On previous versions of Ubuntu, the scripts which are called after a resume from suspend have been found in /etc/acpi/resume.d directory. I used this functionality to turn off some of the hardware in my Vaio which I don’t use (such as the bluetooth and the cdrom drive).
This stopped working when I upgraded to Ubuntu [...]
I still have not found an apartment so as I have no internet to entertain me on the weekend I got a copy of the first season of Babylon 5 (it was only $20.00 AUD for the whole season). I had been working my way through Andromeda but no where seems to have the third [...]
Tagged css, dvd, dvd-video, matshita, regionset, sony, vaioA guy on the Summer of Code asked about the following.
Linux rocks, FreeBSD rocks – but Linux and FreeBSD rock.
Which is correct use of rock verse rocks but I have no idea why. Suck also works like this,
Windows sucks, MacOS X sucks – but Windows and MacOS X suck.
This just proves that I know nothing [...]
I’m sure most people are wondering what he hell “quotidian” is, I myself did not know this word existed. The word actually means mundane or everyday, a work colleague suggested it when I asked is anyone knew what the opposite to epiphany was. So you probably wondering why I’m going on about some stupid [...]
Tagged browser, epiphany, firefox, gnome, webWell, not really – I’m in the Southern Hemisphere and Summer is yet to arrive. What I am ranting about is the “Google Summer of Code”. This year, much to our suprise Thousand Parsec the space strategy empire building game I founded “oh so many years ago”, was selected to become a mentor organisation.
We had [...]
Here is a copy of my Resume. You can find it in PDF form or plain TXT form.
The server I run my blog on got hacked. In a hurry to make a backup of everything before taking the site down I forgot to copy across all the pictures in my blog. I’m now hosting my blog on wordpress.com so I don’t have to deal with all the maintenance problems of running [...]
Today the RSS feed reader I use called Liferea displayed something very strange. I’ve included a screenshot for you all to see.Yay for numbers wrapping around!
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