Steve Jobs leaving quite a legacy.

After co-founding Apple computers corporation in 1976, Steve Jobs he helped create the whole personal computer revolution and enable homes and schools to have simple and easy to use computers that revolutionized the world of education and home businesses. In the year of 1984, he once again revolutionized the world of personal computers with the … Read more

Useful Linux/UNIX commands.

There are many useful Linux commands that are fun to use and can do some very cool things. cat mysongpart2.mp3 >> mysongpart1.mp3cat mysongpart2.mp3 >> mysongpart1.mp3 Using /bin/cat to append the second part of a MP3 file onto the first part, making one large file that will play seamlessly from part one to part 2. vmstat … Read more

Ugandan space program is underway.

The Ugandan space program is all set after the announcement that space enthusiasts in the third world country are constructing a space shuttle that they are planning to put into space within six years. How they are going to actually get this contraption into space is a good question, The whole thing looks to be … Read more

Windows 8 copy and move operations to be overhauled.

This HTML5 video isn’t supported in your browser. If you don’t see a video here or can’t play it, download it here: High quality MP4 | Low quality MP4 The copy and move operations in Windows are to be repaired, previously in Windows the copy and move operations were quite hit and miss with the … Read more

Converting a comma delimited file to newline delimited. Using sed to perform the conversion.

The search and replace dialog in Gedit. I have used this to convert a comma-delimited file to a newline delimited file. I had saved a huge long list of IP addresses that I had to put into the ban list on my forums, and the list was comma-delimited, but the latest PHPBB software will not … Read more

Fluxbox window manager.

Just finished rewriting the kernel compilation page on my website to give instructions for building a vanilla kernel source package on Debian Squeeze. This needed to be done, the information there was dated and needed to be replaced. Having up to date information is a good way to keep your visitors coming back. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluxbox I … Read more

Debian bootloader fixed.

I had to reinstall my Debian bootloader after an accident with my Debian hard disk and I ended up installing Lubuntu 10.10 temporarily and then after booting into Debian from the Lubuntu boot menu I ran this command: sudo grub-install /dev/sdasudo grub-install /dev/sda And the Debian bootloader was re-installed. I have re-booted to test the … Read more

Big Bang Theory & old movies.

Penny walks on stage towards Shledon, the audience is snickering”What are you doing Sheldon”   The audience bursts into laughter   “Oh nothing, just installing some RAM”   The audience is falling over now, punching themselves in the stomach from laughter   “Why”   The laughter dies down a bit   “I just upgraded my … Read more

Linux anecdotes

http://liw.fi/linux-anecdotes/ Some very interesting Linux anecdotes on this website, stories from the very early days of the Linux operating system, before we had the easy to install Linux distributions we use today. Apparently Linus Torvalds is/was a Doom fan and spent a lot of time playing that game as well as Prince of Persia. I … Read more

Facebook to be taken down on the 5 November?

A look at the fully-packed racks inside a Facebook data center facility. The unrest in London is continuing with no respect shown for the property and businesses that are looted and torched without no consideration for the damage caused to the formerly peaceful suburbs. But the cleanup is beginning and hopefully the Olympic city can … Read more

London riots organised on Social Networking & Smartphones?

A man stands next to a burned-out van after riots on Tottenham High Road in London on Aug. 7, 2011. Read more: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2087337,00.html#ixzz1UWHPRGRK The horrible violence in London, that has made the city look more like Iraq, has been blamed on Social Networking websites like Facebook and Twitter. Will this cause more censorship of the … Read more

Linux is getting bloated.

Is there a real reason the Linux distributions like Ubuntu, Linux Mint & Fedora have to be so bloated? The Debian distribution is very fast and usable compared to the Ubuntu distribution that has moved from the Gnome 2.32.1 desktop environment to the Unity desktop that has created some controversy of late. The Ubuntu 11.10 … Read more

The world Wide Web turns 20.

http://info.cern.ch/ The WWW turns 20 years old today. The project that started with one web page has grown to countless websites and countless files hosted on web servers all around the world. Nowadays with China sealing themselves off and creating their own separate Internet with their own content to protect the people from the horrible … Read more

Useful *nix information and links.

Linux is not Windows. http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm This is a very good web page that explains the fundamental differences between Windows and Linux. There are many fundamental changes you need to make when making the switch from Windows to a Linux machine, the major changes difference is that Linux is not as susceptible to viruses as Windows … Read more

New 2TB external drive.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136471 Just got a 2TB external hard drive to backup my machine, it made a huge difference being able to copy everything off my 500GB hard drive and make some more space for other files. This is the amount of space I have now, and it is very useful as I might want to install … Read more