The Rat Saga Continues
My recent posts have been detailing my war with the local rodent population. The battle has moved from the kitchen into the loft in recent weeks. During the loft insulation project several large holes...
View ArticlePockets
The past few weeks have been troublesome. A constant scratching on my thigh as my keys pushed though the pocket wall of my work trousers. The temporary fix of micro-pore tape had worked for the last...
View ArticleFacebook Is Shit
Some people may not understand my dislike of Facebook as a company, today however it is Facebook as a service that is the problem. I don't normally use the popular social networking website due to the...
View ArticleFedora 17 – Sluggish Firefox
The upgrade to Fedora 17 on my main system had gone well with no significant issues aside from one. When trying to start Firefox with multiple tabs loading it would hang locking the browser up. After...
View ArticlePS3 Media Server + Bravia 22EX553
Due to the decline in the picture quality from my old 14" Goodmans CRT TV I recently purchased a replacement. The Sony Bravia 22EX553 is a nice 22" 720P set with a Freeview HD tuner. It's only a set...
View ArticleAn Experiment In Web Fonts
DeltaNova might look a little different from today. I have changed the font of the site to something I think is a little easier to read. I am using one of Google's Web Fonts, meaning a font downloaded...
View ArticleKeeping My Hat On
In my previous post I outlined my thinking about moving from Fedora to OpenSuse. I installed OpenSuse 12.3 onto mylaptop and had a play about. The installer was clean and easy to use and everything was...
View ArticleBang!, Jug Time
I awoke this morning not looking forward to the busy day that was waiting for me at work. Imagine how I felt when upon pushing the button to start the electric shower I was greeted with a Bang rather...
View ArticleReturn of the Rat
The sound of something reminding me of a cat scratching could be heard in the loft. I don't have a cat in the loft, only insulation and a trap. Ascending into the roof space it was clear that all was...
View ArticleTmux – Solving The Problem Of Window Names
I was lucky enough to get a book on using tmux for Christmas. Following through the examples I noticed that I was not getting the expected behaviour when attempting to set window names. Commandline 1$...
View ArticleBash Exploit
Bash Code Injection Vulnerability via Specially Crafted Environment Variables (CVE-2014-6271, CVE-2014-7169) https://access.redhat.com/node/1200223 Well I read this article whilst I was at work. Upon...
View ArticleSPI Bus Problem Solved
This image is the result of a week of pulling my hair out. It is a simple read of a register on a device connected to a micro controller over an SPI bus. The protocol was simple, the code driving it...
View Article6/7
To battle the rodent menace I have 7 traps in my loft. Yesterday I went up to check them; 6 were full. Of the 6, 5 suffered a quick demise through a direct head strike. One unfortunate victim was...
View ArticleThe Rodent Battle
This month I finally called in the Rat Man to rid me of the menace in the loft. He managed to attend 2 out of the 3 scheduled visits. Having time off work and his no show did not go down well. In any...
View ArticleThe Rodent Battle – It’s not over yet
In my previous post at the end of July I had resorted to calling in the Rat Man to assist me in my struggle. When that failed to show results I detailed my nuclear option of removing all of my loft...
View ArticleFedora 24
This week I have been updating my machines to run Fedora 24. Two out of 3 updated without any issues and continue to run normally. One machine however has decided to cause me some issues. My old...
View ArticleKeeping My Hat On
In my previous post I outlined my thinking about moving from Fedora to OpenSuse. I installed OpenSuse 12.3 onto mylaptop and had a play about. The installer was clean and easy to use and everything was...
View ArticleBang!, Jug Time
I awoke this morning not looking forward to the busy day that was waiting for me at work. Imagine how I felt when upon pushing the button to start the electric shower I was greeted with a Bang rather...
View ArticleReturn of the Rat
The sound of something reminding me of a cat scratching could be heard in the loft. I don't have a cat in the loft, only insulation and a trap. Ascending into the roof space it was clear that all was...
View ArticleTmux – Solving The Problem Of Window Names
I was lucky enough to get a book on using tmux for Christmas. Following through the examples I noticed that I was not getting the expected behaviour when attempting to set window names. Commandline 1$...
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