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HP Pavilion a1640n USB support in Ubuntu

At work I have a fairly new box, the HP Pavilion a1640n. I'm running Ubuntu Feisty Fawn on it with all the latest updates. Unfortunately, none of the USB ports work, so I can't use my USB mouse, or any external drives or any of the other countless USB devices. Clearly not a great situation [...]
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Of this and that

Nothing much to say. Actually I've been meaning to write a bunch of stuff, but I'm really knee deep with my internship work, so haven't gotten around to doing it yet. I will. Soon. Meanwhile, I've been hearing a lot about FeedBurner these days. So I decided to give it a try. Setting up was [...]
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Baseball

Last thursday I had gone to the first ever baseball game of my life. It was the A's vs the Angels. Now, let me make it clear that I know jack about baseball. So right before the game I had Alvin and Sara give me a crash course on the basics. After that I lost [...]
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Taboo tuesday

Tonight a bunch of HP interns are gathering at David's place for a friendly game of Taboo. There's going to be food and drinks, and it should be fun. Work is coming along well, I'm feeling good work-wise. Other than that though, nothing really great is happening in life. I feel mostly cynical these days. [...]
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All play and no work

First, I got late at work (forgot my badge at home, again!, and realized it only after I reached HP) Then drove to Cupertino for the HP Welcome BBQ Lunch. By the time we got back, it was almost 2. At 2:30 we had the social event for interns working in ISSL. It was a [...]
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