Monthly Archive: November 2004

Nov 30 2004

Nottingham

Well, we moved yesterday, all went very smoothly, and we now have a house full of boxes. No DSL for a week or so probably, which means no photos of the move or the wedding yet (my galleries are hosted on my home server), but they will come. So now, back to the course…

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Nov 28 2004

Updates

Packages updated today: gstreamer-plugins[-*] Updated to version 0.8.6, various plugins now enabled totem[-mozilla] Updated to version 0.99.22 Planet SuSE updated to fix link to Michael‘s blog. Liverpool are a goal up against Arsenal!

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Nov 28 2004

House

We completed on Friday! Jo has picked up the keys for us, cos I came down to Watford Friday afternoon for Clare and Jeremy’s wedding. A fantastic affair, took a bunch of photos, but I left my USB cable for my cam in Nottingham, so can’t upload them till I get back up there tomorrow. …

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Nov 24 2004

Ukraine

Wow! Those Ukrainians sure know how to grow a beard!

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Nov 23 2004

House

We exchanged contracts today! We complete on Friday! We move into the house on Monday! Details are of course that we then have to find homes for all our stuff, get used to being there, and oh yes, I still have to be bothered about college and all that stuff. Also, still need a buyer …

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Nov 23 2004

Ubuntu on Bochs

My installation of Ubuntu (Warty) on Bochs failed, first off, when it started, this is what I saw: So far so good, and I proceeded with the installation, which seemed to be going well, and eventually started installing the base system, but then, it fails with this. Switching, as it says to console three reveals …

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Nov 23 2004

Early morning updates

Currently uploading: AbiWord 2.2.0 XChat 2.4.1 More on Ubuntu later…

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Nov 22 2004

Ubuntu again

I see a bandwagon, I jump on it. Thing is, I couldn’t quite bring myself to nuke my lovely [working] SuSE 9.1 install, even 9.2 hasn’t tempted me to do that (what? rebuild all my GNOME 2.8 packages? you’re having a larf!), but I really want to get into Ubuntu. Don’t have the patience to …

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Nov 21 2004

Ubuntu

Seriously thinking about trying Ubuntu, and who knows, maybe switching from SuSE/ULB and joining the mighty Jeff‘s desktop team (if you’ll have me, dude )… If the ISO ever downloads of course… Currently playing: Blur – Parklife

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Nov 21 2004

Heat

Who needs a heater when you have a desktop CPU in your notebook, and SETI@home? I started using SETI again yesterday after about a year off, and I noticed that it had this effect: And the heat extraction on my beast of a notebook was such that when I leave my door shut, and draw …

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