*Sigh* R4 (and similar) cards have now been declared illegal in the UK. Personally I think this is a significant injustice, as it further erodes individuals’ ability to use their purchased hardware for non-approved (but legal) uses, under the flag …
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If you don’t know what “sudo” is, then this isn’t the post for you… it’s going to get technical and Linuxy. Let’s start with the summary, as it’s the most important part of this post: If you use /etc/sudoers.d/ don’t …
Read moreGraze
A few weeks ago I signed up to Graze, and so far I’ve been really impressed. The idea behind the company is that they regularly send you a box containing four punnets of fruit, seeds, nuts and other healthy offerings. …
Read moreA bettr Flattr dashboard
I’ve mentioned Flattr on this blog before, and now that I’ve been using it for a while I’d like to suggest some changes to the Flattr “Dashboard” which might make more effective use of the screen. I would imagine that …
Read moreThe “Don’t Be An Arse” license
I’m the co-creator of a webcomic: go on, have a look – you might enjoy it. That’s it advertised over in the sidebar. Our comics are generally released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (BY-NC-SA) license, like many other webcomics. But …
Read moreMozilla Add-ons workshop, London 2010
Last night I went to the free Add-ons workshop that Mozilla hosted in London. It was an informative and interesting evening – well worth the trek down to London, even if it did then lead to a late-night trek back …
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