I upgraded my home desktop's Ubuntu install earlier today.It was a relatively painless exercise, though I was trying to do it unattended, which naturally enough didn't work due to a few custom configs I had.I'm used to Ubuntu upgrades wreaking havoc on my graphics settings, but this time everything seems to be working as before. It's interesting to see that the Ubuntu … [Read more...] about Ubuntu Upgrade – Relatively Painless
Upgrading and Spring Cleaning and Organising Myself
I was intending on putting off upgrading my desktop's install of Ubuntu until the new version had had a chance to settle a bit, but I decided I'd take the plunge regardless. I expect to run into issues with my graphics card - I have with every other upgrade since I started using it, but apart from that it *should* be ok.Since we now offer VPS hosting I really need to move a few … [Read more...] about Upgrading and Spring Cleaning and Organising Myself
More House Hunting Adventures
Before turning in for the night I thought I'd do another trawl of the house listings online.I've been using Daft.ie up until now, but I thought I'd try something different, which was a problem.The only real competitor for Daft seems to be MyHome.ieI'm pretty sure there were other property sites floating around, but I couldn't find any with listings last night (I don't count … [Read more...] about More House Hunting Adventures
Relationships
I get on reasonably well with some of my ex-girlfriends. I wonder how well this would have worked.... (via XKCD of course..) … [Read more...] about Relationships
Auctioneers Rewrite Language
Anyone who wants to master the art of euphemism should spend time with an auctioneer, or just perusing listings of houses for sale. While I might expect someone to "upsell" a house's assets, some of the adverts are either written "tongue in cheek" or by someone with a very weird view of reality. This one amused me: Uninhabited for a number of years this detached … [Read more...] about Auctioneers Rewrite Language