Monthly Archives: May 2006

feathercast

A few months ago I had the idea of creating a series of podcasts around the ASF. While it’s a well known organisation it’s often one that seems to be clouded in secrecy and obscurity. A podcast could be a … Continue reading

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holiday is over!

Had a few days walking last week and finally got round to uploading the pictures today. I guess that draws the holiday to a conclusion Still, nice to get it done and the pictures uploaded, Having a digital camera means … Continue reading

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Cows!

Edinburgh has been invaded!

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Loch Ness

Heading Southwards again. No sign of Nessie!

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Fort William

Heading north again. Blue sky in places but very low cloud. Lets hope it stays dry!

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On the road to Glencoe

Buachaille Etive Mur. The clouds are parting and the sun has been sighted! =

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voip

One of the apps that’s becoming slowly more and more important is VoIP. It may have had a “slow burn” start, but in recent months has started to take off. Much of this popularity has been due to Skype. They … Continue reading

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ubuntu redux

When I decided to make the move to ubuntu on the desktop I also decided that I would change my laptop. The logic is that I’d rather only have one OS on the two “desktops” I use. It should make … Continue reading

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Omega

Dinner at Bens.

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ubuntu #2

Ubuntu has been installed for a couple of days now, and so far it’s far exceeded my expectations. One of the nice things about FreeBSD is that there is a lot of useful information around to help you through problems, … Continue reading

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ubuntu

I’ve been using FreeBSD for about 10 years on various machines but only in the last fewyears have I really tried to use it as a desktop. It’s not as straightforward as I’d like it to be and all the … Continue reading

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Beijing

Shopping!

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dri for intel 855

This laptop has an Intel 855GM video card and according to the man page for the driver it should be able to use DRI. Every time I’ve tried this it has failed to initialise correctly, but finally having an application … Continue reading

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