A couple of months ago I was experimenting with Mandrake on my ancient Dell laptop. Well time goes on and so does my choice of distro for my laptop. Although Mandrake was working fine I decided to experiment a little, so I replaced Mandrake 9.* with Mandrake 10 via a net install. Once that was running "happily" it was time to change again, so the next distro I tried was Suse … [Read more...] about Linux on the laptop… Update
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Sony takes the chip
Sony has won a landmark case in the UK against a British citizen accused of illegally supplying mod chips for Sony playstations. The ruling follows on the implementation of stringent EU copyright laws late last year. Yet another blow against consumers has been struck. … [Read more...] about Sony takes the chip
Apache 2 configuration
This site is now running on Apache 2 on Debian. The last time I used apache 2 it was an early release and the configuration structure and methods was almost identical to the 1.* series. The current version uses similar directives, so implementing vhosts (virtual hosts) has not changed that dramatically, however the actual method for configuring them has. Under the Apache … [Read more...] about Apache 2 configuration
Spammers
In order to prevent spammers from posting hundreds of comments to this blog I have added an anti-spam check. It's not configured correctly yet, but at least it stops all the spam stonedead! (It also stops valid comments, but there weren't that many of them anyway :) ) … [Read more...] about Spammers
Adsense Updates
Adsense, Google's adpublishing system for website owners, is constantly being updated. Over the last couple of months they have added support for graphical adverts and even more formats and styles. I've been using it to publish adverts on a number of sites, including this one. It may not bring in "piles" of money, but it is better than a kick in the teeth. What really impressed … [Read more...] about Adsense Updates