I screwed up the installation of a U14 Gnome installation and the user was not prompted on the desktop login panel. This was fixed by using the settings -> user accounts control.
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Linux Power Management
Been trying to get my latest Linux Laptop to behave nicely while on battery. It’s an Elementary Luna build. I came to the conclusion that there’s not much that can be done; it’s one of those things we leave to the OS authors, in this case Canonical.
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The Wisdom of Bart
I installed the ‘Hello Simpsons Chalkboard Gag’ plugin. I use it as a test tool since it is invoked using a short code. Here’s the wisdom for today, [simpsons]
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Download Error -505
I am trying to install natter on my Galaxy S5 and get an install error 505. Here are my notes. I have now fixed issue, see the final paragraph.
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Moving Contacts from a Tocco to Galaxy 6
I now have a Samsung Galaxy 6 and need to move forward from a Samsung Tocco. Fortunately, I have only the phone contacts to move forward, I used Kies to get them off to my laptop, make .vcf copies, then copy the .vcf files to a folder in the ./Downloads folder on the Galaxy device,…
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Return to Chamonix
Yup, we’re going back to Chamonix, probably staying here., obviously going up in the world; it’s next door to the one we used in 2011.
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Google App Engine
How easy it is it to write and deploy to Google App Engine?
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NWN2 Swapping Party Members now
Sometimes, you cant be arsed to wait for an exit point. Here’s the runes…
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Who broke the internet?
This is going to be a shit storm. The CJEU has ruled that US owned storage is not “adequate protection” under EU data protection laws and that their laws around warrants are not an “effective remedy”. They have torn up the so-called self-harbour treaty. Here are some links.
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Crafting in NWN2
As I have said, I don’t like Crafting in my fantasy fiction; it’s not what I see as heroic, although there are some stories that make something of it, for instance the centre of De Laurentis’ “Conan the Barbarian” is the riddle of steel and weapon forging is a small part of the story, and…
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Playing NWN2 with Grobnar the Bard
Grobnar the Bard in NWN2, needs more of an explanation than I gave in my walkthrough. There is little in the story for which he is compulsory but he can add enormous value. Here are some notes I made.
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Fighting Tholapsyx
About fighting Tholapsyx, the ancient Red Dragon. We are looking for the Belt of the Ironfist Clan so that we can recruit the Dwarves to the Neverwinter Alliance. This is started at the Iron Fist stronghold where we get more of Khelgar’s backstory; he is a compulsory party companion for the Ironfist caves and Mount…
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1and 1 News Letter tool
I have started to use 1and1’s newsletter tool. It comes with my package. I using it because I need to send to more than 100 people/blast. Here’s some do’s and don’ts and some gotchas.
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Defending the UK
What started it I found myself doing some reading about recent British Defence strategy and policy. It started with a blog by John Snow, questioning the British military’s obsession with supporting the US, it’s a sort of trickle down, but we can’t afford the technology any more. Military technology works because its new and different…
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Encrypting my Email (Deprecated)
This was an article on installing enigmail. This article was marked as ‘#deprecated‘ in Sept 2021 when the enigma mail links died.
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