Archive for October, 2007
Resolving Network Manager PPTP VPN issues in Ubuntu
Oct 29th
This will be a bit of an ongoing thread. I had a pretty frustrating problem with the NetworkManager in Gnome (and KDE apparently) that was causing me to rip my hair out. The solution I eventually found was buried so deep in forums that it took me quite a while to get to it. I…
The little things
Oct 26th
Have you ever stopped to consider how the littlest of things can completely change the course of your life? The simplest of emails or text messages can alter your world and have such a massive change. It can be as vast and life changing as the eureka moment, or as calamitous as an asteroid hitting…
Apple soaring, Windows Vista deactivating
Oct 24th
I’ve been telling people for a long time now that Windows Vista is doing more to drive people to Linux and MacOS X than any other platform or any other single reason in the entire decade so far. And heres some numbers that suggest this could be more than just a geek with an ear…
My Current Desktop
Oct 21st
Brooke has been teasing me about it, and she intends to tease me about it more on her blog later. But regardless of that fact, even though it didn’t start out with the intention to end up the way it did, I’m kind of proud of the results of this weekends efforts. You see, ultimately…
Assassin’s Creed 8min Gameplay Video
Oct 14th
The more I see this game, the more I want it. Its been ages since we’ve seen a game that is truly different in its style. Bioshock introduced a whole new way of playing an existing style. It took FPS, mixed in elements of RPG but in the end it was basically a better Half…
Upheaval and disruption
Oct 13th
You may notice that sometime during the weekend the blog starts to play up a little. Instead of hosting the blog on the Google servers, I’m going to go back to hosting the blog on my own servers again. Firstly, the blog will initially remain as a Blogger blog, just hosted on my own server.…
Links directory is open
Oct 13th
You know, I realised today that I never actually went and finished working on my little links directory system. Its nothing special, but it is useful. Its no where near finished, I totally ran out of time working on the design of it. But I think I’m going to release it as it is now…
Two NZ domains up for grabs
Oct 6th
So with the majority of my virtual land in SecondLife up for sale in an effort to reduce costs, I’m also looking at ways in which I can reduce other costs as well. One of which is, quite simply, my online costs in general. So I was thinking about where my expenses are in the…
Its more than £10
Oct 4th
Aardman is great. Wallace and Gromit’s original short movies were fantastic. The feature length was pretty good too, but the original shorts were definitely top of the chain when it comes to stop frame animation. So it came as a surprise to find this. I’d never heard of it before, but now that I know…
Uggh. What a feeling
Oct 3rd
I want to blame the guys at work for me getting sick, but I can’t. What I thought was the flu at first, or just a very bad cold, now seems too different. It started with the usual headaches and sore throat, but instead of me getting the runny nose, I am exhausted and even…