Having recently delved back into Debian and Ubuntu to see if they would be ideal as my long term distros, I have now returned to Slackware. I’m not going to discuss here why I have returned, suffice to say that I have returned because it’s a distro I enjoy using. So there. Normally, when I [...]
Archive of posts filed under the How To category.
Asking Questions
A few years ago, when the internet was new and shiny and GeoCities were the place to be, two men wrote instructions and advice on asking questions the smart way. (Eric S Raymond and Rick Moen, in case you were curious). This was because, back then, internet forums and message boards were still relatively new [...]
Google Browser Sync Fix
I use the Google Browser Sync plugin for Firefox. This plugin allows you to sync your bookmarks and passwords on Firefox with a Google server. I find it invaluable for quickly getting back up and running after a reinstall. And I do a few of those Recently, anyone trying to install the plugin will have [...]
Fight Spam – Mailinator
I’ve seen this site referred to a few times and thought I’d go to check it out. Mailinator is an anonymiser service which is free to use. Rather than rehash what’s on the front page, here is what it’s all about: Have you ever gone to a website that asks for your email address? (haven’t [...]
