Quoth the Raven

Ubuntu 9.10 server

2009-11-11T23:07:50Z

I just installed Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) server edition on the music server and managed to get Squeezebox Server, as it's now known, installed. I found this excellent guide: http://havetheknowhow.com/Install-the-software/Install-Squeezebox-ser...

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Rip Chipper

2009-11-05T21:36:12Z

My dad passed away in the early hours of Monday morning. He'd been suffering for a long time with COPD and was prone to angina attacks and chest infections as a result. He had real trouble breathing and was on oxygen pretty much most of the time. ...

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Hallowe'en

2009-10-31T15:05:40Z

The kids were at a Hallowe'en party at the school last night and had a great time. For some reason I can't get Lightroom to export the photos in their proper colour settings on the Macbook; their costumes were more vibrant than they look here. Bu...

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Happy Hallowe'en!

2009-10-31T15:00:28Z

The kids were at a Hallowe'en party last night. Doesn't Freya make a great witch?

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New Computer, again

2009-10-17T22:30:29Z

Overclockers shafted me. They wouldn't repair the motherboard. I just got it back from Gigabyte and they did repair it. But it took them so long that I ended up buying another system, this time from a decent reseller (Kustom PCs). I decided to go ...

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Double anniversary

2009-10-09T22:13:32Z

Lorraine and I were married on 9 October 2002 and I had my last drink of alcohol on 9 October 2005. If I had not stopped drinking, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be married 7 years! It's been a great day. We got each other a woolly jumper from the sh...

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Computer saga continued

2009-09-19T19:47:25Z

I got the processor back from testing last week. The retailer had tested it for 48 hours and there were no issues. The new video card I bought didn't make a difference either, so I'm now down 30 quid for a video card that I didn't need. I asked Bi...

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Books: The Count of Monte Cristo

2009-09-18T19:32:19Z

My good friend Arjun recommended to me The Count of Monte Christo. I listened to the version read by Richard Matthews, a British reader and he read it very well indeed. Of course the book was originally written in French and I know not who did the...

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Testing MarsEdit

2009-09-17T20:39:31Z

I just downloaded a 30-day trial of MarsEdit, a blogging client. It's hooked up to Vox and to sunbane.com so I can do dual posting without having to copy and paste. I'm not sure whether it will be all that useful, or at least useful enough to sp...

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AA

2009-09-16T21:26:01Z

It's now four years since I got serious about stopping drinking. My last unintended drunken journey into oblivion was in September 2005. I'd fixed a friend's printer and, as a thank you, he bought me a bottle of malt whisky. It sat in its box behi...

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