Eolas beats Microsoft
Sep 30th
While it's always nice to see the mighty Microsoft hung by their own patent petard, I can't help thinking that, in general, the web would be an easier place to work if the evil empire were allowed to win this one. more »
Mozilla Pinball Theme for Firefox
Sep 29th
This was (and still is) my favourite theme for the Mozilla suite - I only found out this week it's available for Firefox too! more »
Debian 3.1 Released
Jun 7th
In something of a surprise move, Debian have finally got a release out (the last one was in mid 2002). I've never successfully managed to get Debian to work satisfactorily but, following my experience with Ubuntu, I suspect it might be worth the effort… more »
Apple to move to Intel CPUs
Jun 6th
Something of a shock to the Mac community - to the extent that most thought it a practical joke at first. Personally I don't like the sound of all this DRM hardware, though I'm fairly comfident someone will figure out how to subvert it within a few mont… more »
Flash Search Engine SDK
May 3rd
I've been doing some work on my employer's website recently, we have a big Flash movie on our front page which I figured wasn't attracting much search engine attention, even though Google can now index Flash movies. I downloaded this tool and my suspici… more »
Ubuntu Hoary Released
Apr 9th
Ubuntu have released their newest version this week. It should be possible to just update your apt.sources list, replacing 'warty' with 'hoary', do a dist-upgrade and reboot. I'm trying it now on my laptop - just waiting for 775Mb of packages to downlo… more »
Installing Radeon fglrx drivers
Mar 17th
Got a new graphics card today - a Radeon 9800Pro. Spent some time trying to get it working on my FC3 box, in the end I ignored the livna RPMs mentioned on the page above and installed the stock ATI RPM to get things working, but the rest of the instruct… more »
Hot Swedish Love
Mar 8th
No I've not been overrun by spammers (yet!), this is an amusing online comic strip. more »
Political bias?
Feb 20th
A useful document for concerned parents? Notice how they don't actually specify who is performing the illegal activity. Parents, if you spot your children using these terms, please remember to ask them if they've been involved in illegal abuse of their… more »