Tag: 42
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Ten-hut! House inspection time!
Today was the day of the Grand Inspection by my paternal grandparents of the new kitchen. I am pleased to report that the work has been approved of! Need to get the channels filled in, and the wall re-skimmed where the tiles left holes. After that, I’ll have to decide on the splashback, and the…
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Pop goes the heating pump
As mentioned earlier, the pump that drives my entire hot water system (heating and hot water for the taps) decided to die this morning. Called the friendly plumber who did my new bathroom sink this morning fairly early, but didn’t have his mobile, so had to leave a message on his answering machine at home. …
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Breezy to Dapper upgrade
I figured that I’d upgrade my work PC to Ubuntu Dapper this morning. In retrospect, considering that my heating and hot water pump died this morning, and dropped water all over my floor, I really shouldn’t have done this upgrade. Things that broke: GUI KDE Sound Networking Who knows what else The GUI required a…
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Day 8 of the kitchen installation…
So the gas fitter came and went, but not without remarking that there were no mounting brackets for the hob, and that the plinth below the oven needs a 12 mm gap to be legal. Steve is apparently available on Thursday to fix that issue, so the plinth is off for now. All that’s left…
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The ongoing DSL saga
Well, the DSL saga continues. The call has been escalated by my ISP to BT, and BT have called me for details. This evening, I ran a fresh connection for the DSL modem from the back of the master socket. The downstream noise margin has gone from 5 to 10, and the ATM sync rate…
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EVE and Xinerama
One problem with Xinerama and Cedega – the EVE window showed up right in the middle of the two screens. KDE’s force window positioning to the rescue!