10

Mar/08

Neons Are Back

Filed Under Hardware, Linux at 10th March 2008 16:41 by

I ripped (gently) the cold cathode fluorescent tubes (CCFL) out of my old computer and they’re now in my Linux PC. I took the 4″ and 12″ tubes and put them at the front. There are two switches to turn … Continue reading →

10

Mar/08

UPS Failure

Filed Under Hardware, Website at 10th March 2008 12:17 by

Sometime during the night the UPS had failed. After about 3-4 years of use it has died. It won’t turn on but it still works. I’m guessing the AVR and battery backup won’t work. I don’t have it connected to … Continue reading →

09

Mar/08

Long Boot Times With External HDD On A Mac

Filed Under Mac at 9th March 2008 23:57 by

I have noticed that it took exceptionally long too boot into Leopard for some reason. It would seem to hang after the white background with the Apple logo but before the login window. It would just show a blue screen. … Continue reading →

07

Mar/08

£30 CPU Upgrade

Filed Under Hardware, Linux at 7th March 2008 15:09 by

Pictures of the new CPU and HSF upgrade below:

05

Mar/08

Lian Li Tidy Up

Filed Under Hardware, Linux at 5th March 2008 21:47 by

I bumped into a cheap CPU for my Linux box which only costs £30! I remember pay more than twice that for the one I have. Before it goes out of stock like my last last generation graphics card I’ll … Continue reading →

02

Mar/08

Subversion on Ubuntu 7.10

Filed Under Linux at 2nd March 2008 1:21 by

I set about setting up a svn repository on the server and my god was it hard. Let me clarify what I was trying to do. I want a svn repository on the server so that it was accessible online. … Continue reading →

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Feb/08

Geek News Central #351

Filed Under Podcast Shoutout at 29th February 2008 12:22 by

Another email of mine has been read out and Todd even said it was a good idea! GNC #351 (51 minutes) Geek News Central

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Feb/08

Re-discovering Linux

Filed Under Linux at 27th February 2008 19:48 by

Every so often I go back to Linux. In 1999 I discovered Linux for the first time and used SuSE. Then some time around 2002 it was Fedora Core and again in 2006 with Ubuntu. Now after installing the new … Continue reading →