Category: Technology

  • HP and Compaq service manual

    Last updated on July 3rd, 2015 at 08:38 pm My Compaq Presario 2104US laptop is playing up. It?s seems as if a non-printing key like ctrl is stuck down (except I don?t think it is that key). Symptoms: Alt-Tab in windows doesn?t work as if ctrl key is held down. Ctrl-tab works pressing and holding…

  • The perfect RSS reader aggregator

    The perfect RSS reader aggregator

    Last updated on July 3rd, 2015 at 08:15 pm I?ve been on the hunt for the perfect RSS reader or aggregator without much luck. I?ve downloaded lots, installed many and uninstalled all. Here are my specifications. Let me know if something matches it. Client PC not web-based. I need speed to scan many feeds. Bloglines…

  • Backup your blog

    Backup your blog

    Last updated on July 3rd, 2015 at 08:26 pm Frequently Asked Questions over at WordPress.com has a brilliant piece on backups for bloggers. Several years ago I had to reconstruct?WealthEsteem.org after catastrophic hardware failure. Luckily Google had begun indexing it so I didn?t lose any posts. But rebuilding the comments proved too hard. Matt and…

  • MSN Clones

    Last updated on July 3rd, 2015 at 03:35 pm My daughter has reached an age where all her friends are on MSN. While the school is concerned about it, I think that (occasionally monitored) online chat is actually a useful skill. Most of the chat is what you?d expect of tweens, misunderstandings and hurt feelings…

  • Addicted to the Internet

    Last updated on July 3rd, 2015 at 03:41 pm The following quote appeared in an article in todays Sydney Morning Herald on Schools, parents to get talking about chatrooms Last year, a Flinders University study of 114 teenage students found that on average, they spent 13 hours a week online, and one-third were ?in the…

  • Linux Terminal Server K12LTSP 4.4.1 Build notes

    Last updated on June 28th, 2015 at 12:06 pm This is for K12 Linux Terminal Server Project K12LTSP 4.4.1 running on Fedora Core 4. I downloded the CD images and burned them to 5 CD?s. Boot from Disc 1 (of 5) Hit enter to boot into Anaconda, Fedora?s graphical installer. You can cancel out of…

  • Linux Terminal Server Project

    Last updated on June 28th, 2015 at 12:07 pm I?m doing a proof of concept project using LTSP: Linux Terminal Server Project. After a few fits and starts I?ve decided to use theK12ltsp.org 4.4.1 distribution. Don?t let the K12 fool you. It isn?t just for schools, but they have packaged Fedora Core and LTSP for…

  • D-Link multiport print servers

    Last updated on August 21st, 2015 at 01:58 pm I?m configuring a D-Link DP 300U multiport print server for use at home with OpenSuSE 10.0 and I thought I?d keep some notes on my linux adventures here. DLINK print servers listen on ports 9100, 9101 and 9102 for multiport models and 9100 for the single…

  • iTunes opens in Australia

    Last updated on June 28th, 2015 at 12:07 pm Hooray at last. The iTunes Australian store has opened after years of wrangling and negotiating. It seems the last holdout distributor in the Australian market finally joined the 21st century.