Archive for January, 2008
Confused about PSU’s?
Confused about power supplies for motherboards? Me too. This will help: http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2003/08/30/power-supplies-become-increasingly-expensive ATX = 20 pin plug, your Pentium III’s ATX connector and PS ATX12V = 20 pin atx connector + 4-pin plug for “Additional 12V” SSI = Intel spec, which, among other things, defines the “EPS” “enhanced” ATX specification EPS12V= Power supply with 24-pin [...]
connection speed!
That’s better! And on Feb 9th: Looks like fairly consistent speeds, not quiet 3mb/s download but pretty close.
kde4 and ubuntu
Follow the instructions at the link below to install KDE 4 for Ubuntu: http://kubuntu.org/announcements/kde-4.0.php Screenshots follow! KDE 4′s Show Desktop Grid, use Ctrl-F8: Pick running app, use Ctrl-F10 If you want some more screenshots let me know. Update: To install extra goodies do the following: sudo aptitude install kde4
Tango Theme for N73
Neat, a Tango theme for my N73 Nokia Mobile phone! http://wiki.sukimashita.com/Tango_Symbian60_Theme Grab the Symbian60 3rd Edition (Regular, FP1) one for the N73.
Gnome theme problems.
Wow, major problems with Gnome and trying to change themes. Ended up the issue was some weird conflict with the gtk-qt-engine package. A simple: apt-get remove –purge gtk-qt-engine solved the problem. Of course it took a fews days of googling to find the answer, which was on Ubuntu’s bug tracker (don’t have the link handy [...]
R&B, Jazz, Motown in Toronto
Was up in Toronto for a couple of days visiting family. On Friday night a couple of us went to Zemra a bar/cafe around the corner for a drink, and there was a pretty decent band & singer playing. The singer was Errol Fisher, and he was really good and the band were very good [...]












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