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Mark Thursday, 1st July, 2021Thursday, 1st July, 2021 Leave a comment

Apart from the index for my Inkscape articles, I haven’t been actively updating this blog for quite some time. To be honest I’m more likely to post on Twitter these days, and I don’t often do that. But that hasn’t …

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Do not mourn for things not done

Mark Wednesday, 22nd December, 2021 Leave a comment

Yesterday I went to my third funeral this year. All of them were unexpected. When somebody dies with little or no warning it’s too easy to get caught up in feeling that they were cheated out of their remaining time; …

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ddrescue article from Linux Voice issue #13

Mark Saturday, 14th August, 2021Saturday, 14th August, 2021 Leave a comment

Here’s a PDF of my dramatized account of rescuing Andy Clift’s comic creation, “Bertie Bear”, from a corrupted hard drive, using the ddrescue utility on a Linux box. This extract originally appeared in Linux Voice issue #13, and is under …

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Index for my Inkscape tutorial series in Full Circle Magazine

Mark Sunday, 29th December, 2019Wednesday, 27th April, 2022 6 Comments

For several years I have been writing a monthly column about the Free vector graphics program Inkscape, for Full Circle Magazine. Many of the articles have also been collated into “Special Editions”. Both these and the original magazines are available …

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Linux SVG Tech

Off-screen windows with Inkscape on MacOS and XQuartz

Mark Tuesday, 5th February, 2019Sunday, 6th June, 2021

My go-to editor for vector images is Inkscape. So much so that I use it in the creation of my cartoons and comic strips, and have been writing a monthly column about it in Full Circle Magazine for over six …

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Ubuntu 12.04.3 EDID checksum error

Mark Monday, 23rd December, 2013Monday, 24th May, 2021

A colleague of mine came into work to find that his dual monitor setup on Ubuntu 12.04.3 was no longer working correctly. The main monitor (connected via HDMI) was being detected okay, but the secondary monitor (connected via a VGA …

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Full Circle Magazine, Issue 66

Mark Monday, 29th October, 2012Monday, 24th May, 2021

The latest issue of Full Circle Magazine, featuring Part 6 of Mark’s Inkscape tutorial, is now available for free download. Full Circle Magazine is a free publication which focuses on Ubuntu and Linux in general, though the Inkscape tutorials are …

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Full Circle Magazine, Issue 65

Mark Sunday, 30th September, 2012Sunday, 6th June, 2021

The latest issue of Full Circle Magazine, featuring Part 5 of my Inkscape tutorial, is now available for free download. Full Circle Magazine is a free publication which focuses on Ubuntu and Linux in general, though the Inkscape tutorials are …

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SVG Tech

The Ubuntu Shopping Lens Debacle

Mark Wednesday, 26th September, 2012Sunday, 6th June, 2021

It seems that Canonical are attempting to raise some money by inserting affiliate links into your Unity Dash when you type in a search term. Currently the main target for these links is Amazon, but I’m sure others will be …

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Full Circle Magazine, Issue 63

Mark Saturday, 28th July, 2012Sunday, 6th June, 2021

The latest issue of Full Circle Magazine, featuring Part 3 of my Inkscape tutorial, is now available for free download. Full Circle Magazine is a free publication which focuses on Ubuntu and Linux in general, though the Inkscape tutorials are …

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