Life, The Universe, and Everything!

“Half of what I say is meaningless; but I say it so that the other half may reach you.” -- Khalil Gibran

Author: dotsha747

Linux

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Settling in to the new home

As part of settling in to the new home that is the Gnome 3 Shell, I’ve reformatted my laptop to Ubuntu 12.10, just to keep it the same as my desktop. So far Gnome...

Life Stories/Current Affairs

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Yet Another Dent

So there I was minding my own business at the carwash, while sitting and admiring my Alfa 156. Once all the dirt had been cleaned up, it looked spankingly good, despite it being washed...

Gadgets

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New Toy: USB to TTL_RS232_RS485 converter

Ordered this USB to TTL/RS232/RS485 converter on 6 September … it’s only arrived now, 2 November. Almost two months. It’s postmarked 9 September in China, so likely was stuck in Malaysian customs.Package appears to...

Food, Cooking and Eating

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Yum!

Yum! tomatoes, carrots, celery, beets, parsley, lettuce, watercress, spinach. This post was originally published publicly on Google+ at 2012-10-27 18:22:18+0800

Overriding ISP Provided DNS Server

Linux

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Overriding ISP Provided DNS Server

Overriding ISP Provided DNS Server in Ubuntu 12.04If you’re on Ubuntu 12.04, you’ll notice how DNS severs are no longer set in /etc/resolv.conf, rather /etc/resolv.conf points to 127.0.0.1, and NetworkManager runs an instance of...

Ha-Ha

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Shit Apple Fanatics Say

Comments (1):   2012-09-17 21:30:56+0800 shahada abubakar Part two:Shit Apple Fanatics Say, Part 2 This post was originally published privately on Google+ at 2012-09-08 01:01:40+0800

Flying Laptops

Gadgets

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Flying Laptops

I’ve had my thinkpad go flying off a bed (not knowing it was there, I yanked off the sheets) and crashing to the floor … not a scratch, and it runs just the same...