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Windows 7: Yes Really!Friday, July 2nd, 2010 with No Comments »

Back in October I wrote a post about not being at all excited about the release of Windows 7. Well, it’s time to eat a bit of humble pie. I still can’t say that I’m excited about it, but I must admit that I wrote it off a bit too soon.

Remote Desktop Freezes Under Windows 7Friday, July 2nd, 2010 with 1 Comment »

This morning I was sill having trouble with my Remote Desktop (RDP) connection. Although I was able to login and get a desktop, the screen was freezing and I was unable to do anything. As it happens, the fix was extremely simple but not exactly one you would think of.

Apache Document Root in Mandriva 2010Friday, June 11th, 2010 with No Comments »

Having installed Mandriva 2010 on my new PC, I was attempting to configure Apache for local development – most notably, the Document Root. The default directory where files are served is: /var/www/html but I really wanted to store my development files somewhere in my home directory. As an aside I’m thinking of changing my PHP [...]

Hoax: ‘Man sues Lynx’Thursday, November 12th, 2009 with No Comments »

Hey, would you believe it. In a follow-up from my recent post on not believing everything you see and hear (School Bans Hugging), another well publicised example cropped up this week when the media (a lot of them) reported on a somewhat unbelievable story: