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2010 SpamAssassin bug

January 1, 2010 - Geek , Things that annoy Kyle - by admin - No Comments

If you run SpamAssassin, you may be pleased to encounter this bug about now – https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=6269 Because nobody ever thought the year 2010 would happen :-/ There’s some more details on the rule, and more importantly how to disable it, over here http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/Rules/FH_DATE_PAST_20XX

AC Fuel Flow Summary

December 28, 2009 - AC , Cars , Geek - by admin - 1 Comment

As has been noted earlier, the AC has had its fair share of fuel flow problems. Ranging from the large (a rotten fuel tank) to the tiny (a flake of corrosion in the accelerator pump). Here’s a few things that were done to try and cure it. Firstly, replace the […]

Tagged: AC Cars fuel

USB Problems

December 25, 2009 - Geek , Openstreetmap , Things that annoy Kyle - by admin - 7 Comments

I have a minor issue that I’d like to get resolved. I have a cheap but very good USB GPS receiver. However, it uses a weird USB connector and the cable for said connector has developed a fault (at the strain relief point, amusingly). Can anyone advise on the type […]

Tagged: cable gps usb

Sure/Smartie LCDProc

December 22, 2009 - Cars , Computers , Cool things , Geek , Land Rover , Linux - by admin - 3 Comments

Recently I’ve been looking at getting a computing device into the Land Rover. Short of buying a full sized 7″ touch screen, I opted to go for a slightly cheaper £20 4×20 LCD display. This was more to be proof of concept, and give me a starter to work on, […]

Touchatag and RFIDIOt

December 13, 2009 - Geek , Linux - by admin - No Comments

A while back, Alcatel Lucent were flogging off cheap Tikitag readers and tags due to a naming error. They subsequently became Touchatag, and I picked up a cheap RFID reader and 100 tags for about 10 quid. Bonus. Now to get it working on Linux. Adam Laurie helpfully wrote the […]