As I mentioned a few days ago, I am currently toying with the idea of podcasting. I got some excellent feedback from people about the physical equipment that I should be using and have since been exploring the software options under linux, as I will be doing it from my home desktop which primarily runs Ubuntu linux and not windows. In terms of hardware I should have Shure SM58 … [Read more...] about Podcasting Using Linux
Linux Hacks City
Well not exactly .... Rob posted about a silly misunderstanding that arose in the US when a web server running Centos was not configured correctly. Although the default Apache homepage for most distros, including Centos, explains exactly what it is and why it is being displayed, one "tech savvy" city manager seems to have had "issues" with it and accused the Centos developers … [Read more...] about Linux Hacks City
Thunderbird Native OPML Support
Since I installed dapper on this desktop (and this server) the other week I've been slowly uncovering some of the new features. Thunderbird is now in version 1.5 which comes with a number of new features including native OPML support. … [Read more...] about Thunderbird Native OPML Support
Paypal Stupidity – Email Bugs Galore
Over the last couple of weeks Paypal have made a number of changes to their emails. In what has to be the dumbest move by a company of their calibre they have started embedding Javascript in their emails!! The Javascript is obviously part of their web analytics being provided by DoubleClick, but why they think that any sane person will even be able to view their emails is … [Read more...] about Paypal Stupidity – Email Bugs Galore
Light Blogging Explained
I haven't posted much over the last few days for a number of reasons (in no particular order): I've been sick I've been incredibly busy (being sick didn't help) I was migrating this site to a new server PHP5 and Wordpress don't play nice together I'll be looking into the entire php5 issue over the next couple of days.. ... So far I've learnt that Wordpress 1.* works fine … [Read more...] about Light Blogging Explained