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: Planet Ubuntu
Advocacy by not advocating
We have Ubuntu installed on two of the machines at home and recently, after losing a Windows restore disc, I suggested installing Ubuntu 10.04 on her Dell 1545 after my suggestion. As installations go, it was relatively painless – certainly … Continue reading
Blogging platforms
Has anyone else noticed a large amount of ping backs to link farms from Planet Ubuntu feeds over the last few days? I’m getting a fair few. I’d give an example but if I link to a site that takes … Continue reading
Posted in Computing, Linux, Rant, Ubuntu
Tagged Blog, Coding, Planet Ubuntu, Rants, Ubuntu
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Ubuntu spot the difference
After writing documentation for many years, once in a while I come across a post on the Internet that makes me wonder why I bother. So I thought we could turn it into a game. Basically it’s like spot the … Continue reading
Samsung NC10 – a pleasant Ubuntu experience
It’s another year and I’m deploying next week. One of the few perks that entails is VAT exemption at PC World. I had decided some time ago to retire my Acer Aspire One A110L, this seems a sensible opportunity. I … Continue reading
Vim
I’ve been away from Ubuntu for a while and just installed Xubuntu 9.10 on an Acer Aspire One. While editing some of the files, I remembered that pressing the cursor keys in insert mode inserts characters. This is because of … Continue reading
Exploring Psychology
The course material for DSE 212 just arrived. Once I’d got over the weight of the package, I opened it to discover that it consists of a number of large text books, a couple of DVD, CDs, software and the usual … Continue reading
Posted in Linux, Open University, Ubuntu
Tagged Open Source, Open University, Planet Ubuntu, Ubuntu
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Testimonials
I need help with an idea involving the forums. I’m also going to rant and make no apologies for it.
Fedora from an Ubuntu point of view
In the interests of not becoming blinkered to one distribution, I thought I might give Fedora 11 a whirl. Not having used Fedora since FC4, I was surprised to see the adoption of a live CD installation and relieved to … Continue reading
Licensing
Never thought I’d have to publish this on my personal blog but I’d like to draw attention to the license: For any CC work that you use from this site, please use the following attribution: This work by Dougie Richardson … Continue reading
Huawei E1550 on Ubuntu
Update: I’ve rewritten this article for 10.04.1, please post comments there and not here! Update: You no longer need to install udev-extras in Ubuntu 10.04. I picked up a Huawei E1550 pre-pay mobile broadband dongle, £39.99 with 3 Mobile including … Continue reading
