About Me
I'm a thirty something engineer with an interest in Computing (particularly Linux), Psychology and Mathematics. Married with three kids, I've been studying with the Open University since 2008, I'm focussing on BSc (Honours) Computing and IT (B62).
An enthusiastic but amateur runner.
Yeah and a total geek.
Tag Archives: Howto
Repair Samsung NC10 MBR
Repair the Samsung NC10′s MBR – returning the F4 recovery option. Continue reading
Compaq CQ10 failed BIOS update
A friend brought me a Compaq CQ10 over earlier. It seems it lost power during a Softpaq BIOS update. Initially the screen was booting to the HP BIOS recovery screen, attempting to rewrite and failing around 10%. I tried a … Continue reading
Bash
Two things that improve my bash productivity – stopping the cursor keys inserting characters in vim and history search in bash. Edit ~/.vimrc or /etc/vim/vimrc (for system wide) and add turn off vi compatibility: set nocompatible The latter can be … Continue reading
Watch TV with VLC and a Freecom DVB-T Stick
One of the things I need my Aspire One to do is watch TV. When you’re away, it’s nice to be able to watch a little TV. I bought a Freecom DVB-T USB stick years ago and have always had … Continue reading
Install Arch Linux on an Aspire One
I recently decided to reinstall a perfectly good install of Arch on my Aspire One because someone said they couldn’t get it to work. I don’t know why this install was more troublesome than the last but it was. I’m … Continue reading
Building PDF from Ubuntu Documentation
People frequently ask for PDF versions of the Ubuntu System Help. We have a toolchain to build them but why not do it yourself? This is true of any DocBook – dblatex is in the Ubuntu repositories and can transform … Continue reading
Using dd to create disk images
Never mind Acronis True Image – you can use the command line to work with disk images and backups, without any extra software.
