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July 25, 2006
A rock to the domain thieves
Just posted a rock from Brighton beach to the "Domain Registry Of America" who send out false invoices to steal people's domain names for a high price.
Posted by Nahoo at 05:11 PM | Comments (1)
July 23, 2006
New UK server
I got a new web server in the UK to replace the previous one that had a bad kernel and one of the drives in the RAID array failed. This one is a HP P4 3.2GHz 64Bit CPU with 2GB RAM, 250Gb SATA RAID 1 and unlimited data-transfer on a 10Mbps connection. Some of my clients have contacted me about the noticeable improvement in speed.
One of the best bits is that I can pay for this 6-monthly at the same rate of the annual cost. This makes it much more affordable than it would be otherwise.
Posted by Nahoo at 05:25 PM | Comments (0)
July 22, 2006
nVidia graphics on SuSE 10.1
As I want to move some of the more CPU intensive scripts away from live web servers, I have installed SuSE 10.1 on my own computer. Unfortunately, the graphics card didn't have the Linux drivers available on the installation disk, making 1600x1200 resolutions unavailable. One thing that I must have on my 20.1" LCD screen is the native resolution for an OS - otherwise it annoys the hell out of me.
The information available on the Open SuSE website doesn't deal with an important factor: the install program: YaST.
If you are running SuSE 10.x and cannot realise the potential of your nVidia graphics card, please go to the Novel Cool Solutions page for the proper walk-thru. If only I knew this earlier, I would have saved myself hours of trawling other websites to dicipher the errors from the Open SuSE instructions.
With the standard install of SuSE 10.1, you simply need to know this: go to the YaST control centre, click "Software Management", search for kernel-source and tick the box next to the kernel-source package. Now, you'll be able to install the nVidia Linux drivers.
Posted by Nahoo at 06:31 PM | Comments (1)
July 16, 2006
Futurama lives!
Fantastic news: Futurama is going to live again! Apparently, Fox and Comedy Central are going to get together to make another series and see what happens from there... Read more at GotFuturama.com.
Posted by Nahoo at 02:44 AM | Comments (0)
July 12, 2006
2Shame going up
I have added a creative commons copyright message to my friend's new website: 2Shame.com. This news site will allow investigative journalists the chance to publish their findings to a worldwide audience about their dealings with corrupt people, organisations and governments. It starts with the estate agents... what have they got to hide?
Posted by Nahoo at 01:21 AM | Comments (0)
July 05, 2006
Sudoku variants
I spotted some pretty cool Sudoku variants today including consecutive Sudoku (consecutive numbers are highlighted between cells) and greater than/less than Sudoku (numbers are compared between cells and using < and >).
Posted by Nahoo at 07:33 PM | Comments (0)
July 04, 2006
Lemonade stand
I received a copy of the photos taken during the Kemptown Festival. Lydia and I sold freshly squeezed lemonade and lemon&lime-ade directly outside the house.
The weather was scorching, so it went pretty well for our first attempt. Lydia was frequently rushing to replenish our supplies of lemons, limes, water, ice and sugar.
Posted by Nahoo at 01:15 AM | Comments (0)