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I love Ubuntu

Kevin — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:29:13 +0000

So I’m sitting in front of my computer and I remembered I was given a guide on how to use the mobile internet functionality of my N95 with an EeePC. I figured I would give it a shot.

I selected PC mode as the usb connection type. Lo’ and behold, NetworkManager picked it right up. Told it I was on the o2 network with a contract, hit apply, disabled the wifi and I was online through my phone.

No terminal, no esoteric config files, just select from a menu and hit a button. Can it really be this easy?! I was looking forward to something more interesting. Oh well.

(This was done with Ubuntu 8.10, Intrepid Ibex, I doubt it would be this easy with an earlier version)

Gmail Backup

Kevin — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:56:30 +0000

A lot of folk these days are using Gmail as their email provider. There are some good (interface is the best I have used) and bad (the whole cloud computing thing) points to this. An entry on Digg popped up in my news feeds with a link to a program called Gmail Backup. It does exactly what it says. You give it your login details, pick a folder and it dumps all your email into that folder so in the event of Google being evil, you have a backup of all your mail. Very handy.

Comes in both Windows and Linux flavours. The Linux one needs a copy of wxpython installed. There is a command line mac version but it is unsupported.

Empower Thy Self

Kevin — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:32:34 +0000

Came across a nice site a while ago, only recently started using it properly. It is called EmpowerThySelf.com and was created by Alex Peake. it is pretty cool, lots of good ideas. It is a bit confusing to use (which is why I have only just started using it) so I advise taking a look at the howto guide. If you like it, sign up here, or with my refferal link.

Snow Crash much?

Kevin — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:29:58 +0000

This is so cool, a motorised mountain board. First thing I thought of was YT and her Kourier board from the book Snow Crash (except her’s wasn’t motorised). All it needs is the funky wheels to deal with potholes and large stones.