SiPod.co.uk http://sipod.co.uk/blog Sat, 08 Nov 2008 20:09:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 en pidgin + facebook [ubuntu] http://sipod.co.uk/blog/2008/11/08/pidgin-facebook/ http://sipod.co.uk/blog/2008/11/08/pidgin-facebook/#comments Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:37:25 +0000 simon http://sipod.co.uk/blog/?p=119 don’t need digsby anymore… i’ve added the Facebook Chat plugin to pidgin

]]> http://sipod.co.uk/blog/2008/11/08/pidgin-facebook/feed/ The Fourth, The Fifth, The Minor Fall http://sipod.co.uk/blog/2008/11/08/the-fourth-the-fifth-the-minor-fall/ http://sipod.co.uk/blog/2008/11/08/the-fourth-the-fifth-the-minor-fall/#comments Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:31:17 +0000 simon http://sipod.co.uk/blog/?p=116 just listened to an awesome documentary on Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00f928x

]]> http://sipod.co.uk/blog/2008/11/08/the-fourth-the-fifth-the-minor-fall/feed/ songbird / permanently mounting windows shares [ubuntu] http://sipod.co.uk/blog/2008/11/08/songbird-permanently-mounting-windows-shares-ubuntu/ http://sipod.co.uk/blog/2008/11/08/songbird-permanently-mounting-windows-shares-ubuntu/#comments Sat, 08 Nov 2008 13:16:19 +0000 simon http://sipod.co.uk/blog/?p=114 so in an attempt to remove my reliance on itunes, i’ve downloaded songbird (it’s still only in beta RC1, but i’m willing to give it a try)

1st problem i had was linking to my windows share of the mp3’s to import everything into my library. Easiest solution was to create a permanent share of the network folder and import everything through that

walkthrough of mounting steps here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MountWindowsSharesPermanently

]]> http://sipod.co.uk/blog/2008/11/08/songbird-permanently-mounting-windows-shares-ubuntu/feed/ ubuntu http://sipod.co.uk/blog/2008/11/08/ubuntu/ http://sipod.co.uk/blog/2008/11/08/ubuntu/#comments Sat, 08 Nov 2008 13:10:37 +0000 simon http://sipod.co.uk/blog/?p=111 i’m trying to make a concerted effort to use ubuntu full time now, and generally only use windows when i want to run itunes or digsby.

i know there are hundreds of ‘make the switch to ubuntu’ blogs and guides, so any posts on ubuntu here, will be more of a repository of the problems i’ve encountered and where i found the answer…

]]> http://sipod.co.uk/blog/2008/11/08/ubuntu/feed/ birds http://sipod.co.uk/blog/2008/10/15/birds/ http://sipod.co.uk/blog/2008/10/15/birds/#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:07:28 +0000 simon http://sipod.co.uk/blog/?p=87 shot these from my back doorstep…

]]> http://sipod.co.uk/blog/2008/10/15/birds/feed/ spiders…. http://sipod.co.uk/blog/2008/10/08/spiders/ http://sipod.co.uk/blog/2008/10/08/spiders/#comments Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:40:29 +0000 simon http://sipod.co.uk/blog/?p=39 caught this the other day (to release outside).

and shot these around the garden today…




]]> http://sipod.co.uk/blog/2008/10/08/spiders/feed/ new stuff… http://sipod.co.uk/blog/2008/10/04/new-stuff/ http://sipod.co.uk/blog/2008/10/04/new-stuff/#comments Sat, 04 Oct 2008 17:55:02 +0000 simon http://sipod.co.uk/blog/?p=27 finally bought myself a canon 450d and am totally loving it

me_450d.jpg

more pics, with the actual camera, to follow…

]]> http://sipod.co.uk/blog/2008/10/04/new-stuff/feed/ 100 Must-Read Books: The Essential Man’s Library http://sipod.co.uk/blog/2008/05/18/100-must-read-books-the-essential-man%e2%80%99s-library/ http://sipod.co.uk/blog/2008/05/18/100-must-read-books-the-essential-man%e2%80%99s-library/#comments Sun, 18 May 2008 22:01:30 +0000 simon http://sipod.co.uk/blog/?p=18 link

5 out of 100 isn’t too bad.

]]> http://sipod.co.uk/blog/2008/05/18/100-must-read-books-the-essential-man%e2%80%99s-library/feed/ switching to dvorak http://sipod.co.uk/blog/2008/04/21/switching-to-dvorak/ http://sipod.co.uk/blog/2008/04/21/switching-to-dvorak/#comments Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:01:57 +0000 simon http://sipod.co.uk/blog/?p=17 start typing: 20.43

modding the keyboard was easy enough - might have been a bit easier if i’d just forced the keys out instead of taking the whole keyboard apart.

(bit of a break in typing to swap around the @ and / keys)

downloaded the layout from here: http://keyboards.jargon-file.org/

the hard part now is rewiring my brain with the new layout

finished typing: 20:56

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]]> http://sipod.co.uk/blog/2008/04/21/switching-to-dvorak/feed/ the terrorists are winning http://sipod.co.uk/blog/2008/04/19/the-terrorists-are-winning/ http://sipod.co.uk/blog/2008/04/19/the-terrorists-are-winning/#comments Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:57:57 +0000 simon http://sipod.co.uk/blog/?p=16 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7351252.stm

via

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