Tag: wayback machine
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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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Google Earth, for Linux
Well, with Beta 4 of Google Earth, you can now run it on Linux. I’ve just tested it on my Kubuntu box at work (ATI graphics card, ATI driver), and it worked brilliantly. Went hunting for the place I grew up, and managed to find a decent res image at 13°12′11.60″N by 59°33′59.28″W. Where I…
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ADODB, PHP and transactions
I ran into an interesting glitch (and that’s not for lack of a better term) in the ADODB library for PHP today. ADODB is a DB abstraction layer, allowing me to change the underlying DB engine without caring (much) about the code I’ve written. Change the driver name, perhaps the connection string, and everything should…
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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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From Netware to Microsoft
Years ago (heh), I worked for a .edu in the USA, same place I got my BS degree. At the time, my boss preferred Microsoft to the campus choice of Novell’s Netware. We had the odd stealth Linux server, and even an RS/6000 running AIX (as a web server no less), in the web/Internet department,…