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Downloading Batches of Photos from Flickr Using Ubuntu
2007-09-17 00:00:00 Like many people, I've got loads of photos stored over at Flick r . This is a sensible thing to do given my love of re-installing Linux every few minutes with total disregard for the files stored on my computer. That is, until I discovered that you can't actually print directly ... More About: Photos , Ubuntu , Batch
BSG: Beyond the Red Line on Ubuntu
2007-09-14 00:00:00 Battlestar Galactica: Beyond the Red Line is a 3D space combat simulation which takes place inside the Battlestar Galactica universe. The game is free, and the good folks over at Game Warden have also released a Linux client for it. Here's how to get it up and running on Ubuntu . 1> ...
Using NoMachine NX to Remotely Administer Ubuntu
2007-09-03 00:00:00 I set up a desktop the other day which I intend to store some files on. The problem is however, I usually use my laptop, and I'm too lazy to walk upstairs to the desktop. I've always just used ssh to administer servers through the command line, but in this case, ... More About: Ubuntu , Mach , Mote
Kingston Communications - You?ve Been Naughty?
2007-09-01 00:00:00 This ain't no technological breakdown, this is the road to Hull. KC is naughty, very naughty indeed. Not only will KC not share its toys with the other ISPs like it's supposed to - it hasn't been looking after its things either... Telling tales out of school, one cheeky chappie chips in ... More About: Communications , Kingston , Been , Naught
Watch the IT Crowd Tonight!
2007-08-25 00:00:00 Hey folks, the first episode of the second series of the IT Crowd airs tonight on Channel 4 at 21:30 - Be there, or be square! The Work Outing When the dashing Philip from the sixth floor pops in to ask Jen to the theatre, she accepts right away. But, to her ... More About: Watch , Tonight , Toni
Ubuntu Viral Videos
2007-08-24 00:00:00 Hi folks, I've been bashing this idea around on the marketing mailing list for a bit, but thought I'd come and shout about it here in case I'd missed anyone ;-) The idea is to raise the brand awareness of Ubuntu by using the power of viral marketing. We'd like to create ... More About: Videos , Viral
Karoo Applies Massive Bandwidth Throttling to Customers
2007-08-24 00:00:00 Kingston Communications 'aka' Karoo are at it again. Welcome the horrors of a monopoly! I'm on the Karoo Max package and I'm currently having my connection shaped down to just under 1000 Kbps (as shown on Karoo's own test page). My ADSL connection is synchronised at 8128kbps so I thought ... More About: Customers , Bandwidth , Lies , Plies
Protecting Against Server Attack
2007-08-18 00:00:00 Given the current fun and games with the community managed Ubuntu LoCo servers I've been thinking recently about server security. Personally, any web servers that I'd ever run in my 'day job' would never have remote administration services like SSH/FTP etc open to the web (and more often than not, ... More About: Server , Prot , Attack , Serve , Atta
Creating a Debian Package for Wifidog
2007-08-18 00:00:00 The more I use Debian and Ubuntu, the more I love it! I've just finished creating a Debian package for Wifidog after a conversation on the Ubuntu-UK mailing list, and some help and advice from Kirrus and Neil Greenwood (thanks guys). The thing that surprised me more than anything, is that it ... More About: Creating , Pack , Eating , Package
The IT Crowd is Back!
2007-08-11 00:00:00 Hoorah! Friday 24th August marks the return of The IT Crowd - Channel 4's scarily accurate comedy portrayal of life working in IT. Cue another few months of salesmen commenting on how similar our office is to 'that IT show thing of the telly...'. More About: Back
Canonical Announces Ubuntu for Dell in the UK
2007-08-09 00:00:00 That's right, Dell PCs with Ubuntu will be available in Europe from August 8th. Excellent More About: Canonical , The U , Anno
Marketing Ubuntu - Why we Need More Double Glazing Salesmen.
2007-07-27 00:00:00 Recently I've been involving myself with the task of marketing Ubuntu , which lead me to wonder why it is that Ubuntu isn't marketed very well in the first place. To understand the question I guess it'd be pertinent to look an operating system oriented company which markets itself quite well. Lets ... More About: Marketing , Double
CPU Frequency Scaling in Ubuntu
2007-07-27 00:00:00 I've got a really noisy laptop with a really noisy CPU fan. It gets right on my nerves! After doing a bit of reading I found that CPU frequency scaling is quite easy to implement in Ubuntu . I'm using a Pentium 4 Mobile CPU, but I believe you should get the ... More About: Frequency
Call for e-petitions to be debated in parliament
2007-07-06 00:00:00 Common sense at last - Gordon Brown has called for e-petitions to be debated in parliament. The current system seems a bit of a farce (OK a lot of a farce) as any responses tend to pay lip service to the concept and never actually address the petitioners issues. With the ... More About: Petitions , Call , Liam , Arli , Petit
Flooding Hits the East Riding
2007-06-30 00:00:00 ** Note - this post contains embedded video images. If you're reading it via a feed aggregator you'll need to visit the actual post at justuber.com to see them. Ah what fun, I've finally moved to my new house. It's got to have been one of the most stressful moves ever! ... More About: East , Hits , Flooding , Riding , Odin
Microsoft Distributes Ubuntu!
2007-06-24 00:00:00 I thought I'd eaten the wrong kind of mushrooms for breakfast this morning, imagine my amazement as I discovered that Microsoft has been distributing Ubuntu via its Windows Marketplace website for the past couple of days. Obviously, MS has taken the link down now but for a few golden moments ... More About: Bute , Tribute , Tribu
hosts.allow and hosts.deny missing in Ubuntu Feisty
2007-06-24 00:00:00 Strange I'd not noticed this before, but /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny are missing on my Feisty laptop and a basic install of Edgy server that I'm running. Turns out that they're missing due to bug in netbase which removed a dependency on tcpd (which in turn installs hosts.allow and hosts.deny). To get the ... More About: Ubuntu , Missing , Hosts , Allo
Converting a Webcam to Infrared
2007-06-24 00:00:00 Inspired by this post, I decided to have a bash at converting an old webcam to infrared. The camera was a cheapy Phillips (one with a lens that completely unscrews exposing the ccd). Don't use a camera that you care about. This process may knacker it! First the infrared filter needs to ... More About: Webcam , Infrared , Vert
Dell Says no to Ubuntu for Business Users
2007-06-21 00:00:00 Dell's at it again. A Slashdot user writes to explain why Dell wouldn't sell him a PC Dell cheerfully explained to the surprised caller that their Ubuntu PCs are offered to personal users only, and that they are not available for sale to businesses. Kick up a bit of fuss, it won't ... More About: Business , Dell , Users , Sine
Windows Vista DVD - Now With Added Irony
2007-06-17 00:00:00 Reading the Window s Vista Team blog today I came across an article that made me chuckle. Nick White - a Microsoft product manager - describes how the images present in the DVD hologram are designed to make counterfeiting Vista more difficult: "...one of multiple images contained in the hologram design, all of ... More About: Windows Vista , Irony
Robot Bear to Help Injured Soldiers
2007-06-10 00:00:00 BBC News is carrying an article today about VECNA Technologies latest project, The BEAR: Battlefield Extraction and Retrieval Robo t . The BEAR is designed to enter into dangerous situations to retrieve injured soldiers, carrying them to safety in its forklift truck like arms. Bizarrely the robot features a teddy bear like head, ... More About: Soldiers , Sold , Bear
Night Shot
2007-06-10 00:00:00 Night Shot Originally uploaded by leftcase I don't share a lot of photography stuff here, but for some reason this picture appeals to me (even if it doesn't to you!) An eerie layer of mist hangs over the back field. The shutter speed was set to three seconds for these shots. I'm going ... More About: Night
The Freedom March
2007-06-10 00:00:00 LugRadio Live 2007: be there! More About: Freedom , March , Marc
Hacking isn?t Just for the Elite Anymore
2007-06-02 00:00:00 As computer networks become a key component of our lives, the technical skills entry barrier to on-line criminality is getting lower. Powerful tools such as the anti-forensic software used to defeat forensic analysis - once the realm of the uber l337 *nix hackers - have filtered down the food chain ... More About: Elite
Transcoding/Video Conversion in Linux
2007-06-02 00:00:00 Yesterday evening I found myself needing to convert some video data from an .avi format to vcd, so it seemed as good a time as any to explore what Linux has to offer. The most useful resource I came across was the videohelp.com Linux video tools listings which give a great ... More About: Video , Trans , Sion , Conversion
Google Image Labeler
2007-05-26 00:00:00 Bored? - Have a few minutes to spare? Why not have a play with Googl e Image Labeler. The Google Image Labeler project is designed to help better improve the relevance of image results returned through google image search. From Google: "You'll be randomly paired with a partner who's online and using the ... More About: Abel
WiFi Fried my Brain! (Wireless Internet Health Risks)
2007-05-24 00:00:00 There is quite a bit of flak flying about at the moment regarding WiFi and the potential health risks it may present. The Daily Telegraph and BBC's Panorama suggest WiFi may have adverse health effects; with The Guardian labelling Panorama's research as "grossly unscientific". Given the wide range of opinions on ... More About: Internet , Health , Wireless , Wifi , Wire
Microsoft Expands on Alleged Patent Breaches
2007-05-17 00:00:00 Linux Format is running with the Micro soft patent story today. Microsoft is opening up a little into the detail of the alleged patent infringement. Namely MS have outlined these breaches. "Free Linux software violates 42 patents. Graphical user interfaces, the way menus and windows look on the screen, breach 65. E-mail ... More About: Reach , Breach , Patent
Microsoft Maps Strategy to get FOSS Users to Pay Royalities
2007-05-16 00:00:00 Slashdot is running with the Micro soft patent infringement story again... The key story from CNN states: "Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith and licensing chief Horacio Gutierrez sat down with Fortune recently to map out their strategy for getting FOSS users to pay royalties. Revealing the precise figure for the first ... More About: Strategy , Maps , Trat
Battlestar Galactica Back for Fourth Series
More articles from this author:2007-05-12 00:00:00 Contrary to comments made by Edward Olmos (Admiral Adama) about the impending end of the Battle star Galactica series, a fourth series is to be filmed. Executive Producer David Eick told The Sci-Fi Channel that the fourth series will include 22 episodes and stated: "For those of you who have been paying ... More About: Series , Back , Four 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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