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, it turns out, “soon” wasn’t soon enough. Using the Ace … Continue reading
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 bit, it seems that the performance is not good enough … Continue reading
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 to you, but some of it is definitely a good … Continue reading
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 speed increase. The order went live on the 17th April, … Continue reading
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 hit the upgrade button to 12.04, and waited. With “4 … Continue reading
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 by bug #753853 – “The disk drive for / is not … Continue reading
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 using AWN instead of the normal GNOME panels, and didn’t … Continue reading
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 has it’s own NIC, and D) it is toner-compatible with … Continue reading
I’ve decided to start using a wordpress installation – not to gush any feelings into the world, but instead as a reason to play with a virtual webserver on my server. Why virtual? Because I don’t like the idea of … Continue reading