http://www.smop.co.uk/blog Programming? Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:39:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Recently, X.Org has been removing HAL from the requirement list. This is good except that it means reconfiguring things. Again. I have a Logitech G7 mouse and it has a side button which defaults to "back". I like it remapped to "middle button" (which pastes text in Unix). ... http://www.smop.co.uk/blog/index.php/2010/02/15/udev-rules-for-logitech-g7-mouse/ Hopefully this may help others. I've recently been trying startssl.com for an SSL certificate for a customer. Their wizard unfortunately insists upon generating them with "www" in front (although it provides altname of "DNS: www.example.com, DNS:example.com" (names altered BTW)) - however firefox ain't happy. So I'm going to get ... http://www.smop.co.uk/blog/index.php/2010/02/04/ssl-breakage-and-client-verification/ It's been a year since I started using Getting Things Done methodology. Even whilst reading the book I couldn't wait to get started. How has the last year worked out? Do I still use GTD or was it just a flash in the pan, a fad destined to die ... http://www.smop.co.uk/blog/index.php/2010/01/20/getting-things-done-one-year-on/ Whilst playing with the puppet-dashboard I noticed some warning notices in my puppetmaster logs. Now all file resource types must prefix "module" (although templates don't need to!). It's only a small change, but please can these things be done a bit more sanely? By this I ... http://www.smop.co.uk/blog/index.php/2010/01/18/puppet-compatibility-or-lack-of/ Surfing the web can be slow (I'm not bitter about being 1/2 mile from the rollout of Fibre To The Cabinet in Basingstoke, oh no). There are various tricks currently in use: Expiry headers which say that data will be valid until a certain time has elapsed. This is great ... http://www.smop.co.uk/blog/index.php/2010/01/17/rsync-and-web-browsing/ I'd just like to look at this recent airline bombing attempt to see how effective the security measures have been and will be: no liquids > 100mlwell it was solid and hidden do not fly listwith over one million names on it, the terrorist was not on it the US was warned by ... http://www.smop.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/12/27/airline-security/ I have an android smartphone and whilst overall I'm very happy, the marketplace is definitely a very disappointing weak spot. Searching takes an _age_ (this is from _the_ search company) and often fails - although sometimes a reboot then picks up the application! I have installed atrackdog to tell me ... http://www.smop.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/12/19/version-updates-an-pubsub/ I've recently changed my laptop and as it's a small netboot, I'm running Ubuntu netbook remix on it. Today I've setup email on it and it's a little involved so I thought it worth documenting. First a little background - I run my own email servers and I like using ... http://www.smop.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/12/16/email-client-setup/ Whilst waiting for a tube train, I wondered why instead of one very long train every 5-10mins they don't run short trains more frequently. Historically, longer trains would be more efficient - fewer drivers required and because you need to leave gaps between trains, the throughput is higher. Of ... http://www.smop.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/12/13/tube-trains/ Today I had my first real trial of Ubuntu netbook remix (9.10). This is an an Eeepc 1008HA netbook. Netbook remix has a nice "launcher" which takes over the whole screen and uses large buttons. This is great for me as I can't use trackpads at all ... http://www.smop.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/12/08/first-real-test-of-ubuntu-netbook-remix/