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Ubuntu – PuTTY GTK2 Package

I wrote some stuff on compiling PuTTY with GTK2. Here is a deb for Ubuntu (I compiled it on 8.04 and have tried it on 9.04) putty_20090326-1_i386 md5sum: 2f0926105d949dcb7fc7ce0c818b2088 I think I did it with checkinstall and if it's broken you get to keep both peices...

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GtkPod Fails to Convert ogg to MP3

Just tried to install some oggs onto my wife's iPod Shuffle 1G and using the add Files button from within GTKPod I get an error similar to: /usr/share/gtkpod-aac/scripts/convert-2mp3.sh exit status 5 I had to install the following to make it work. sudo apt-get install...

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Gallery Upload to Dreamhost

So I just finished transferring my Gallery 2.3 installation from my old server to Dreamhost. gFTP has been replaced by FileZilla In the past on Linux I have used GFTP to do FTP uploads but have found it buggy. This time I used FileZilla and I must say it performed...

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WP-Highslide Plugin XHTML gotcha

I have the WP-Highslide plugin installed. When I attempt to validate my highslide enabled pages over at http://validator.w3.org/ I get: Line 231, Column 62: document type does not allow element "div" here; missing one of "button", "map", "object", "ins", "del",...

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Maitland Waterproofing

I have just finished coding a website for a friend. He's running a Waterproofing business. I got him to do the waterproofing in my bathroom renovation, which he did a great job of. I was amazed at how neat the end result was (he used these cute little plastic dishes...

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