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Openmoko Freerunner WPA Wifi howto

‘ello again, after some head scratching and beer drinking and lots of trial and mainly error I have now worked out how to get my Freerunner to connect to my WPA network at home This is a very rough guide … Continue reading

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Tig on Tour

Yep, I am going on tour The plan is to jump on the ferry with the mighty “paw of doom” (mx5) some equipment (more to follow) and a map Then come back about 10 days later More to follow

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What the hell is this insect?

Discovered in the kitchen, this is number two, number one got squished after it bit/stung. It has two wings, they are translucent with a slight smoky band across them. What am I? Edit : Ok seriously impressed, posted it on … Continue reading

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RT Command Line adding users

A while a go I needed to add a whole raft of users (about 400 or so ) to our work RT system. Doing this manually had little appeal so I was looking for a scriptable way of doing it. … Continue reading

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Like a thingy from the wossname…

Right going to have another crack at putting stuff on here as I come across it. TBH I only planned on this as just a dump for problems I come across that was indexed by search engines but I was … Continue reading

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Ubuntu SSL Woes

If you are following an Ubuntu SSL tutorial and are wondering why apache2-ssl-certificate seems to be missing you can find the work around here : https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apache2/+bug/77675/comments/15 I hope they fix that for Gutsy

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The Vista with many apologies to E.A.Poe

aOne night when I was weary,and the night was cold and dreary Over the man pages of Vim an Emacs and their cryptic lore Whilst I slumpt on the mousemat suddenly a polling, As some client asking for an IP … Continue reading

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SVR Appeal

The lovely Severn Vally Railway is in a bit of a state due to a spot of inclement weather in the UK. Give give give, they do a fantastic job and bring lots of money to the Severn Valley and … Continue reading

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Of DRM and Libraries

In a fit of quite shocking lazyness, I give you are reply to a post on the LUGRadio forums where I am replying to Chris (CBHWorld) who I met at LRL (Hi) with a hat that I am most envious … Continue reading

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The Linux Codecs Issue

Just read this article and this sort of thing really annoys me. It has been solved already by Fluendo you can legally purchase your codecs from them for 28 euros. Job done, now can we move on from the codecs … Continue reading

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