July 2007


I was tired of having to visit the computer many times a week to correct any problems it might have. I have installed all possible tools but still some sites trick the children to installing things that contain dangerous stuff. OK, I have told them how one should read every message before clicking on related buttons but still, some spyware manage to get installed especially when they are in a hurry.

I have tried to have them use a non-admin account but some games stopped working. So, they needed a computer that works. I decided to give a try to Ubuntu Desktop (I installed 7.04 Feisty Fawn) and it works fine so far. The install was straight forward and very quick. My daughter told me that she finds the interface nice and not different from the one she was used to.

It was even a nice way to explain that a COMPUTER and WINDOWS are two different things (not only because they do two different tasks, but because they are independent from one another). It’s a way to introduce them to democracy showing that there are different options.

Actually, it’s somebody else who installed it. It’s a family member who was on vacation here and she had never installed an operating system (even windows) before.

I have launched a new service at http://www.bookingplaner.com or http://www.lokalbokning.se.

With this service, companies such as Schools or others with many rooms such as meeting rooms, teaching rooms will be able to manage their bookings. Once a company registers, it will have the opportunity to download a FREE personalized client software that will be installed on computers of its personnel using those rooms. They can even register visitors who can use the rooms from outside.

All the translations on the site and in the client are not yet finished but will be ready in the near future.

The service is FREE to use for those companies/institutions that don’t have many rooms to manage. But for those power users, there are paying options that one can upgrade to once happy with the service.

I will be registering domains from different countries once the translations are complete.

You may think I am dreaming but it is true that a 75 old woman in the Karlstad city of Sweden has been today the owner of the world’s fastest broadband connection.

Her name is ” Sigbritt Löthberg” and she is the mother of  “Peter Löthberg” one of the IT gurus of Sweden (he works for Cisco). He is sometimes referred to as the Swedish Internet father.

It is said that she is now able to download a FULL high definition DVD in two seconds (2s). She is better connected than most african countries combined.

The most interesting in all this is that she had never had an Internet connectin of her own.
http://www.idg.se/2.1085/1.114625

http://www.nyteknik.se/art/51506

Maze gusoma inkuru y’umupasitori w’i Buganda y’ukuntu akoresha imashini ibyara umuriro ngo yemeze abantu ko bafashwe n’umwuka wera mpita nibuka ukuntu bamwe batitira nti wasanga n’abo mu Rwanda bagira utwo tumashini.

Iyo ndebye uburyo abaturage b’ibihugu by’i Burayi bakora bashishikaye ngo bateze ibihugu byabo imbere naho iwacu abantu bakabyuka bakoza akarenge bakigira mu rwagwa abandi mu rusengero nibaza icyo tugamije kikanyobera. Ariko rero abazi gusenga cyane bambwira ko ubwami bw’ijuru aribwo bwa ngombwa kurusha ibiri hano ku isi. Ariko rero kubyemera ntabwo binyorohera kuko tuba hano ku isi kandi n’impapuro zandika bibiliya zikenera gukorwa ntabwo zihanuka mu kirere.

Inkuru iri mu cyongereza kuri site ya Monitor: http://www.monitor.co.ug/sunday/news/news07085.php

Nshakishije ba nyiri ako kamashini nsanze kaboneka kuri http://www.yigalmesika.com/electric%20touch.htm

Abakeneye gutitira no gutitiza nababwira iki.