A while ago Microsoft announced the various different versions of Windows 7 that would be available, including the Starter Edition which would impose a limit of three concurrent applications. At the time I wrote a few words about the number …
Read moreUbuntu 9.04: restoring the Shut Down entry to the System menu
Yesterday I wrote about my initial impressions of Ubuntu 9.04, “Jaunty Jackalope” – but the bulk of the post ended up being about the decision to remove the “Log Out” and “Shut Down” options from the System menu. In the …
Read moreThoughts on Ubuntu 9.04, Jaunty Jackalope
Having upgraded a few machines to Ubuntu 9.04 a few days ago, here are my thoughts on this latest version: Things I Love The speed of the system – both in booting and in general use – seems to be …
Read moreStill the madness continues
One of my earliest posts was a jibe at the crazy notion of selling numerous different versions of Vista. It seems that the madness is set to continue with Windows 7, as Microsoft have confirmed that there will be six …
Read moreWhy is there no AND for regular expressions?
Here’s a Javascript regular expression which will match a string which contains at least one lower case letter: /[a-z]/ And another which will match a string with at least one upper case character: /[A-Z]/ I can even stick these together …
Read moreTransparently stupid
For a long time now it’s been possible to specify CSS colours as RGB triplets, using hexadecimal, decimal, or percentage notation. These all represent the colour white: #ffffff #fff rgb(255, 255, 255) rgb(100%, 100%, 100%) Lots of flexibility – perhaps …
Read moreHmm… that backup seems to be running slowly
Many years ago one of my colleagues purchased a Dell server complete with an expensive SCSI-based tape backup system. About a year ago we began to have recurring problems with the tapes, and the drive itself started to get very …
Read moreDS NON-Download Locations
After much searching I finally found a DS Download Station that works.
Read moreSafety in Numbers?
When I first heard about the move to “Chip and Pin” debit and credit cards I was dubious about the benefits it would bring to the consumer. Gervase Markham has an interesting article in The Times Online as well as …
Read moreIt’s the biggest key on my keyboard, so let me use it
Why won’t more websites let me enter my credit card number with spaces in? You know, like the way it’s printed on the card itself.
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