22
Aug

Django-Tracker

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A few days ago, I had need for a simple issue tracker I could embed inside my projects. I found this ticket, however the code was written for django 0.96...

So I looked at it, and I said, "That's easy. I can make that work with 1.2 ...

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03
Aug

Some Useful Resources to Keep Note Of

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So just a few useful links I've found that I figured I would post, a) for my own sake, as I'm sure these are things I'll need again at some point, and b) for the benefit of anyone else who stumbles across this post.

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28
Jun

Laptop Failure (Again)

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So my laptop has been sent in for warranty repairs twice now. This morning, it has once again started failing to boot. Unfortunately, this time it's warranty is now well and truly expired, so there's now nothing to be done for it, but to scrap it. Unfortunately, Pioneer ...

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23
Apr

Random Erata

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So a few things have happened over the past couple of days.

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22
Apr

Google Ad Fail!

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So I conducted an experiment. I added a small Google Adsense ad to my site. 300+ page impressions later, not a single click. maybe if I start getting tens of thousands of hits a month, they might come back. But whilst I'm getting hundreds of hits, there's no ...

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30
Mar

CSS3 is Amazing

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This is simply amazing. CSS3 is a wonder to behold. The alphabet rendered entirely in CSS3 and The Opera logo rendered entirely in CSS3. I'm not sure if either of these make for practical usage of the power CSS3 gives, but they do certainly demonstrate the limits (or lack ...

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22
Mar

New Server, and quick plug for Enlightenment

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JustinSteward.com has now been moved to it's own server! Well, relatively speaking. It is now hosted on a physical server running Proxmox for virtualisation, and Cherokee for the webserver. In the coming days, Calsanne.com and RenShinDo will also be moved on to the new server as their ...

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14
Jan

Filesystem Goodies

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One of the biggest PITAs when working with linux, is mingling with Windows file systems. Say you dual boot, or need to shuffle files between a linux machine and a Windows one. FAT file systems are antiquated beasts, and NTFS in linux is likely never to be perfect. And then ...

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13
Jan

DMenu and Openbox

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One painful lack in TinyCore Linux that I loved in Linux Mint was the Gnome Do feature. Now, I could just compile Gnome Do and package it as a TCZ extension... but then I've got a fancy tool that requires the entire Gnome stack when I'm using no ...

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30
Dec

Synergy

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So while searching the TC extensions repository for some mouse configuration tools, I spotted an app called synergy. Intrigued by the name, I decided to check it out.

It's amazing. Getting it running on  two TC machines is easy. First step is to install the tcz for synergy. Then ...

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24
Nov

Progress...

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Once upon a time, man picked up two rocks, and bashed them together to see what would happen.

Thousands of years on, the most exciting thing in the scientific world, is STILL man taking two rocks[1], and bashing them together to see what happens.

 

In other news, TCL is ...

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08
Nov

I beat Tetris!

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I beat Tetris. Yeah....

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07
Nov

Further with TinyCore

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My saga with Tiny Core continues...

Suprise of suprises, I have wireless working on both of my laptops. I have 1280x800 res working on both laptops. I have sound (via ALSA) working flawlessly on one laptop, and working sort of acceptably on the other - No speakers, only headphones. Flash was ...

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03
Nov

TinyCore Linux

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So yesterday I decided to play with a new linux distro. It's called TinyCore, and it's developed by the ex lead developer of Damn Small Linux, and has a philosophy whereby the operating system should be clean and pristine at every boot. The initial download is only 11 ...

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31
Aug

Laptop Fun

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Bought a laptop from pioneercomputers.com.au about 6 months ago. It's been a great little machine, except for 1 MAJOR problem...

The power boards are weak. I've had the power board replaced under warranty once already, and if last night's behaviour is anything to go by ...

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