Monthly Archives: March 2007

Been Busy

Posted on March 24, 2007 by Chris

I have had the last week at home, only a month to go before I go back to university (woo) and I have been busy. I have been scaling up my backup solution after settling with rsnapshot I have been … Continue reading →

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MySQL Set Default Character Set and Collation

Posted on March 22, 2007 by Chris

I am getting fed up with all the databases on my server being set to latin1 with a Swedish collation, I guess I am just being anal, anyhow. I found out how to configure MySQL so that it always uses … Continue reading →

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Lotus Donington 2007

Posted on March 19, 2007 by Chris

The recently departed weekend hosted amongst other events such as Mothering Sunday, and the Gold Cup, the annual Lotus Event at Donington race course. Dad, owning a Lotus was going, I came back from university on Friday to be told … Continue reading →

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Nicko McBrain on the Sooty and Sweep Show

Posted on March 15, 2007 by Chris

Nicko McBrain, Iron Maiden’s drummer for the past 20+ years, likes Sooty and Sweep, he has also appeared on TV in the Sooty and Sweep Show! Watch on YouTube

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Whoops!

Posted on March 15, 2007 by Chris

Whoops, how embarrassing, although this makes me cringe more!

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Waddling

Posted on March 14, 2007 by Chris

(14:44:52) Me: *waddles* (14:44:57) Me: *opens arms* (14:45:00) Me: *big hug* (14:45:13) Dave: *waddles* (14:45:19) Dave: *has a heart attack* (14:45:22) Dave: *dies* (14:45:25) Dave: *:(* hehe

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Ubuntu Sound: mpd, flash, etc.

Posted on March 14, 2007 by Chris

Further to my previous post about Flash player, I have it using ESD but I need to configure ALSA to use the dmix plug-in. I found out how to do this here. Very happy now

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WordPress Upgrade

Posted on March 3, 2007 by Chris

I have upgraded the version of Wordpres my blog runs, for me this is a pain in the ass due to custom modifications. So, this time I decided to use their subversion repository to create a patch and use that, … Continue reading →

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