Ubuntu is starting to fail me more and more often
My Uncle mentioned that the audio on this aging PC wasn’t working ever since he got it “repaired”. It was running Windows XP and we were initially unable to find the right audio drivers online so I thought I’d give Ubuntu a go on it. Sure enough, the audio worked fine in Ubuntu. However, with […]
Raw food supper
Kix and I are on a health drive (because of my weight issues and because of Chloes herniated disk) so Chloe cooked prepared a recipe from a friend of ours who only eats raw food! This is raw Satay style butternut noodles and raw brownies: It was delightful. The “noodles” were tasty and surprisingly filling. […]
Media keyboard (Logitech K400)
This keyboard with integrated mouse only came out this week in the UK and I’ve no idea why it took so long because I would have thought anyone with a media center TV were crying out for this form factor. I highly recommend it as a remote control for a MythTV box. It’s a good […]
Fixing WiFi on a Dell XPS L702x Laptop in Ubuntu 11.04
I have a Dell XPS L702x Laptop and the wireless is dodgy in Ubuntu 11.04. By Dodgy I mean it drops out and doesn’t automatically connect very often especially when a Ethernet cable is unplugged. It seems the problem is that Ubuntu doesn’t get on well with wireless-N (perhaps the driver is buggy?). I fixed […]
WordPress failing to email me about new blog comments
Did you know that WordPress sends you emails when you get a new blog comment? I didn’t – because it has never worked for me. But once I knew it was supposed to email me I looked into it and found a fix. Setup: My setup is running WordPress.org on a Ubuntu 9.04 box called […]
Where I spent almost all my time
Because I’m lucky enough to work from home 90% of the time, I spent almost all my life here: When it’s not work, it’s catching up with the news, checking my calendar, writing my journal, playing games, shopping, writing my todo lists, looking at photos, watching youtube, etc, etc. The good news is that being […]
