Office that much. Though there has been lotsa improvements, Microsoft Office still has the twang I need to do all my school stuff.
• I think I'll be needing a Windows platform for my Special Problem next semester.
• Windows still has its advantages over Ubuntu/Linux vice versa. It's good to get the best of both worlds.

So that's it. Thanks James for letting me borrow the installer. I needed this. Now I'm done with this, I'll do some minor exploration and next focus on reviving my freaking dead blog. Screw Kinohost.

Adios! Visit http://www.ubuntu.com/, aryty?


PS: Ubuntu 9.10 coming soon, wanna test the Beta?

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As of writing my main blog is "suspended" and I don't know why they suspended it. No notice, announcement, email, anything! It frustrates you if that's the first thing that faces you in the morning! Rarr! I already sent an email to the owner Jon Towns asking for an explanation of such suspension of my bryankarl.net blog.

Now here's the deal, if my blog doesn't return tonight or I will not get a response from Mr. Jon Towns, I'd have to buy a new blog hosting service from bubblecrush.org or somewhere and I have no choice but to use my www.whataboutbryan.info domain since I still have it with me. And I have no money to buy a new domain in par with a new host so I'd have to recycle. And I don't care! Grrr.

Kinohost is dead. Booh!

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You heard that right! I'm going back again to one of Cebu's premium beach resorts, Maribago Bluewater Beach Resort. Well they're giving away this free day tour as you can read at the post entitled Maribago Bluewater invites bloggers to a Sunday by the beach over at PinoyWorld. The last time I went to Maribago was during the opening of the Maribago Gallery and it was also there that I heard from Mr. Ruben Licera about this bloggers' day tour every Sunday. It was exciting and we then planned to choose a Sunday on November. But I change my mind. Since we won't be pursuing with our Argao trip this weekend, I'm choosing to go to Maribago Bluewater this Sunday, October 25, 2009.


I just hope I'd be together a bunch of fun people on October 25. Hehe. Anyways, to those who don't know what and where Maribago Bluewater is, here are some resources (some are mine bwahaha):

1. Maribago Bluewater Blog
2. Maribago Bluewater Video @ Youtube
3. Maribago Bluewater Beach Resort Promotes Tourism, Invites Bloggers
4. Maribago Bluewater Opens The Gallery

See you all there!

Photo credit: PinoyWorld.org

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Currently listening to: Nothing's gonna change my love for you by Westlife. Why this? Why so emo? Nada.

I'm not in love. The song just irritates me big time. Why?

Because I can't relate. That's all. Sorry for this short and irrelevant post. :P

Juicier stuff soon... :)

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