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SMF and the case of the missing pound signs
I’ve been helping a friend setup a new forum using Simple Machines Forum (SMF) and even though it worked fine on a previous installation I’d done, the pound signs (UK currency, not a #) just wouldn’t show up as anything … Continue reading
Recently read: Peter James – Not dead enough
I’ve just finished reading “Not dead enough” by Peter James. It’s a crime thriller set in Brighton and Hove in the UK, and has plenty of twists although a few of the events were obviously going to happen. It was … Continue reading
Firefox and some useful add-ons
Although I use Safari for much of my browsing, I still use Firefox for a number of things. I find that playing Shartak with anything other than Firefox is painful because the Greasemonkey scripts for Shartak make it so much … Continue reading
Leopard + Firewall + Skype = broken
It seems that when the firewall option is enabled (apparently it’s disabled by default) you can only run Skype once without reinstalling it. The second time you try, it bounces a couple of times and stops. A Skype forum thread … Continue reading
synergy2 on Leopard
Having upgraded to Leopard, I found that synergy2 wasn’t working. It’s an application that lets you control multiple machines from a single keyboard and mouse and I use it quite a lot at work. More information about Synergy2 can be … Continue reading
Leopard (Mac OSX 10.5)
Like most Apple users we pre-ordered a copy of Leopard and took delivery of it on the 26th October. I upgraded Tiger to Leopard that evening and despite the initial horror of having some fairly big changes to the UI, … Continue reading
yum reports bad marshal data
I’ve been trying to check for updates on one of my CentOS machines using yum and got the following error. root:~# yum upgrade Loading “installonlyn” plugin Options Error: bad marshal data
MacLive Expo, London 2007
We just got back from the MacLive Expo in London – it seemed smaller than last year although I could be mistaken. Here are some pictures of various parts of the expo.
Talk Like A Pirate Day
It’s nearly that time of year again – Talk Like A Pirate Day is this Wednesday, September 19th. To learn more, please use one of these links: International site UK site
It’s Mac Expo time again
I’ve just found out that it’s time to register for the London Mac Expo for this year. Seems it’s now called Mac Live Expo – more details can be found at http://www.macliveexpo.co.uk/