September 14th
Last night i severely messed up my computer trying to install the latest version of CouchDB. I ran into dependency troubles, and then i uninstalled some kind of essential packages that ended up removing all sorts of things that i rather wanted! But this is okay because i needed a push to move up to [...]
August 3rd
Look what happens when you try to log on to Nationwide twice without closing your browser in between times:
How rude! No, you may not close my browser!
*sigh* i guess we have the influence of Microsoft to thank for this kind of intrusion dressed up as helpfulness. We recently had to get a Vista machine for [...]
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June 7th
Beryl provides neat 3D desktop features, and Emerald is a beautiful window decorator.
Acknowledgement: this information came from debianadmin.com. I am reproducing it here for two reasons. Firstly, it's nice to have my ultimate personal Debian setup guide all in one place. Secondly, the page i got it from has so-called "smart-quotes" which would confuse the [...]
June 7th
I got most of this information from the Debian wiki but it is a little complicated, so here's a summary of the way it worked for me. This method involves a re-build of the kernel, but it's not as scary as it sounds.
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May 2nd
I don't know why i always end up doing these things on Friday evenings.
This is nominally part of my ongoing series of how to get my perfect Debian set-up, just so that if i ever have to reinstall again i'll know how to get my computer back the way i like it.
Download Pidgin source code [...]
April 10th
Oh, tonight is a night of success! :)
Thanks to this guide i have just managed to get Skype working on my 64-bit Debian. It required a few extra libraries for me. I am impressed by this getlibs trick. I think i'll be using that a few more times. Thanks lovely lovely thoughtful people who make [...]
April 10th
Two bits of good news. Firstly, MyChores is finally back up and running, to my great relief. We lost data, but people are being very lovely and just reassuring me they are happy it is back.
Secondly, i just installed Flash player! I have been without it since i re-installed my computer a couple of weeks [...]
March 31st
Aha, i managed to get away from the course early because i had finished the exercise (using for loops and conditions and casting to create a calculator of compound interest). Everything today has been relatively straightforward - nothing i couldn't have figured out for myself, but that is reassuring to know at least.
On the train [...]
March 30th
We had a nice weekend away with goodarcher: a bit of gardening, a bit of de-cluttering, lots of chatting and socialising, a bit of Torchwood, and a wonderful trip out to Bosham and elsewhere around and about West Sussex today. It was absolutely lovely. Met some nice new friends and had a very peaceful time. [...]
March 27th
Woohoo!! Songbird 0.5 is released!!
Blog post
Release notes
Downloads for Windows/Linux/Mac
Also, my very favourite feathers (theme) Goose has been updated for 0.5. Hooray!!
I have been following this effort over the last few months, watching the test statistics, downloading the release candidates, so i am really excited that it has now been released for real! :)
You can all [...]