IBM Linux Ad

October 29th, 2008

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Netatalk, Ubuntu -> Leopard

January 9th, 2008

The options box has disappeared from the Leopard afp login dialog. To set the options manually, do the following on the mac terminal:

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Quote of the day…

January 8th, 2008

the kid’s gotta code . . . and he can’t defend himself against the man who says, ‘you’ve gotta pay me for my idea which you just had.

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Rip DVDs with k9copy

October 31st, 2007

I was so chuffed to find a very nice program for ripping dvds (for backup purposes of course!) K9copy is so easy to use and handles all the menus and conversion to whatever format you like. It can also create an iso file to burn back to dvd later.

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Blog by mail

October 31st, 2007

I’ve just set up blogging by email. It should check a special email address
every hour and download the mail to post on my blog. How exciting! Yet more
ways for me to write midless waffle on here :-)

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BT are the worst

October 30th, 2007

I’m fed up with our broadband connection. It took ages to get connected and
has always been slow.

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Konqueror is the best!

October 30th, 2007

Yes its official! - Konqueror is the best web browser going.

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Installing vmware server on Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy server

October 30th, 2007

After upgrading my servers to Gutsy, I discovered vmware server no longer worked. Bit of a bummer as I use it for all the processes that actually do anything!

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Time for a new template!

August 29th, 2007

Hmmm I’ve just realised how pants this template is. It has justified text - eeuuugh! Time I built a new one I think. Better do some work first tho……

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Changing 2X Thin Client bootsplash

August 29th, 2007

This is how I changed the bootsplash image for my 2X Thin Client system. Its not that I mind the 2X logo, in fact I’m very grateful to them for the excellent software, I just wanted it themed to our corporate image.

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