Author Archives: SonniesEdge
Fixing fugly fonts on Ubuntu version of Packet Tracer
Cisco decided that they would supply their own QT libraries for Packet Tracer. This makes sense when it’s a cross-platform product, but results in horribly ugly fonts, menus and buttons in Ubuntu. Continue reading
The death and resurrection of an SG-278 bluetooth GPS unit
So I was playing with gpsd in Ubuntu. It’s a daemon that takes the data from a GPS unit and presents it to other applications in an easy-to-read format. I had it hooked up to my bluetooth SG-278 GPS receiver, … Continue reading
Japan
Well, after a day of travelling we arrived in Japan safely.I’m going to start jotting down some notes about our time here. When I get back home I’ll write it all up nicely. We flew ANA from Heathrow to Tokyo, … Continue reading
Software RAID 5 on Ubuntu 9.04
I’ve been playing with FreeNAS for a few days and I can’t say that I like it. I can’t put my finger on it, apart from a general feeling of working with over-padded mittens. I’ve therefore decided to go at … Continue reading
Where am I?
It’s so long since I last blogged that I almost considered deleting this blog and putting up a holding page. I’ve decided against such drastic action for now and if I gather the blogging motivation I’ll post something soon. In … Continue reading
Drupal as intranet
One of my upcoming projects is to get a staff portal up and running, one that will allow news to be posted, discussions in forums and allow our own custom code to be integrated. I was going to repurpose Moodle … Continue reading
University
I’m sitting in class learning how to write a shopping cart in PHP, yet I was hacking OScommerce nearly a decade ago. Life is weird.
Just testing
Just testing a tool which allows me to post directly from the GNOME desktop…
Samsung Q210 + Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex + wifi
Update: With the release of Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope the wifi on a Samsung Q210 works right out of the box. Upgrade now! I couldn’t go any longer without my own computer, so after a few days intensive research I’ve gone … Continue reading