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OpenStreetMap Christmas

December 23, 2008 - Cool things , Internet , Openstreetmap , Web - by admin - No Comments

One day to go before Christmas, and the UK government have made an astounding contribution to the OpenStreetMap project. It will shortly be announced that through collaboration with the Department for Transport, Traveline, and OpenStreetMap, most of the NaPTAN and NPTG datasets will be offered to OpenStreetMap as a one […]

Birthday

December 14, 2008 - Internet , Life - by admin - No Comments

It seems unreal, but today is the tenth birthday of Glasgownet.com. All those years ago, thinking I was crazy and it was a passing fad. My grandpa paid for the first two years subscription, and here we are today. I think now is a good time for cake.

TR6 Progress

November 16, 2008 - Cars , TR6 , Vehicles - by admin - 2 Comments

After a slight hiatus, progress has been made on the TR6. Last Saturday, I managed to head out to the garage and get the fuel pump changed, along with the pipework to the carburettors. Instead of solid pipework snaking around the rocker cover and being held in place by a […]

DoF Courtesy of X-Modem

November 13, 2008 - Geek - by admin - No Comments

Whilst waiting for xmodem one day… I got very bored and had a shot at something involving depth of field. It’s a little digital pocket camera, so nothing fantastic.

Disable Compiz

November 11, 2008 - Computers , Geek , KDE , Linux - by admin - 4 Comments

Since KDE have ruined Kubuntu with KDE4, it’s time to use Gnome. However Compiz and glitzy pointless effects irritate me no end. A few quick commands will disable them for the current user… gconftool-2 –set /desktop/gnome/applications/window_manager/current /usr/bin/metacity –type=string gconftool-2 –set /desktop/gnome/applications/window_manager/default /usr/bin/metacity –type=string The next time you log in, it […]