I just got a nice bonus at work, so I celebrated by ordering one of Pimpmeister Sean\'s Logitech Harmony remotes. I\'ll let folks know if it really is all that.

I celebrated by ordering one of Pimpmeister Sean's Logitech Harmony remotes. I'll let folks know if it really is all that.

Heh heh heh.

The thing really pimps itself. I know ND had a higher end one that he wound up returning because he couldn't get it to reliable control his TV, but I've had zero problems with reliable performance.

I can't wait to hear your experience with the thing.

I just got a nice bonus at work, so I celebrated by ordering one of Pimpmeister Sean's Logitech Harmony remotes. I'll let folks know if it really is all that.

Me too, (if you replace bonus with tax refund). Seanie, you'd better be getting a kickback.

I know ND had a higher end one that he wound up returning because he couldn't get it to reliable control his TV

Hmmm... I ordered a higher-end one, but my TV is a Sony which is hopefully common enough that it can be reliably controlled.

I think ND blamed it on his TV. I have the higher end one, and the only problem I've had is with the battery contacts, and that was simply solved by wedging the battery in with a piece of paper.

What is the best wireless manager for ubuntu/kubuntu? I have KWireless and something else instaled, but neither of them are holding a stable connection to my router long enough or consistently enough to download a torrent, which is a PITA because that is what I really need the box for. Suggestions?

It may be a bit late, but maybe KNetworkManager? It's default in Feisty. I don't use it though due to the not-having wireless factor.

Hmmm... I ordered a higher-end one, but my TV is a Sony which is hopefully common enough that it can be reliably controlled.

Yeah, ND (as ita said) blamed his TV, and was not happy about returning the remote. His TV was way off brand. If yours is a Sony, I wouldn't lose any sleep over it.

Thanks, ita & Sean. Sleep will not be lost.

I need to get a new battery for my (old) laptop. I saw one listed on eBay with a "runtime of 1:20". Isn't that low?

Any idea how long should a battery for a ThinkPad last?

1:20 does seem very low. Though I know nothing of ThinkPads.

Question for the more techy among us: for work, we're using this website for some data. Involves a lot of page views, and clicking, and entering stuff. Kinda similar to Buffistas, in that way. :) The company has not been the most helpful or useful when we've had questions of how to do stuff, unfortunately (from designing the program to other things). Currently, the package we have includes a shared server. But we've been having a lot of issues with slowness and occasionally being completely unresponsive. Yesterday it stopped working at all, and they claimed it was because the server accidentally "got full". Um. Right.

So, my question being, does this sound like something a dedicated server would help? What kind of difference in price seems reasonable (v. roughly) to do that? Clearly we are paying them for other things in addition to simply the server space--the other things are really the bulk of the contract, but we're getting seriously fed up with the slowness--not only does it make it frustrating for the people who are putting stuff in there, it makes it very slow for me and my colleagues to review it--and we're required to review it while we're at the various sites, so if it's that slow or kicking us off, the trips have to be longer (or are wasted entirely).