Archive for the ‘Geek’ Category
Monday, October 20th, 2008
(Updated: new steps needed for wireless on Eee PC)
Each release of Ubuntu just gets more and more, well, grown-up. When I started using Ubuntu on the desktop, it was a brave man who would upgrade when a new release became available rather than install from scratch (and keep your fingers ...
Posted in Geek, Ubuntu Linux | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
It's well documented why using a source code control system is a worthwhile investment. Change tracking, team working, a safety-net, release management, control and reporting. And Subversion, a.k.a. svn, is the leading light in the open source world, taking over the mantle from CVS.
Subversion is different. It ...
Posted in Configuration Management, Geek | 3 Comments »
Saturday, October 6th, 2007
Create a script to fetch the Google Calendar and copy it to your iPod:
# download the Google calendar ical file through the private URL
wget -c -N http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/yourname%40gmail.com/public/basic.ics
# copy it to the iPod
cp basic.ics /media/your-ipod-name/Calendars/google.ics
rm basic.ics
Now configure Ubuntu so that this script is run whenever you plug your iPod in. ...
Posted in Geek, Ubuntu Linux | 2 Comments »
