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So Done with Windows 12 Sep 2008 | 09:22 am
Ugh – I removed an old CDR from my desktop machine, and apparently it changed the boot order enough for Windows to demand reactivation. Fortunately, activation was nearly automatic – I just connected...
Getting Started on Fedora 2 Jun 2008 | 02:20 am
I was interested in using a GNU/Linux distro on my desktop – it’s been Windows forever, and I had been reluctant to give up my workflow habits (though I’ve been developing under Ubuntu on my laptop fo...
Firefox 3 and Firebug in Ubuntu 8.04 16 May 2008 | 05:46 am
I was pretty excited to upgrade to Firefox 3 beta 5, but I knew I could expect some extensions to crap out on me for a while before they were updated by their maintainers. I threw caution to the wind...
Speaking of Batteries 17 Apr 2008 | 07:52 am
They need to be replaced in my UPS every 3-5 years, or my uninterruptable power supply is, well, interruptable. I discovered this on Monday, when the power flickered and my office went deadly silent. ...
Keep Enough Batteries Handy 20 Mar 2008 | 11:03 am
This is completely obvious, but I just had to trek into my basement and find an old PS/2 keyboard because my wireless keyboard exhausted its batteries, and I didn’t have any extras charged. Then I wai...
Improving my Thunderbird Experience 20 Mar 2008 | 10:36 am
I’m not a fan of webmail, so I’ve used a mail client ever since I stopped using PINE back in 1998. My mail client of choice is still Thunderbird, though I realize it’s not perfect. (For example, I wou...
Installing eaccelerator on a MediaTemple DV 3.5 Virtual Server 13 Feb 2008 | 08:26 am
I followed these instructions: http://www.php.ph/2007/12/21/centos-5-eaccelerator-installation/ But with one exception: don’t extract the eaccelerator tar to /tmp, as it won’t let you phpize, (maybe...
Installing Subversion on a MediaTemple DV 3.5 Virtual Server 7 Feb 2008 | 06:47 pm
Today, the mediatemple (dv) 3.5 was released. To my pleasure, its php is compiled with the tokenizer module, which is required for the software I’m deploying, so I’ve decided to give the (dv) another ...
Skype with USB Headset on Ubuntu Dapper 17 May 2007 | 03:28 pm
A client was having some ongoing trouble with Ubuntu Dapper getting confused about which sound card to use with Skype – and whether to use a sound card at all. They didn’t have any need for the PC spe...
Upgrading to Ubuntu Feisty (7.04) 27 Apr 2007 | 12:26 pm
Over the weekend, I took the leap to Ubuntu Feisty Fawn. This was a much smoother process than my last upgrade. My wireless broke again, but all I had to do was undo my “fix” for ndiswrapper, installi...
