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## Fri Jun 26 09:31:18 AM EDT 2026

Another little quick note. I have discovered yet another reason why I set this laptop down and forgot about it; the battery life sucks. I sat down only about fifteen minutes ago with a “fully charged” battery, and I’ve already dropped to 57%, only doing the simple task of looking through email via mutt. Granted, I have a lot of lightweight network traffic flying, as I access mail and a few other things via network shares, so there’s some other hardware related juices being sucked up, but still. The poor thing is old.

Thanks for reading;

–J

Thursday, June 25, 2026

I think two of the primary reasons why I let the laptop fall out of memory are that: 1.) the thing is slow, and; 2.) connectivity issues.

Speed really isn’t that huge of a deal; the issue there lies mainly in that it’s an old netbook that was built to run Windows XP at an awesome pace in a Windows Vista and Windows 7 world. It’s old. It just can’t handle the weight of modern browsers accessing the modern web–unless I tried to use lighter, handicapped browsers, which I’m really not opposed to.

Connectivity issues are probably my biggest problem with the thing. I really don’t know what is up with the wireless in this laptop. I’m guessing that the radio might just be suffering from it’s design–maybe it’s low-powered when compared to others, and it’s the low power design that causes it to be weak. More likely, however, is that there is an issue with the antenna, and I just can’t catch a strong enough signal thanks to the wire being routed funny or accidentally grounded out somewhere.

I went ahead and did a fresh install of Debian on it the other night, and it seems to be running a bit better, so some of the issues I had been noticing were related to the previous OS and what I’d done to it. Sad, really, as I remember having fun using the distro I had previously installed–Q4OS. I think what my issue there had ended up becoming was my preferences for vanilla versions of random applications over the ones tweaked for Q4OS, and then the random program or two requiring libraries outside of that distro’s base; so my punching holes and adding on top of the OS just kind of ruined it.

But, now, the laptop seems to be running fine–or as fine as is to be expected, given what I’m trying to do with it.

[Diarium] Tuesday, June 23, 2026

🗓️ Tuesday, June 23, 2026 08:09
🌔 Waxing gibbous
Sat back down at the table, just to take a quick minute to write this, even though I need to get out the door.
Nothing important to say. Just wanted to write something.
Dressed kinda ridiculous for work. Wearing an old pair of camo cargo shorts of Ashlee’s and the Spike “Hawaiian” pattern shirt she got me for Father’s Day last year.
I dunno. Guess I should go ahead and get outta here.

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## Tue Jun 23 07:36:56 AM EDT 2026

Tinkering with the forgotten laptop and starting to remember why I kind of forgot about it. It was incredibly slow, due in part to a poor choice of distros, and my foolish tinkering with other software on it. I think I need to see if there are any files I want to grab off it, and then just start fresh with something else.

Thanks for reading;

–J