Wiblog - Paul's Wibblings

Acer Aspire One

11/02/10

I've had this Acer netbook for a couple of weeks now and fiddled about with it and so it's probably time to review where I am with it. ... read more ...

Linux on Acer D250 Netbook

31/01/10

As it's now a couple of days since I received my new Acer Aspire One D250 netbook I thought it worth writing down some initial impressions, both good and bad. read more ...

Chumby

21/11/09

I've fancied getting a Chumby ever since they first appeared back a couple of years ago ... read more ...

Sharing Audio

23/09/09

I'm a great fan of Logitech's Squeezebox range and I've wibbled about them in the past here. We have two, a Boom and a Classic and they're both excellent in their place but ... read more ...

Moving SQL-Ledger to Ubuntu Hardy

26/01/09

I struggled to find any documentation on this so here's some. This assumes everything is running on the same PC: Apache, Postgres, SQL-Ledger and you as the user. read more ...

Thunderbird and Usenet

26/01/09

Just a quick note for people who, like me, have upgraded to Thunderbird 2 and are missing the newsworthy plug in. read more ...

Hardy Heron

22/07/08

Well, having spent another evening struggling with it I've now got Kubuntu 8.04 more or less sorted out. Opera 9.51 seems OK (unlike last time)... read more ...

KDE Bouncing Cursor

21/07/08

It's five to midnight and I've spent much of this evening putting Ubuntu 8.04 on my laptop so here's a quick tip. ... read more ...

Struggling with VirtualDocumentRoot

10/07/08

Today's blog is a techie special so the rest of you can move right along. I've been struggling today with Apache's mod_vhost_alias ... read more ...

iPlayer Update

05/07/08

If you've not seen it yet BBC iPlayer has been upgraded. The new navigation is a little confusing but when you're playing a programme it's significantly better ... read more ...

Current status: (via twitter)
Paul discovered today that "gingerly" can be used as an adjective too. [link] and [link]

I am currently reading:

Lost in a Good Book
by Jasper Fforde
Surviving in Stroke City
Gerry Anderson

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Word of the Day:

midinette