Whilst on holiday in Kenya, the need for smokes was abundant. Amused we were when we stumbled across these:
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I’m a long time user, advocate and all-round fan of Linux. In particular, I’ve used Debian or variant distributions and have never had any major issues (well none that weren’t PEBKAC). I’ve been running Debian Sid on my Thinkpad X31 for around three years now, and out of curiosity I thought I’d try out Ubuntu […]
So I got Gears of War 2 on Friday for my Xbox 360. It’s an astonishing game: the graphics are second to none, the animation is very realistic, and the intensity of some of the gameplay is just awesome. The online play is also very well done. You get your regular deathmatch, but what’s brilliant […]
I got the much anticipated Gears of War 2 today. Annoyingly though, when trying to start the Solo campaign and select difficulty, I was stuck. Hammering the A button meant nothing and it wouldn’t allow me to progress or start the game. The solution’s simple: just sign out of xbox live and then select difficulty. […]
I wanted to upgrade my work machine to Intrepid Ibex (Ubuntu 8.10) from Hardy Heron (Ubuntu 8.04), but the update manager was not showing the distribution/release upgrade button. This is due to 8.04/Hardy being an Long Term Support (LTS) release, and 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) not. Therefore, you’ll first need to enable distribution upgrades in the […]
Dear America,
It’s 0901 GMT on the 4th of November 2008. I sit here with a copy of The Independent newspaper; its headline “America Votes”. I write this in anticipation that the majority of US voters will elect the most promising and insightful presidential candidate in decades - Barack Obama.
As a British national, therefore an ‘ally’ […]
As many are, I’m captivated by this term’s US election. It’s one of the many subjects that catch my eye when browsing reddit and the like. Whilst attempting to not to be too ignorant I’ve been lightly researching the concepts that make up the electoral stage that make up votes in the US. One thing […]