A Little Quiet
I've been fairly quiet on here recently - mostly due to messing around with things that I wouldn't consider geeky enough for here. A quick summary of the things I…
Android 4.0 (ICS) on the Desire HD with Cyanogenmod 9
My Desire HD is getting long in the tooth. I've been waiting for the Ice Cream Sandwich update ever since HTC announced it would be "coming soon". Well, for me,…
XBMC on the Raspberry Pi
After a failed attempt a few weeks ago, I tried installing XBMC on my Pi yesterday evening (as per this forum post). All went well, but after using it for a…
Raspberry Pi – good ideas for beginners
Ok, so you've got your Raspberry Pi, you've put Debian Squeeze on an SD card - now what? This is what I did. Not all of it may be applicable…
Broadband Woes (#firstworldproblems)
So, having had BT infinity for ~18months, and syncing at about 26Mpbs, we decided we were happy with the service and signed up for a new contracted to get the…
And on to 12.04 – Precise Pangolin
I had (somewhat) successfully upgraded from 10.10 -> 11.04, more successfully upgraded from 11.04 -> 11.10 and then I had used Popey's tip for selecting the fastest mirror. So I…
Upgrade problems…
Okay, so the first round of updates (10.10 to 11.04) didn't go so well. I'm typing this up at my main PC next to my server, which has been hit…
Time to Upgrade…
With Ubuntu 12.04 on the horizon, it looks like it may be time to upgrade my trusty fileserver. It's currently running 10:10 - I originally held off because I was…
Scan-to-Email using a sendmail relay
Last week, I got a printer from Freecycle. It's a Samsung CLX-3160FN Multi-function colour laser. I got it because A) it was free, B) it had a scanner, C) it…