Archive for April, 2008
Friday, April 25th, 2008
Yesterday saw the release of the latest version of Ubuntu, version 8.04. I’ve been eagerly waiting for this new version as I’d been playing with the beta versions. I downloaded and installed this version straight away. Download speeds were a little slow, due to the large number of users trying to download at the same […]
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Thursday, April 24th, 2008
I have created a new email form on my Watkissonline.co.uk website. This form can also be used for my First Aid Information and Quiz website and my Linux Information website penguintutor.com. This has become necessary due to the large number of spam emails I have received by having email addresses included in the main web […]
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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Firstly a bit of a confession. Although I do go to the trouble of keeping all my OS packages up-to-date (which is actually very easy with Ubuntu), I’ve neglected keeping WordPress up-to-date. I guess that the reason for this is that Ubuntu has done so well in making patching the OS so easy that it’s […]
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Here are some short scripts that can be used to rename files in Linux. These are examples that can be modified as required. Change file extensions Rename all files in a directory that end with .php5 to end with .php for x in *.php5; do n=${x/.php5/.php}; mv $x $n; done Add a prefix to a […]
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
I have been testing the beta release of Ubuntu 8.04 and Xubuntu 8.04. There is only about 3 days until the final release, and I’ve been trying some of the latest beta versions. I had tried with some of the earlier betas, but hardware support was a bit lacking. I have had much more success […]
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
Amazon.co.uk Widgets DVD – Life on Mars TV Series Life on Mars is one of the best TV series to come out of the BBC. It is based around the life of Sam Tyler a modern police officer who is involved in a car accident and wakes up in 1973. “Am I mad, in a […]
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
I have given my permission for Taecanet to use the First Aid Quiz.com website in their educational e-learning system. Taecanet is a “not for profit” organisation providing a safe Internet based learning environment for schools. I am not receiving any money for the use of the quiz on Taecanet; I see it as a way […]
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
Countdown to the next release of Ubuntu Linux
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
I have been involved in the use of computers in theatre shows. In the past I have projected video onto the stage, but this year I just controlled an autocue system, which I wrote myself. You can see a bit more about previous shows and the technology used: Flash on the theatre stage: Projecting Sight […]
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