Not so easy. Normally one has to find sofficerc and change Logo=1 to Logo=0. I tracked down my copy of sofficerc to /usr/lib/openoffice/program/sofficerc and made the change and ... nothing happened. The copy of sofficerc above references a sofficerc at...
James McDonald
People must really read blogs
Just been checking out my apache logs. And there seems to be a lot of Blog Crawlers and other interesting access's going on. Probably just the mindless automatons sifting through things they can't comprehend. I wonder when their masters start to discriminate and value...
Sigh – People
Just as I was arriving at Bunnings to look at items for my bathroom renovation. I noticed some charming individual had purchased a car battery, and decided to change it in the car park, leaving the old one in the car space. Should I be suprised? No, I suppose I...
Open Source Mix & Match
I was just having a look at what packages I have cobbled together my website with, and here is my list. Ubuntu Edgy (I'm not a fan, prefer Fedora Core X, but can't spend the time to migrate back - Ubuntu is for users) Gallery 2 - Been using this for years and moving...
Renewal – Why children are great for the whole family
One of the facts of our existence is we have only 70 or so years to live before we fall off our perches and join the newspaper and other items at the bottom of our metaphorical cage. However recently my siblings have decided to reproduce. Yay! I must say it's brought...
WordPress
This is what I like from an application untar and create a mysql db and then edit one file and you're away
Global Warming – Or man it’s hot
Written by James McDonald Monday, 11 December 2006 So we ended up going to see Al Gore's “An Inconvenient Truth”. If I can admire someone for the delivery of information then Al Gores presentation gets an A plus.I know a few people who "Don't believe in Global...
Open Source Applications I Use on Windows
Following is a list of the opensource apps I use and the windows application that they replace. OSS Application Replaces Remarks The GIMP Adobe PhotoShop Feature rich image editor. Takes time to get the hang of all the little techniques but is very powerful. Scribus...
Postpath – Finally
OK well I have been waiting for Postpath to become available and after many attempts to secure a copy they have sent me my download link. I am going to use the product for work hopefully.I am finding that Linux simply doesn't need the same level of interference as...
Time and Unforseen Circumstances
This last week has been difficult. Life has thrown a cocktail of death and accident at us.It's not easy to lose someone you love, but it's even more poignant when the loss is the first of such loses. All of a sudden the intellectual acknowledgement that we are all...
