http://kirrus.co.uk MindDump. Photos. And random ramblings. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:08:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sorry for the large gap in my posting. I've just moved to London and whilst my work is internet-related, did not feel it right for me to use the office PCs & net connection to blog, whilst I await a broadband service to be connected at home :) I do like ... http://kirrus.co.uk/2008/08/hello/ I've been taught a couple of command line tips at work, and thought it wouldn't be fair if I didn't pass them on. So, we begin. CTRL-R This insanely useful trick, in a terminal or a console, will allow you to search your bash history for any command you've previously run and ... http://kirrus.co.uk/2008/07/linux-command-line-tips-stuff/ If you can can see this post, then my server move is complete. I have moved this blog across to a dedicated server, provided by my employers, Positive Internet. So far, I've not done too much playing with it, but in case you need to know, adding this in your apache2.conf ... http://kirrus.co.uk/2008/07/moved-a-couple-of-apache2-toolstricks/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7492907.stm ...Skype or even Firefox might be declared illegal in Europe if they are not certified by an administrative authority The day, literally, the DAY that I publish my warning and thoughts on exactly this. http://kirrus.co.uk/2008/07/oh-my-the-grandeur-the-absurdity/ Over the weekend I watched "V for Vendetta". Its come up recently in a forum I frequent, specifically the quote at the beginning - about ideas being impossible to kill. Its wrong. Ideas can be killed. Eventually. It takes time, patience, and willingness on the part of those whose minds you are ... http://kirrus.co.uk/2008/07/time-privacy-and-its-lack-thereof/ Hancock I went and saw this film with my brother and a couple of mates today. Was good, up to a point. Certainly, Will Smith is getting better - he appeared to play the part flawlessly, at a level I've not seen him act at before. My one, slight moan, is that ... http://kirrus.co.uk/2008/07/hancock_books_photographs/ Hello all. I seem to be gaining books at an alarming rate, what with my current commute. So, I am going to give you first refusal (before I put these up on Bookmooch) on two sets of Elizabeth Moon books. Both of which I would love to be able to ... http://kirrus.co.uk/2008/06/books-going-free/ Now, this is what I call irony. Currently, I'm going past this poster every time I go through a certain underground station. (Cookie for the first person who guesses which station *). As you can see, its an advert for the John Twelve Hawks book "The Dark River", which apart from being a ... http://kirrus.co.uk/2008/06/irony/ I've been reading a lot of novels (on my commute) recently, so I thought it was probably about time I reviewed a couple of them. Elizabeth Moon I've been reading a lot by Elizabeth Moon recently. She mostly writes Space-Opera/Sci-Fi, athough she has one fantasy trilogy and one Autism related book. Vatta's War ... http://kirrus.co.uk/2008/06/reading/ I thought it was probably a good time for another Ubuntu-related post, so here we go. Window Selection Something I found on one of my explorations, is this really handy feature (handy for me at least), which allows you to give a window "focus" (or selection) merely by putting your mouse over ... http://kirrus.co.uk/2008/05/hidden-ubuntu-gems_1/