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2009 Is Nigh

31 December 2008, 11:29 pm

Short line to say Happy New Year to all who read this site. If you follow the Mayan Calendar/End of the World type stuff, just 3 short years until you know for sure whether the world will really be ending or whether the Mayans just couldn’t count beyond 2012. Fun Fun Fun!!! Happy New Year [...]

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How To Test Out Linux

30 December 2008, 7:50 pm

I won’t bore you with my personal journey with Linux (it’s pretty much try, give up, try again, give up, try again, distro hop, pick a distro), but based on this comment, I thought it would be worthwhile discussing how best to try Linux out and the reasons you could find it useful to do [...]

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On My PC There Are Many Viruses

21 December 2008, 3:22 pm

Have a look at the screenshot below these words. My PC is all infected with those nasty viruses.  I had no idea that my browsing was so unsafe and that I was such a poor computer user.  Oh, that’s right, I run Linux and I don’t have a C:/ or D:/ drive or any viruses.  [...]

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Richard Dawkins Interviews Derren Brown

20 December 2008, 3:23 pm

Noted sceptic and atheist Richard Dawkins interviews British illusionist Derren Brown (part one free online)

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WordPress 2.7

11 December 2008, 8:51 pm

As predicted by me old mucker Mr Corey, I am letting you know that I have now installed WordPress.org 2.7 – this is a major milestone and gives an entirely new look to the dashboard.  Get it here and learn about the install here and the upgrade here.  WordPress.com users were upgraded a few days [...]

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On Successes In Linux

6 December 2008, 5:10 pm

Something which I have been thinking about recently is the rate of successes for individual users in Linux.  For Linux as a whole, there have been numerous successes ranging from it’s growth into the mainstream (though there is still far to go) in the server world through to the desktop take up in the last [...]

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