James McDonald

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UMBrello KDE UML Diagram Creator

Update: Not a fan of Umbrello has a lot of features for UML but too many functionality gotcha's and bugs (from a user stand point I can't comment on it's UML implementation because I'm a newb on UML) I ran into the can't a Anchor a Note to an Activity with error...

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QCAD 3

My most favourite open source application QCAD is now at version 3. I buy a license for the "Pro" version because it's just a fantastic easy to use product. At my $DAYJOB today I found out QCAD 3 (I was using RC5) can open dwg files so now it's as useful to me as the...

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Setting wget to use a HTTPS proxy

Edit /etc/wgetrc for global change or ~/.wgetrc for a per user change and add: http_proxy = http://192.168.50.22:3128 https_proxy = http://192.168.50.22:3128 ftp_proxy = http://192.168.50.22:3128 Where 192.168.50.22 is the IP Address of your proxy server and 3128 is...

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Symantec Licensing Portal Slow and Buggie

Symantec Licensing Portal Slow and Buggie

When I visit Symantecs Licensing Portal it seems to vary it's performance between slow and unavailable. Today I get the above error message when I use the Redeem My Voucher Link. Fix: Clear your browser cache, re-start your browser and it works. But I don't understand...

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I want to start creating web apps that can be used on iPhone and/or Android based devices. HTML5 apparently is the way to go. Only I'm tired of using vi or bluefish so I'm hoping that there are some Linux friendly products that will allow a little WYSIWYG editing. For...

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Reality Chicken Show

Just found http://hencam.com. Celebrity chickens with rock and roll hair styles living their privileged lives in a palacial multi-level abode. Multi-species drama including a rabbit and a goat. Check it out.

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