Dual booting Windows XP and Ubuntu

I’ve decided to dual boot Windows and Ubuntu. This was a tortured decision for me to make, but the right one nonetheless.
While I’ve been able to do 99% of all my work and tasks in Ubuntu, it’s not always easy to do what I want to do. I have found that ease is [...]

Well I finally broke down and got an iPod

I got two iPods actually.  A 160GB Classic and an 8GB Nano.
Whoa, let’s back up first.  Why is this such a big deal to me?  How is this me “breaking down”?
Well, for many years (as far back as I can remember), I’ve pretty much hated Apple.  Why?  I don’t like their business practices.  People complain [...]