Category: Things that annoy Kyle

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

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

Hard Choice

November 11, 2008 - KDE , Linux , Things that annoy Kyle - by admin - 3 Comments

A few weeks ago I thought I would take the plunge, and installed KDE 4.1 on my Kubuntu 8.4 laptop. With the recent announcement of Intrepid being launched, I upgraded to Kubuntu 8.10 with KDE4 as the default environment. I figured that I should get an early look at the […]

Dear Beagle

August 27, 2008 - Linux , Things that annoy Kyle - by admin - 4 Comments

bagpuss@mine:~/.beagle $ du -sh 8.1G . bagpuss@mine:~/.beagle $ du -sh Log/ 8.0G Log/ bagpuss@mine:~/.beagle $ cd; rm -rf ~/.beagle/ bagpuss@mine:~ $ What have you got to say for yourself? Hmmm? This is on Ubuntu Hardy, which is supposed to be ‘stable’ software. Filling up ~ with your logs doesn’t instill […]

Are we still terrorists?

February 22, 2008 - Buildings , Computers , Internet , Openstreetmap , Things that annoy Kyle , United Kingdom , Urban Exploration - by admin - No Comments

It would appear so… To: postmaster@cityoflondon.police.uk CC: Kenny.MacAskill.msp@scottish.parliament.uk, public.enquiries@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk Dear City of London Police, I see that we still have not had a response to this request for information. Please can you provide the answers that we seek, or suggest alternative routes to go down. If we are to be […]