I felt I needed a smaller faster browser for my Ubuntu virtual machine. So on the advice of doctor Google I found this page which mentioned seven.
Read moreInstalling ‘sar’ on Raspbian buster and Ubuntu 22.04 using systemd
The utility sar is part of the sysstat package. Note the double ‘s’. Most articles/documentation state that the jobs should be run using cron. On Raspbian buster and Ubuntu 22.04 this no longer works, the utilities work, but the historical database is not collected nor stored. These systems require that systemd run the collector.
Read moreSSL on a Raspberry Pi
Installing an SSL certificate and enabling https was a faff, here are my notes. Now including postfix and dovecot…
Read moreThoughts about eBay
I have just lost an Ebay auction, I was out bid in the final seconds of the auction. I need to do better and these notes might help me.
Read moreBack to Ubuntu
I have left Elementary and returned to Ubuntu, which is on v20 now. I am tired of having Linux stuff just not work. Elementary’s distro upgrade path is a menace, there’s no RDP, cloud disks are a pain in the butt, and now I found problems with bluetooth. Here are my notes on starting up…
Read moreKenwood Fridge/Freezer
I have a new fridge freezer, its a Kenwood KNF60X19 and here is its manual! Here is some more advice on which shelves to use. No notes yet.
Read moreA persistent world
Can I make and use an NWN virtual world a.k.a. persitant world as a conference feature on one of the cloud providers? It’d be fun. I probably should check client licencing to see if it’s worth it because the client software isn’t small; maybe I could RDP onto it. Anywhere, here are my notes.
Read moreFOI
I need to write an FOI request, I have Heather Brooke’s book and checked the ICO FOI page. Heather is probably best known in this country as the journalist who used the FOI Act to break the MPs expenses story. She later wrote a book about how to use the Act, called “Your Right to Know,…
Read moreMiele S500
Another instruction manual, this time for a vacuum cleaner, the Miele s500.
Read moreUsing GIT
I am fed up of having to look up how to make my git repos and upload them, so I am making this page. The man page is here….
Read moreWasher/Dryer
The time has come, here’s my washing machine manual.
Read moreHitler rant from Downfall
As you know, a number of people have set alternative words to the scene in Downfall where his Generals tell him that there are no more soldiers between the Red Army and Berlin. I am particularly taken with this one which explores the funding of the UK Police and has clearly been written by someone…
Read moreRaspberry Pi (Deprecated)
I bought a Raspberry Pi to act as a Media Server in the home. I bought a PI, case, SD card and power source. As ever here are my notes. Currently, getting started (or 1st boot), 1st customisations, and early days with the media browsers and XBMC/Kodi. I have BBC, ITV and YouTube working, Channel…
Read moreDocker
About Docker, looks awesome. Easy to create bootable, runnable images, easy to deploy because the global hub site is a crucial part of the proposition. The free usage of the hub, encourages the publication and sharing of images which are then imported over the internet. Originally written the summer of 2015, and revised in the…
Read moreRelated Posts Plugin
I have been using the Related Posts plugin by Sovrn Zemanta. At some time, WordPress deprecated this and one of the webservice providers “Zemanta” withdrew/failed or something … this led me to consider how to replace it as I very much like the feature, although given the low readership, I wonder how many others than…
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