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Evolution

March 6, 2007 - Computers , Cool things , Linux , Novell , Technology - by admin - No Comments

It’s been around for a while and I vaguely recall checking out the collection of Zip files, but it took this article to encourage me to give it a shot again. Evolution now has (well, back in July 2006) a slick Windows installer to ease the pain of dependency checks […]

Spiders

February 19, 2007 - Cool things , Web - by admin - No Comments

Can’t remember how I found this, but it’s wonderfully funny. Enjoy… http://www.glumbert.com/media/spiders

Weekend work

February 19, 2007 - People - by admin - No Comments

Big thanks to Gordon for coming out to Milngavie to reassemble the steering column of the TR6. I’d be absolutely lost if I tried, but he managed it as if it was second nature. Saturday was spent roaming the Wedding Fair with Charlotte. I’m convinced these people bathe or shower […]

Linux & Active Directory

February 14, 2007 - Computers , Linux , Technology , Windows - by admin - 1 Comment

I used to deal with Linux in Active Directory quite a bit, especially with Winbind, Samba and Active Directory. It’s amazing how quickly things change, and I already feel as if my knowledge is atrophying at an exponential rate…

Worlds Largest Drain

February 14, 2007 - Cool things - by admin - No Comments

MrLithic alerted me to this blog post about the worlds largest drain hole. This is the kind of engineering I like. Machines or mechanisms that are just so big and powerful that it defies most normal thinking. Now… where’s my swimming kit