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Reatek R8168 on Hardy
2008-05-14 17:14:00 Here's a script and instructions on how to Fix R8168 on Hardy
Westport to Dublin
2008-05-12 21:10:00 Normally a journey of 3 hours, here's Westport to Dublin in only 10 minutes hat tip: Damian Mulley
Hired
2008-05-08 14:21:00 Start new position on Monday doing Drupal work. Links later , but thanks for all your calls and emails.
LAMP developer for hire
2008-04-15 11:31:00 Due to the credit crunch, I am now actively seeking employment, either contract or permanent in the PHP/MySQL development area - otherwise known as "LAMP" development. (Linux/PHP/MySQL) I have around 10 years of PHP development experience, going back to the dot com boom. You can get in touch with me either via email: justinf @ gmail.com or via mobile: 0776-5882-125 (from outside the UK that More About: Hire , Developer , Lamp
Google AppEngine
2008-04-11 11:07:00 Today I got my Google AppEngine application approved by Google. Great stuff - now I've got to start brushing up on Python. On the downside ,I'm out of work because of the credit crunch - they've announced massive layoffs where I work.
Google Earth update
2008-04-03 10:56:00 Google Earth update to imagery in 86 countries. More About: Google , Google Earth , Update
April Fool roundup
2008-04-01 10:57:00 Google Australia introduces gDay and MATE technology Flying penguins filmed by the BBC YouTube rickrolls Scientists create human bear pig chimera Gmail custom time Google announces Project Virgle Seaside for Java Google Calendar WakeUp Kit More About: April , Roundup , Fool
Ordb
2008-03-26 12:36:00 Via ITwire.com A database of open relay email servers, provided until late 2006 as a voluntary service to help email administrators block spam, has suddenly re-activated but is returning every address queried as being on its blacklist. Administrators of email systems should have stopped querying the database (relays.ordb.org) in December 2006 when it shut down, but some failed to do so. That
Linkdump
2008-03-25 10:28:00 Create online mini-cities Your city grows based on the amount of clickthrus Blogoscopia Google Blogoscoped mini city Google Trends as a meme tracker Shell Fu Bash one liners The death and life of the American Newspaper Every South Park episode - uncensored, free and legit SugarCRM 5.1 upcoming features Was the Death Star attack an inside job? mysql --i-am-a-dummy
Making an iso image of a cd (Ubuntu)
2008-03-19 10:51:00 To make an iso image of a cd in Ubuntu Gutsy, put the cd in the drive. Open up a terminal and cd to the directory where you want the iso image to be copied to on your hard drive. Then type: dd if=/dev/cdrom of=cd.iso # for cdrom This will create an iso image called "cd.iso" in your current directory. For a DVD just type: dd if=/dev/dvd of=dvd.iso More About: Image
Lorenzo Lamas
2008-03-18 12:02:00 Lorenzo Lamas is currently at no.1 in google trends. More About: Lorenzo
Linkdump
2008-03-18 10:14:00 Best Hate Mail Ever - with Victorian era hate at the end Django vs ASP.NET MVC Game Programming with D Chryp - php blogging engine WikiLeaks on insider trading at JP Morgan How to pull off a Rickroll in real life Deliberate foreclosure Crash of 1929 timeline 5 hours of cable news = 1 minute of science coverage Kottke is ten years old Google Docs clippy easter egg Retro sabotage - parodies of
The Matrix versus Carl Sagan
2008-02-23 22:27:00 "Ever wondered if scientist Carl Sagan and Agent Smith from The Matrix might be the same person somehow? I redubbed a scene from the Matrix to prove the point!" More About: Carl Sagan , Versus , The Matrix
New Towns Added to Google Streetview
2008-02-13 20:43:00 Salt Lake City Ogden, Utah Helby city, Utah Payson, Utah Kansas city Boise,Idaho More About: Google , Towns
Gateway ML3108 - XP drivers
2008-02-02 11:06:00 If you are downgrading your Gateway ML3108 laptop from Vista to XP you'll need XP drivers. They are all listed over here. More About: Drivers
Skype fonts too big after KDE4 install?
2008-01-25 21:47:00 On Ubuntu Gutsy, if you have installed KDE 4.0, as per this page on Kubuntu.org, you might notice that in Gnome , your Skype font is much too large. The solution is to sudo apt-get qt4-qtconfig then, from the terminal , type /usr/bin/qtconfig-qt4 You will notice that the QT window has fonts about the same size as the big Skype ones. Change them using the QT Config interface, select File More About: Fonts
Ubuntu Gutsy - installing Compiz Snow effect
2008-01-12 11:48:00 Create a compiz subdirectory in your home folder mkdir ~/compiz Install the packages required for compiling compiz plugins sudo apt-get install compiz-bcop compiz-dev build-essential libxcomposite-dev libpng12-dev libsm-dev libxrandr-dev libxdamage-dev libxinerama-dev libstartup-notification0-dev libgconf2-dev librsvg2-dev libdbus-1-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev libgnome-desktop-dev More About: Ubuntu , Snow , Compiz , Effect , Gutsy
Freecom Musicpal
2007-12-16 20:06:00 Over the weekend I bought a Freecom Musicpal internet radio from PC World. In terms of form factor it's light and small enough to fit on your kitchen windowsill. Installation was a breeze - all I had to do was enter my WEP key once - inputted by turning the dials to select letters - and I was onboard. The Musicpal comes with a lifetimes subscription to Vtuner, and currently has
The donut capital of the world found on Google Streetview
2007-12-14 12:41:00 Here's the Google Maps link Hat tip: Tammo in the comments on Googlesighting More About: World , The World , Capital
New StreetView cities and embeddable panoramas
2007-12-12 15:19:00 Via Google Lat Long : Today we're pleased to announce the launch of 8 new cities with Street View. Check out full spherical views of Boston, Dallas, Fort Worth, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Detroit, and Providence. Boston Providence Minneapolis and St.Paul Forth Worth and Dallas Indianapolis Detroit The Indianapolis and Boston streetviews also encompass several surrounding towns More About: Cities
Ubuntu Gutsy post install script for your laptop
2007-12-09 15:06:00 Ubuntu Guide is a valuable source of information on what packages you need to install after installing a base Ubuntu Gutsy system on a laptop. So instead of manually doing lots of apt-gets based on the Ubuntu I just put all the relevant ones into a single bash script. This will get all the usual multimedia codecs, firefox plugins, and a lot of other stuff. Just chmod 700 postinstall after More About: Ubuntu , Laptop , Post , Script
KDE 4 - Weather Plasmoid
2007-12-07 16:42:00 An overview of the progress and beginning implementation of both the Plasma Weather data engine and applet.
SystemRescueCD
2007-12-04 09:54:00 System Rescue is a Gentoo based live CD for recovering from a hard disk crash. From the website: SystemRescueCd is a Linux system on a bootable CD-ROM for repairing your system and recovering your data after a crash. It aims to provide an easy way to carry out admin tasks on your computer, such as creating and editing the partitions of the hard disk. It contains a lot of system utilities (
An epiphany about the Phantom Menace
2007-12-02 19:38:00 I finally figured out Stars Wars 1 - The Phantom Menace I remember when it came out , it was dismissed by die-hard Star Wars fans as being childish - especially when it came to Jar Jar Binks. A criticism that rose to such an extent that The Phantom Edit was created by one Star Wars fan. Well, my 5 year old daughter absolutely loves it (just watched it on UK TV today), which lead to my More About: Epiphany
Mr Splashy Pants
2007-11-28 13:00:00 Thanks to Boing Boing and Reddit, Mr Splashy Pants is in the lead in a Greenpeace "Name a whale" competition.
Converting Drupal to a social network
2007-11-28 10:26:00 In order to convert your Drupal install to something more like a social network, install these modules: -buddylist -favorite nodes -event -signup -guestbook -service links -private message (via the facebook Drupal discussion group) More About: Social , Network , Social Network
Liveblogging the Floods
2007-07-26 14:09:00 The Gray Monk More About: Floods , Blogg , Flood , Liveblogging
The Simpsonizer
2007-07-25 15:25:00 If you want to turn yourself into a Simpsons character then try out the Simpsonizer (traffic might be heavy, so if you can't get onto it , try again later) hat tip: Wired blog
Payperpost
More articles from this author:2007-07-20 17:45:00 Well, my blog has been approved by payperpost, and this is my first payperpost, which is an way of doing blog marketing. It's an interesting concept - in that you get paid, with full disclosure, for blogposts. A marketplace exists on payperpost where the higher your Alexa and Google rankings , the most likely you can have higher paying payperpost items. I'll see how this one goes as it sounds More About: Payperpost 1, 2 |
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