May 27, 2012

Masquerade Ball

The Hannans Club Ball was held last night at the Kalgoorlie Town Hall as part of the Race Round festivities. It was a black-tie masquerade event. I shopped on eBay for Juliet’s Venetian mask and bought myself a pharoe’s mask from a local store. Needless to say it was a very enjoyable evening. Tweet Pin [...]

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Switch to PCLinuxOS

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Okay, I’ve always been a distro tart, hopping from one Linux system to the other. I’ve abandoned Gentoo after a short relationship; it was just too hard to keep everything together. Kanotix was previously my preference, but an upgrade disaster forced us apart. That’s when I discovered PCLinuxOS. It’s based on the commercial Mandriva, but [...]

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New forum script

I experimented today with a new forum script called Vanilla. My initial observations are that it’s easy to install, attractive and minimalist. The download was just 380kb. It’s not bloated or overloaded with unnecessary features. There’s an active support community and a wide range of add-ons. Word Press integration is feasible. On the downside it’s [...]

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Archives

I’ve been writing here since July 2003 and there are several hundred entries. The archive list was getting too long so I’ve installed this dropdown menu instead: Select… Tweet Pin It

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Google Book Search

Google Book Search has been launched. It’s possible to download full copies of out-of-copyright books to read at your own pace. According to the Google Blog you’re free to choose from a diverse collection of public domain titles, from well-known classics to obscure gems. “To find out-of-copyright books that you can download, simply select the [...]

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