Our local newsagent tends not to stock much in the way of Linux-related magazines (none, in fact, not even the relatively widely circulated Linux Format). So, in a slightly bored moment, I bought a copy of PC Freeware. Now, before I go on, it might be worth explaining that ‘freeware’ is a rather ambiguous term,… (read more)
Yesterday, and today, I painted the woodwork at the front of the house (weather-proofing stuff). Go me!
The observant amongst you will notice that the top of this web page includes a “My current music” area. This shows what I am currently listening to at my PC. The code for doing this was so ridiculously easy that I can share it here. The key to this one is the “song change” plugin… (read more)
Bandwidth increased at home. Now have 2 megabit/s, rather than 750 kilobit/s (three-fold increase, almost). Upstream bandwidth is now 200 kilobit/s rather than 128 kilobit/s. WHOOOSH!
Have had a number of reassuringly high profile and successful open-source or free software sightings recently. On Channel Five on Friday evening, there was an episode of “The Gadget Show” which had a section about “open source”. They explained that if, say, you had Windows 98 and wanted to upgrade to Windows XP and get… (read more)
Thanks for everyone’s comments on the previous post. Independent from all those (very sensible) ideas, we appear to have solved the problem, although I think we’ve tried everything everyone suggested, plus a few more things besides. Well, that’s not true. I’ve made the problem go away, which is not quite the same thing. All our… (read more)
Here’s one for you … In this scenario, there are two PCs. Let’s called them A and B. Why? Well, why not … The user of A reported via email that the “PC was generally OK, but became really slow when B was switched on too”. Ri-i-i-i-ght. So, I went off to investigate. A and… (read more)
In the last few days, I have learnt about, installed, configured, populated and deployed an LDAP server as an email address book directory. Don’t you just love it when a plan comes together?
At the moment, if you make a comment on an article here, there is no way to know whether there has been a follow-up comment or reply, other than by checking back from time to time. I plan to add some functionality so that, so long as you leave your email address (which will never… (read more)
Three things I hate: Laptops; Windows XP; Laptops running Windows XP. OK, so I know that’s only really two-and-a-half things, but stuff it. I spent most of yesterday (and a large part of the day before) cleaning up the laptop belonging to our Director. The copy of Norton Anti-Virus has been nagging her since August… (read more)
