For approximately four months I've put up with a noisy fan on my IBM T43 14.1" Thinkpad. Usually I would apply pressure to the left hand side where the fan sits, press downwards and the fan noise would cease. But, within about three minutes the noise would come back and I would consistently put up with the noise and the re-applying of pressure to where the fan sits. However, recently in the past two weeks the noise has grown so loud that it's intolerable and I figured it was now time to call IBM support to see what they can do.
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You may or may not have noticed a change here at Lozzi Solutions. With my most recent post I briefly described a few things that have been happening. If you have time, I'd like to hear what you are up to and that request was not meant as a holier-than-thou request but sincerely, I'd like to know what other developers are up to. If you have a blog where you discuss your work you're welcome to link to it from here, briefly describing the new projects you're currently on or about to take on.
Continue reading Cosmetic Changes for Fiscal Year 2008.
Nope. Almost two years ago the infamous unknown error -203 bug surfaced when you would try to install your favorite add-ons. Personally, I never experienced it back then, but after upgrading my systems to Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron", this problem appears to be ever more present. Aggravated over the failed attempts at installing the most essential add-ons like Web-Developer and Googlebar, I went looking for the source of the problem.
Continue reading Firefox Still Cannot Install Extensions by Default.
Last week I sent in a service request to have my T43's keyboard replaced. I submitted it through their online form and like magic a new keyboard was sent out to me using DHL's next day service. I called in to make sure I was being sent a new keyboard as this was the first time I had asked for one in the three years I've owned my Thinkpad, but this was unnecessary as when I called in the keyboard had already shipped! Needless to say I was once again amazed.
Continue reading Did I Mention IBM Rocks?.
Continue reading IBM Lives Up To Their Reputation.
Having had the last semester off I haven't had the need to use my scanner much. I use it to scan some important documents like a syllabus, homeworks and labs reports as well as graded work during the semester. When I attempted to use it this past week to scan some things, HP Director would not open, even though it appeared like it would eventually open by showing the hourglass which would subsequently disappear. I toyed with the whole HP application for a bit and found that HP Photo and HP Document Viewer would open and function properly without a hitch. So what was happening to HP Director?
Continue reading HP Director Fails with IE7.
