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Downtime and Upgrades
Downtime For about a month this site has been down. I host this website from my home cable connection and the PC it was running on developed several hardware problems and died. No data was lost because...
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Slim Aluminum Apple Keyboard under Ubuntu
As previously blogged my wife bought me a Slim Aluminum Apple Keyboard which I’ve been slowly configuring to work with Ubuntu and now I believe I’ve gotten a sweet configuration, to the point where I’m...
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Website now Mobile friendly
As previously blogged I surf the web a lot on my Nokia N95 and hate the fact most websites don’t include support for mobile web browsers. I also felt guilty because this very website was also commiting...
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One year later …
One year ago, today, I started upon a journey. A journey which really opened my eyes to the true possibilities of the Open Source Desktop. I was a little apprehensive but determined. I had used Linux...
View ArticleWindows 7, not bad but …
… I’m sticking with Ubuntu. Recently I’ve been trying out Windows 7 RC on my Samsung NC10 netbook, mostly out of curiosity. I have to say after being unimpressed with Vista it’s not bad. It’s new...
View ArticleMicrosoft Hatred is a Disease
WARNING: Personal opinions abound … After all the furor about Microsoft contributing 20,000 lines of code to Linux and Microsoft’s “Community Promise” regarding C#, a language I use professionally, I...
View ArticleKarmic Koala rocks. Period.
As everyone and their dog knows Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) was released today. I’ve been running Karmic on my Samsung NC10 Netbook since Alpha 2 and, with the exception of the small hiccup with Network...
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Tether Nokia 5800 as a 3G Modem on Ubuntu
I recently updated my Nokia 5800 XpressMusic to firmware v40.0.005 (also worked perfectly on v50.0.005) and my netbook to Lucid Alpha 3 which reminded me I hadn’t tried using my Nokia with Ubuntu. A...
View ArticleDebian 6.0 (Squeeze) is out
Debian 6.0 was released today February 6th, 2011. The release included many major changes, described in their press release and the Release Notes. To obtain and install Debian, see the installation...
View ArticleStill alive …
It’s been very quiet here lately. Unfortunately family, work and health are occupying a lot of my time at the moment. I am working on updates to my tutorials and further developments which I hope to...
View ArticleDebian 6.0 (Squeeze) is out
Debian 6.0 was released today February 6th, 2011. The release included many major changes, described in their press release and the Release Notes. To obtain and install Debian, see the installation...
View ArticleStill alive …
It’s been very quiet here lately. Unfortunately family, work and health are occupying a lot of my time at the moment. I am working on updates to my tutorials and further developments which I hope to...
View ArticleBusy, busy, busy …
Well it’s been over 6 months since my last update and things haven’t really slowed down as much as I’d hoped. My Open Source work has been progressing slowly and I’m hoping to release a few small...
View ArticleGoodbye Nyx … Hello Nyx
Goodbye Nyx It is with a heavy heart I must say goodbye to my trusty Samsung NC10 (NYX). It has gone on to a new owner, may they enjoy using Nyx as much as I have. Hello Nyx In it’s place my wonderful...
View ArticleHTC Desire ICS Update
For well over a year now I’ve been running MIUI Gingerbread on my HTC Desire as this was the only ROM which would “stick”. I tried several others such as CyanogenMod but while they would install...
View ArticleMy Wedding
Today, after 12 years together, my darling Sonia has done me the greatest honour of becoming my wife and is henceforth known Mrs. Doyle. Our 2 wonderful daughters made the most wonderful bridesmaids...
View ArticleNetwork Upgrades … finally
So I’ve finally managed to get around to reconfiguring my home network to Wireless-N from Wireless-G. Also all wired devices now plug into gigabit switches. Unusually instead of DHCP addresses I’ve...
View ArticleLooking at alternative Cloud Storage
Today Cloud Storage is ubiquitous. It’s everywhere and most people use one provider or another whether they realise it or not. There are a great many providers to choose from, providers like Google...
View ArticleAlternative Cloud Storage update
Earlier this year I posted a blog post titled “Looking at alternative Cloud Storage” in which I stated I’d post a series of posts detailing my setup; well 6 months has passed and lots has changed...
View ArticleFinally have the phone I’ve always wanted …
Catchy title but really not that far off the truth. History I’ve owned several Android phones in the past (HTC Desire, HTC One X and Samsung Galaxy S4 to name of few of the better ones) but the biggest...
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