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Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Online Regular Expression tester
Online Regular Expression tester
While writing some scripts today, I found this Online Regular Expression tester quite useful. Probably no use whatsoever to non-geeks, but us techies may find it a handy tool....
Online Regular Expression testerfrom the handy-tools-for-geeks dept.
While writing some scripts today, I found this Online Regular Expression tester quite useful. Probably no use whatsoever to non-geeks, but us techies may find it a handy tool....
[Listening to: THE UK HARDCORE SHOW 30 - AUG-05 ]
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Google Talk
Google Talk
from the chat-happy dept.
Google have just launched their new Instant Messenger (despite denying they were making one). Its called Google Talk and appears to be based on Jabber, which means it works with any Jabber compatible client, such as GAIM (instructions for setting it up in GAIM here. Seems to be restricted to Gmail users at the moment, and the voice chat capabilities are only available using the official Windows-only client.
Google Talkfrom the chat-happy dept.
Google have just launched their new Instant Messenger (despite denying they were making one). Its called Google Talk and appears to be based on Jabber, which means it works with any Jabber compatible client, such as GAIM (instructions for setting it up in GAIM here. Seems to be restricted to Gmail users at the moment, and the voice chat capabilities are only available using the official Windows-only client.
Monday, August 22, 2005
Passing comments
Passing comments
Thanks to Holger, author of BlogKomm, for dropping by and adding some hints on fixing it on my site, I now have comments enabled again.
Passing commentsfrom the all-talk dept.
Thanks to Holger, author of BlogKomm, for dropping by and adding some hints on fixing it on my site, I now have comments enabled again.
[Listening to: sinikol - dynamic dosage]
Toothache
Toothache
Got a painful toothache, where my bottom left wisdom tooth hasn't come through properly. Gonna have to get that seen to methinks.
Toothachefrom the ouch! dept.
Got a painful toothache, where my bottom left wisdom tooth hasn't come through properly. Gonna have to get that seen to methinks.
[Listening to: M.U.S.E And DJ San - Dendera [A-Side Promo] ]
Network reloaded
Network reloaded
Fixed everything except the Postfix stuff. A few uninstalls/reinstalls/reboots got things working again. Pretty much have a LAMP server on my laptop working now. The world is suddenly a better place
Network reloadedfrom the if-at-first-you-don't-succeed dept.
Fixed everything except the Postfix stuff. A few uninstalls/reinstalls/reboots got things working again. Pretty much have a LAMP server on my laptop working now. The world is suddenly a better place
[Listening to: Gary D. & Dr. Z - Elevate your mind ]
Network woes
Network woes
Can't get an SSH session to my laptop today. PHP won't work in Apache, Postfix locks up, no ping responses from laptop to desktop. I bloody hate networking! This all worked fine Friday and I've not changed anything
Network woesfrom the missed-connections dept
Can't get an SSH session to my laptop today. PHP won't work in Apache, Postfix locks up, no ping responses from laptop to desktop. I bloody hate networking! This all worked fine Friday and I've not changed anything
Friday, August 19, 2005
Blogger comments
Blogger comments
Still can't make Blogger's comments system work. Grrr
Blogger commentsfrom the where-is-the-feedback? dept.
Still can't make Blogger's comments system work. Grrr
Speed monkey
Speed monkey
I have a suspicion that BT have upgraded my line to 2mbps. Which is nice.
Speed monkeyfrom the wh00sh! dept.
I have a suspicion that BT have upgraded my line to 2mbps. Which is nice.
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Another day, another virus
Another day, another virus
A new virus hit a bunch of our servers at work today. Annoying, but makes me glad my own machines run Linux. To that end, I created this wallpaper [click to enlarge]
Another day, another virusfrom the dreaded-lurgy dept.
A new virus hit a bunch of our servers at work today. Annoying, but makes me glad my own machines run Linux. To that end, I created this wallpaper [click to enlarge]
[Listening to: Kid Vicious - Proceed (original mix) ]
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
Ext2/3 driver for Windows
Ext2/3 driver for Windows
There's a few ways of doing this (strange as it may seem, I use a commercial product - yes, Mr Open Source!), but some guy has done an Ext2 filesystem driver for Windows (also works for ext3 if you read the FAQ), using Microsoft's Installable File System SDK.
Ext2/3 driver for WindowsThere's a few ways of doing this (strange as it may seem, I use a commercial product - yes, Mr Open Source!), but some guy has done an Ext2 filesystem driver for Windows (also works for ext3 if you read the FAQ), using Microsoft's Installable File System SDK.
Monday, August 08, 2005
Another bite of the Apple
Another bite of the Apple
Turned my hand to a little more development on the Apple Mac, this time using the Cocoa# libraries. Initially just tried the simple tutorial from their wiki page. Glad to see it worked, although admittedly the app doesn't actually do much. Nice proof-of-concept though
Another bite of the Applefrom the mmmm-fruity dept.
Turned my hand to a little more development on the Apple Mac, this time using the Cocoa# libraries. Initially just tried the simple tutorial from their wiki page. Glad to see it worked, although admittedly the app doesn't actually do much. Nice proof-of-concept though
Spreading the word
Spreading the word
Finally got my Ubuntu Linux official pressed CDs today, so now its time for some shamelss Linux evangelism!
Spreading the wordfrom the get-it-out-there dept.
Finally got my Ubuntu Linux official pressed CDs today, so now its time for some shamelss Linux evangelism!
Wednesday, August 03, 2005
Oops!
Oops!
This blog is currently experiencing technical difficulties (ie, I broke the template and have put this basic one in its place for now!).
UPDATE: got it fixed for now, but still not got the comments in place for the time being
Oops!from the if-it-ain't-broke dept.
This blog is currently experiencing technical difficulties (ie, I broke the template and have put this basic one in its place for now!).
UPDATE: got it fixed for now, but still not got the comments in place for the time being
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
Windows Vista Beta 1
Windows Vista Beta 1
Don't panic, I've not forgone my lovely Linux for the new version of Windoze, but Ben at work has spent the last couple of hours waiting for it to install on his laptop. Sheesh, I coulda installed a dozen laptops with Linux in that time.
Windows Vista Beta 1from the does-that-make-it-VB 1-dept ?
Don't panic, I've not forgone my lovely Linux for the new version of Windoze, but Ben at work has spent the last couple of hours waiting for it to install on his laptop. Sheesh, I coulda installed a dozen laptops with Linux in that time.
Some like it hot
Some like it hot
If, like me, you like a little kick to the taste of your food, you could do worse than go to San Diego, where you'll find this little shop. Gotta love the legal waiver for the serious sauces - you know how litigious the Americans can be!
Some like it hotfrom the burn-baby-burn dept.
If, like me, you like a little kick to the taste of your food, you could do worse than go to San Diego, where you'll find this little shop. Gotta love the legal waiver for the serious sauces - you know how litigious the Americans can be!
No comment
No comment
My old mate RetroGamerUK reminded me that the comments script was broken. In the process of upgrading it to the latest version, I made it even more broken than it already was. For the time being I've turned it all off, but I have abackup of past comments. WIll fix it when I get time.
No commentfrom the silence-is-golden dept.
My old mate RetroGamerUK reminded me that the comments script was broken. In the process of upgrading it to the latest version, I made it even more broken than it already was. For the time being I've turned it all off, but I have abackup of past comments. WIll fix it when I get time.
Monday, August 01, 2005
NiceGuyUK's first law of BitTorrent
NiceGuyUK's first law of BitTorrent
Is it me, or do all BitTorrent downloads stop when they get between 90 and 100% ? You've almost got that file you wanted, when it grinds to a halt and all peers have disappeared, never to return to the internet ever again. Bloody annoying that!
NiceGuyUK's first law of BitTorrentfrom the so-near-and-yet-so-far dept.
Is it me, or do all BitTorrent downloads stop when they get between 90 and 100% ? You've almost got that file you wanted, when it grinds to a halt and all peers have disappeared, never to return to the internet ever again. Bloody annoying that!
[Listening to: nothing, cos BitTorrent stopped downloading the tune I wanted! ]
