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Taking Talk Nerdy to Me to Extremes
Linux.fm a constant stream of text to speech taken from the Linux Kernel project. Why? You ask. Because they can.
Ubuntu Unity Desktop Environment
Apparently Ubuntu will be going for a game-change with a new Desktop environment named Unity. You can install it on Ubuntu 10.10 using the linked instructions There is a 2D and 3D version. I'm running the 2D version because the 3D version will probably slow my...
IPod Shuffle not mounting in Ubuntu 10.10
I, or more accurately my wife, has an iPod Shuffle Model No. A1112 When inserting into a USB port it's led flashed but it didn't appear as a device in the File Manager. It was detected by the operating system. # the iPod is detected... sudo lsusb Bus 001 Device 015:...
A Good Comms Cabinet & Cabling Supplier
Just bought a 45U rack from 4cabling.com.au Price was approximately 1/4 of what Dell was quoting. Once I got the new rack all I had to do was move the vertical rails in a so they matched the current Dell rack and all was good. In view of the foregoing I'm currently...
Simple test for odd and even numbers
I was just looking at this sites XML sitemap in my browser and got to wondering how it is displayed in such a nicely human readable format. Looking at the source of the sitemap.xml shows that it references an XSL style sheet....
Chookette – Layer of small eggs
Our newly acquired Silkie has layed two eggs. They are quite small and cute. Another dozen eggs and there will be enough for an omellete. We also have a Pekin chook and she and the Silkie keep each other company and provide moral support for each other due to being at...