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Piggybacking an Android Wi-Fi device off your Windows PC’s internet connection

March 16, 2013 Leave a response Shortlink

One of the disadvantages of my Google/Asus Nexus 7 is that it needs a Wi-Fi connection to use. Most of the time this is not a problem since I also have a Huawei mobile WiFi hub from T-Mobile and this [...]

Changing to web fonts

February 12, 2012 Leave a response Shortlink

While you can add Windows fonts to Linux installations, I have found that their display can be flaky to say the least. Linux Mint and Ubuntu display them as sharp as I’d like but I have struggled to get the [...]

A new phone

A new phone

February 4, 2012 Leave a response Shortlink

After a few years with a straightforward Nokia 1661 and a PAYG Blackberry 8520, I decided to go and upgrade from the former to an HTC Wildfire S. So far, the new phone has been good to me with only [...]

Sorting out MySQL on Arch Linux

November 5, 2011 Leave a response Shortlink

Seeing Arch Linux running so solidly in a VirtualBox virtual box has me contemplating whether I should have it installed on a real PC. Saying that, recent announcements regarding the implementation of GNOME 3 in Linux Mint have caught my [...]

Making a custom button to hide or display the Google Toolbar in Firefox

Making a custom button to hide or display the Google Toolbar in Firefox

February 27, 2011 3 Responses Shortlink

Adding more toolbars to Firefox is all very fine but they can take up space on the screen. Even with the big screens that many of us have these days, it’s still nice to be able to see more of [...]

A look at Emacs

August 10, 2010 Leave a response Shortlink

It’s amazing what work can bring your way in terms of technology. For me, (GNU) Emacs Has proved to be such a thing recently. It may have been around since 1975, long before my adventures in computing ever started in [...]

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