Category Archives: news

Some writing tips

Posted on August 23, 2007 by kerneljack

I’ve spent the past 2 weeks on and off reading ‘Bugs in Writing’ and have definitely learned about some mistakes to avoid in writing. In order to fix these mistakes, it is best to do a lot of your own … Continue reading →

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Been too long …

Posted on August 6, 2007 by kerneljack

I know I haven’t updated this blog for a while … in fact I frequently abandon it for a few months while I carry on with life’s struggles. Keeping up with my job, finding time to spend with my beautiful … Continue reading →

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Links for June 3, 2007

Posted on June 3, 2007 by kerneljack

Fedora 7 is released!: I really liked the last Fedora release, but I believe it was slightly plagued by problems with some of it’s package management utilities. I have already installed this release and am quite impressed. Wireless now works … Continue reading →

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Switzerland Trip

Posted on April 5, 2007 by kerneljack

We have just come back from a brilliant trip to Switzerland! The weather was awesome throughout our trip. We spent most of the time in Lucerne, where we stayed at the Hotel Drei Koenig. On our first day we decided … Continue reading →

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Passed my driving test!

Posted on March 31, 2007 by kerneljack

Wow, I finally passed my driving test about after 3 or 4 tries! It is quite difficult to pass in this country, they can fail you for very simple mistakes like forgetting to turn your indicators off when stopping or … Continue reading →

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GLLUG Meeting

Posted on November 12, 2006 by kerneljack

I helped out yesterday at the Greater London Linux Group’s meeting, held at my old alma mater, the University of Westminster in New Cavendish street. It was a blast going back after so many years, I met one of my … Continue reading →

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Windows XP on a Mac!

Posted on March 27, 2006 by kerneljack

The motherboard on my server died 2 weeks ago and it’s taken me this long to find a replacement and get the server up and running again. A benefit of changing the motherboard is that now the server is even … Continue reading →

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Stratford-upon-Avon

Posted on December 25, 2005 by kerneljack

  We just spent a lovely few days in Shakespeare Country. We stayed at the Ambleside guest house and also managed to visit Warwick Castle while we were there. Stratford-upon-Avon is a lovely small town and we enjoyed several walks … Continue reading →

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Yahoo’s new RSS + SMS service

Posted on December 2, 2005 by kerneljack

Yahoo has started a new RSS + SMS service, but reading about it, I’m really not sure what I use I would put it to: RSS + SMS As Russ has already mentioned, it’s typical use case is not the … Continue reading →

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Microsoft at the PDC

Posted on September 23, 2005 by kerneljack

A lot of cool stuff has been coming out of Microsoft recently at the PDC. You can watch the webcast of the event here. Here is a short summary of some of the announcements, linking to a Channel 9 video … Continue reading →

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PlayLouder MSP: legally share music using P2P!

Posted on August 26, 2005 by kerneljack

[PlayLouder MSP](http://www.playloudermsp.com/thenews.html) is a new Music ISP that’s going to be launched in the UK in a few days. They’ve got a brilliant idea that frankly a lot of other people should have thought of sooner. Basically you can freely … Continue reading →

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WebOS and the future of the Web

Posted on August 25, 2005 by kerneljack

[Jason Kottke](http://www.kottke.org) has an interesting write-up about how he envisions the future of the OS and the Web. The gist of his post can be summed up in the following points: 1. The OS can be made irrelevant by people … Continue reading →

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Back online!

Posted on August 23, 2005 by kerneljack

Finally after waiting for over two weeks I have my net connection back. We just moved home again and it seems we are too far from the exchange this time to get a 2Mbps connection so we’ve settled for 1Mbps. … Continue reading →

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Trip to Oxford

Posted on May 28, 2005 by kerneljack

We had a great time on our trip to Oxford last weekend … I took quite a few pics, particularly of the landscape while on the train but many didn’t turn out so well. The trip itself was great, we … Continue reading →

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On Driving

Posted on April 21, 2005 by kerneljack

So I’ve decided to learn driving. I don’t fancy the thought, it must be said. When it comes to where I stand on the issue of cars, I don’t think I approve of them. I saw a futuristic hydrogen powered … Continue reading →

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Buzztracker

Posted on April 12, 2005 by kerneljack

Discovered Buzztracker through Slashdot today. What I really like about buzztracker is that it allows me to see at a glance what the most talked about news items are for today. What it’s really doing is mining Google News and … Continue reading →

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A Quieter PC

Posted on April 4, 2005 by kerneljack

I agree wholeheartedly with Inderjeet [here](http://weblogs.java.net/blog/inder/archive/2005/04/quest_for_a_sil.html) about quieter PCs. I have also rebuilt my old Athlon PC which I had lying around by doing the following: * Replacing the case for a [special case](http://www.quietpc.com/uk/cases.php#acc6607) designed with noise reduction in mind. … Continue reading →

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Finally on Wireless!

Posted on December 6, 2004 by kerneljack

I know I’m late to the game, but I’ve finally got a wireless network installed at home. I got myself a Belkin Wireless ADSL Router to replace my current ADSL router. The router itself was easy enough to set up … Continue reading →

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Spyware removal guide

Posted on November 26, 2004 by kerneljack

Great guide at Ars Technica here about the best tools for removing Spyware from your computer. I already use Ad-Aware SE 6 and it gets a really good score so I’m happy. Never heard of the SqueezeBox before. Very interesting. … Continue reading →

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Tracking everything you print?

Posted on November 23, 2004 by kerneljack

I’ve got to check this out on my own printouts, it’s interesting: Color Laser Printers Tracking Everything You Print. It’s not new, but it’s getting noticed: Jordan writes “Yahoo! News is reporting that several printer manufacturers are now and have … Continue reading →

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