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Monday, January 30, 2006
Another day, another server
Another day, another server
Got given an old spare PC by a friend whose machine I'm repairing, so I'm rebuilding it as a web server. I've cannibalised another machine at the same time to get the best components across the two machines. Its still only an AMD K6-2/500, so not the fastest machine in the world, but I've tripled the memory, added another 20gb hard drive to match the one it already had, and plonked a network card in there.
Installing Ubuntu in server mode, but I think my CD is a bit flaky, as it keeps claiming corruption. I'm currently downloading a fresh ISO to burn at a lower speed on the CD writer - hopefully this will make a "cleaner" copy. WIth a bit of luck, should have a new server at home soon.
Also added to my kit was a spare 17" CRT monitor. Ever since my 19" blew up, I've been stuck with a tiny LCD screen which won't let me go to a resolution higher than 1024x768, which I hate. I was used to the 1600x1200 that both my home and work monitors allow me. The new 17" lets me up to 1280x1024, which is better I suppose.
Another day, another serverfrom the never-have-too-many-puters dept.
Got given an old spare PC by a friend whose machine I'm repairing, so I'm rebuilding it as a web server. I've cannibalised another machine at the same time to get the best components across the two machines. Its still only an AMD K6-2/500, so not the fastest machine in the world, but I've tripled the memory, added another 20gb hard drive to match the one it already had, and plonked a network card in there.
Installing Ubuntu in server mode, but I think my CD is a bit flaky, as it keeps claiming corruption. I'm currently downloading a fresh ISO to burn at a lower speed on the CD writer - hopefully this will make a "cleaner" copy. WIth a bit of luck, should have a new server at home soon.
Also added to my kit was a spare 17" CRT monitor. Ever since my 19" blew up, I've been stuck with a tiny LCD screen which won't let me go to a resolution higher than 1024x768, which I hate. I was used to the 1600x1200 that both my home and work monitors allow me. The new 17" lets me up to 1280x1024, which is better I suppose.
Monday, January 16, 2006
Rebuilding
Rebuilding
Rebuilt my desktop box at home this weekend, back to a dual-boot (Windows XP and Linux) configuration. I need to run some Windows stuff (development environment to make a windows app for someone, and Acid Pro to do mashups easier!). Still, nice that Wine let me run the required keygen from my Linux laptop in preparation
Rebuildingfrom the back-to-Windows-hell dept.
Rebuilt my desktop box at home this weekend, back to a dual-boot (Windows XP and Linux) configuration. I need to run some Windows stuff (development environment to make a windows app for someone, and Acid Pro to do mashups easier!). Still, nice that Wine let me run the required keygen from my Linux laptop in preparation
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Lunch Reloaded
Lunch reloaded
Currently making my second attempt at having lunch, having found a bug in the first one.... I know I'm a programmer, but that wasn't the kind of debugging I had in mind!
Lunch reloadedfrom the perils-of-eating dept.
Currently making my second attempt at having lunch, having found a bug in the first one.... I know I'm a programmer, but that wasn't the kind of debugging I had in mind!
[Listening to: Dunproofin' - Charlie]
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Virtually going nowhere
Virtually going nowhere
Tried installing VMWare on my Ubuntu Linux machine so that I could develop and test some programs I want to port over to Windows. After a hefty 95mb download and a wait while it installed, it finally told me that my processor (a Via C3) isn't supported. Didn't tell me that before I started. Eventually found the list of unsupported processors in a Knowledge Base article tucked away in the depths of the VMWare website. Bah!
Virtually going nowherefrom the processor-you-have-dialled-has-not-been-recognised dept.
Tried installing VMWare on my Ubuntu Linux machine so that I could develop and test some programs I want to port over to Windows. After a hefty 95mb download and a wait while it installed, it finally told me that my processor (a Via C3) isn't supported. Didn't tell me that before I started. Eventually found the list of unsupported processors in a Knowledge Base article tucked away in the depths of the VMWare website. Bah!
Friday, January 06, 2006
NiceBlogUK back catalogue
NiceBlogUK back catalogue
The archive links on the left have now been brought up to date for your viewing pleasure. Not sure why Blogger isn't doing this automatically like its supposed to, but manually adding one line of HTML per month isn't too much of a chore I suppose.
NiceBlogUK back cataloguefrom the retro-chic dept.
The archive links on the left have now been brought up to date for your viewing pleasure. Not sure why Blogger isn't doing this automatically like its supposed to, but manually adding one line of HTML per month isn't too much of a chore I suppose.
[Listening to: Underfoot - Gnomemix 35 : Up and Running]
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Sudoku solver
Sudoku solver
A colleague at work has put together this very clever little Sudoku solver using just Javascript and a logical mind! As he stated, "Nothing fancy, but it uses logic rather than brute force"
Sudoku solverfrom the clever-stuff-with-numbers dept.
A colleague at work has put together this very clever little Sudoku solver using just Javascript and a logical mind! As he stated, "Nothing fancy, but it uses logic rather than brute force"
Projects I am working on
Projects I am working on
I promised to tell about the projects I'm working on, so here's the list :-
Projects I am working onfrom the busy-little-man dept.
I promised to tell about the projects I'm working on, so here's the list :-
| Name | Type | Platform | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quartet2MOD | Software | Linux/Windows | In Development | Converts Atari ST Quartet music to Protracker Modules |
| Linux GBA Tools | Software | Linux | Research | Building upon Jeff Frohwein's tools for Flash2Advance cartidge programming for Gameboy Advance |
| Mashups/Bootlegs | Music | MP3 | Started | Using Audacity to make mashups (vocals from one track, instrumentals from another) |
| Linux on HTC Typhoon (aka Orange SPV C500) | Tinkering | Mobile Phone | Research | Found an article on booting this phone to a Linux port from the SD card |
| BloGTK font colour patch | Software | Linux | Complete | Patched BloGTK to include a font colour selection dialogue |
[Thanks to Henrique Costa Pereira for his CSS table design, via the CSS Table Gallery]
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Lethargy
Lethargy
Not dead, nor given up on blog. Just can't be bothered to think of anything to put in lately, plus the additional impact of Christmas/New Year taking time away. Will be back with details of my latest projects, discoveries and experiences soon.
Lethargyfrom the am-I-bothered? dept.
Not dead, nor given up on blog. Just can't be bothered to think of anything to put in lately, plus the additional impact of Christmas/New Year taking time away. Will be back with details of my latest projects, discoveries and experiences soon.
[Listening to: Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence (Andreas Churchill's Violated Mix]
