Mobile Wireless Questions and Answers
21 June 2009
Some interesting questions and answers from my local Linux Group, the responses were written by Linux wireless expert Quentin Wright.
Visualising your favourite keywords in Twitter
18 June 2009
Having Twitter messages splat over your screen is great at home, at a party or club. Here are some cool sites that allow you to do that.
Greatest Ever Free Books
28 May 2009
The web is full of free e-books. However are they any good? Read this post to find out.
Getting value for money for my council tax money
05 April 2009
Tax may be unavoidable, but lets try to get value for our money. Starting with the rubbish.
Printing in black and white on Linux
02 April 2009
In this post, I talk about using the HP Deskjet D2560 on Linux, as well as how to print in black and white.
What the Pirate Bay trial means for the future of entertainment
08 March 2009
In this post I talk about the end of the Pirate Bay trial, and what this means for the future of entertainment.
Operating System and Browser statistics February 2009
01 March 2009
In this post, I show some pie charts showing operating system, browser and RSS usage for this site. With some interesting results.
The Podcast 2 - Knock on the Door
27 February 2009
Our second podcast is about bug jamming in Ubuntu, and a variety of other subjects about Free/Open source. For more details, see the show notes.
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Email with Mutt, IMAP and SSMTP
26 February 2009
In this post, I talk about how I set up the Mutt email reader, retrieving email with IMAP, and sending email using SSMTP.
Desktop applications on Linux
24 February 2009
Which desktop application would you not like to see implemented again on Linux?
The Podcast 1 - Under the Patio
22 February 2009
This new podcast is about Free Open source, especially what is going on in the English Midlands, but hopefully it will be interesting to you wherever you live. Read More for the show notes.
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The Pirate Bay Trial Begins
17 February 2009
The Pirate Bay is depending on your perspective, either an accessory to unauthorised distribution of copyrighted works, or a modern day library of Alexandria providing the largest catalog of human culture and media ever seen in the history of humanity.
However, this week it has hit the courts where that argument will be put to the test, so lets look at the issues.
Processing your offline gmail in Python
03 February 2009
In this post, we look at the new offline feature of Google's webmail, and we use SQLite to make the email available in Python.
On Comment Spam
30 December 2008
In this post I discuss some approaches for dealing with comment spam.
Site upgrade please check your RSS feed
26 December 2008
I have updated the software that this site runs on, please check your RSS feeds.
Five useful command one liners
24 December 2008
In this post I explain five useful commands I have used recently.
Introducing Soturi - yet another Django blog application
22 December 2008
I have uploaded the code of this site to a repository, feel free to download and have a play.
Server upgrade and code rethink
22 December 2008
I talk about the server upgrade and the code that this site runs on.
Ruy Lopez, Berlin defence, open variation part three
25 October 2008
In this third version of the chess game, I use a different approach to the endgame.
