Well, a new version of Kubuntu has come out and again they’ve changed the default place that windows open. Last time it was the “Active mouse screen” issue and now it’s cascading. Some people may like cascaded windows, but I’m not a fan. To get KDE back to opening new windows in the least used [...]
Programmers sometimes don’t properly handle information from anonymous users, and redbox is a prime example of how to not handle it. This describes their methods and my proposed corrections to their system and yours.
I’ve now had a chance to install FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE in a VMWare virtual machine and I must say that I’m impressed. The developers of FreeBSD (who are also users) have again done an outstanding job of fixing bugs, sanding rough edges, and polishing smooth parts. They’ve done all of this without destroying the way we [...]
*Note: I’ve since quit using this plugin because the post counts never expire. This caused my oldest posts to be shown as my most popular posts, which is clearly incorrect. I’ve written the Recently Popular plugin to correct this. WordPress has no shortage of plugins. This one is one of the ones that is a [...]
Be sure to also check out the follow-up to this article, My Hard Drive Is Clicking Again So I’m Stopping It Cold When Ubuntu Boots. So you’ve switched to Ubuntu (or one of the derivative projects like Kubuntu or Xubuntu) and now you keep hearing a strange clicking noise coming from your computer every five or [...]
I’ve recently been using the Django web framework for some side projects and as usual I was impressed with it when starting out. Where this story becomes strange isn’t the beginning. It’s the middle.
After installing Ubuntu 7.10 server in a VMWare Server virtual machine on any non-PAE compliant machine (lots of laptops, anyone?) you’ll reboot and be greeted with this wonderful error message: ?View Code BASHPANIC: CPU too old for this kernel. There is a solution in launchpad.net (here) ?View Code BASHThe current workaround for this: 1. Boot [...]
That moment of panic as you realize you’ve lost your USB key. What was on it? Where was I last? IronKey now has a USB thumb drive with hardware encryption, an on-board random number generator, and generates its own cryptographic keys. All data stored on the drive is encrypted using AES CBC-mode encryption. This is [...]
We’ve all been there. Your battery-powered device is working one minute and claims 75% charge on the battery and the next minute it’s dead. Most battery level indicators measure voltage only. This works because a battery’s voltage drops as it’s available energy is depleted. However, a battery’s voltage can also drop when its load increases. [...]
The Arkansas Democratic Party figured out the answer to that questions was “In the hands of a computer consultant in California.” Bill Ries-Knight bought what he believed was a brand new 120GB Seagate hard drive from eBay. When he plugged it in he was surprised to find out that it wasn’t. It was littered with [...]