Lexmark Supposedly Supports LinuxLexmark Supposedly Supports Linux
I wanted to get a Lexmark Prestige Pro805 printer to work under Linux, due to bad drivers from Lexmark and no driver support in Debian/Unstable I’ve given up and advised[...]
Marshmallow Challenge for Linux ProgrammersMarshmallow Challenge for Linux Programmers
Tom Wujec gave an interesting TED talk about training people in team-work and engineering through building the tallest possible structures from 20 pieces of spaghetti, 1 yard of string, and[...]
Link WithinLink Within
Good Things about LinkWithin For the last 10 weeks I’ve been using the LinkWithin.com service to show links to other blog posts at the end of each post (the links[...]
CPL Still SucksCPL Still Sucks
I previously described my experience with Computers and Parts Land (CPL) [1] who gave me a product that didn’t do what I wanted (because they thought that they knew better[...]
Links April 2010Links April 2010
Sam Harris gave an interesting TED talk about whether there are scientific answers to moral questions [1]. One of his insightful points was that when dealing with facts certain opinions[...]
Is the NBN a Good IdeaIs the NBN a Good Idea
Since writing my post about whether the National Broadband Network can ever break even [1] I’ve had a number of people try to convince me of it’s merit. He is[...]
Upgrading a SE Linux system to Debian/Testing (Squeeze)Upgrading a SE Linux system to Debian/Testing (Squeeze)
Upgrade Requirements Debian/Squeeze (the next release of Debian) will be released some time later this year. Many people are already upgrading test servers, and development systems and workstations that are[...]
Creating a Micro ConferenceCreating a Micro Conference
The TEDxVolcano The TED conference franchise has been extended to TEDxVolcano [1], this is a small conference that features people who are stranded by the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland. As[...]
ATI ES1000 Video on Debian/SqueezeATI ES1000 Video on Debian/Squeeze
The Problem I’ve just upgraded my Dell PowerEdge T105 [1] from Debian/Lenny to Debian/Squeeze. Unfortunately the result of the upgrade was that everything in an X display looked very green[...]
Debian/Testing and KDE4Debian/Testing and KDE4
I’ve just upgraded my Thinkpad (which I use for most of my work) to Debian/testing with KDE4. Improvements Kde 3.5 (from Debian/Lenny) didn’t properly display the applets in a vertical[...]