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Lost n900
This is a wonderful beginning of the week. I’ve lost my n900. Most likely, case was not properly mounted on my belt today, and fell down at some point. Chance to get device back is near-zero. It does...
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Long time has passed since last entry in this blog. Moderation panel is full of spam comments. It’s still unclear if I will ever will continue it. However, given what is happening in my country these...
View ArticleQuick backup with git
There are probably many ways. But this one looks pretty simple and takes seconds. git add . && git commit -m "backup-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M)" && git reset HEAD^ After this command, nothing...
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Life after n900
Since post about lost n900 was on the top of this blog for almost a year, I should probably write a few words about what was next. Since I do need mobile phone every day, I had to get some replacement...
View ArticleDisabled NoSpamNX
NoSpamNX and OpenID wordpress plugins don’t work properly with each other. Sorry people for calling you spammers, and many thanks for your comments. I’ve manually approved everything that NoSpamNX...
View Articlesqueeze + iceweasel backport = no printing in gimp
Looks like installing iceweasel backport packages from deb http://mozilla.debian.net squeeze-backports iceweasel-release causes installation of backport of libcairo2 1.10 – which breaks printing from...
View ArticleCryptkeeper
Situation: a home Debian-based desktop, used by non-technical family members, without any lock-screen passwords or so to maximize convenience. Need: without making much noise, hide private files from...
View Articlersync-ing huge files
When trying to upload a several-gigabyte file over a slow link using rsync, don’t forget to use –inplace! If you don’t, result could be that connection breaks after 15 hours, and transferred part of...
View ArticleSkype everywhere
For years, I’ve been using Jabber for all my IM needs. There is a private jabber server here, it runs several transports, so there was no problem to keep connectivity with people. … until recent. Looks...
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I’ve been away from Windows for more than a decade but …
… but I’ve already forseen the unwanted meet for some time . My elder daughter does need to run educational software from school. And my wife wants to run education software for our younger son. And...
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