I don’t think so, Microsoft!
Upgrading to Windows 8.1 is “free”… all you have to do is give Microsoft your email address. Wait, what? That doesn’t sound free at all! Indeed. Actually, it is possible to install Windows 8 / Win 8.1...
View ArticleConnecting Ubuntu to WPA2 PEAP networks
It doesn’t work out of the box, and apparently there’s a bug report for it. From http://askubuntu.com/questions/279762/cant-connect-to-wpa2-enterprise-peap: There is a bug report here:...
View ArticleHappy new year!
2013, the year that went by. A lot happened, so let’s take a really, really quick look back. Order: fun things to serious things: Swing dancing: way too much. Started the club, organised workshops,...
View ArticleTaking a quick picture with your webcam
You want to take a picture, but hooking your smartphone up to the PC is a pain (no cable or something), and your digital camera isn’t near. You do have a webcam though… so: what do you do? vlc -I dummy...
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Ubuntu 13.10 for Galaxy Greatness!
I’ve just upgraded my desktop from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS to Ubuntu 13.10. I didn’t think I would – the machine started out on Ubuntu 6.10…. However, I am since almost a week (or should I write “weak”? ;-)...
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Watching some drama
Last weekend, Bobby visited Aga and myself here in Luxembourg. Bobby is a big movie buff, so naturally, the plan surfaced to go to the movies. As it turns out, there are quite a few decent movies...
View ArticleSpamspamspamspamspam… and post
I have a silly “security” measure on this blog: I just turn login off if I don’t need to login. Forgot to do that last time (5 days ago). BAAAAAM! 5300 spam comments. Holy cesspit of depravity, Internet.
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Dancing and car trouble
Last weekend, I attended Swingin’ in the Rain (the Liège one, not the one in the USA). It was great! As usual, auditions were looming, and nerves were flaring. My approach: pick a level where I would...
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Gimp’ing the sky away
I like making posters and playing around with graphics. I’m not necessarily good at it, but I like it. And I do have Opinions (with initial capital ;-). So this time we were compiling together a simple...
View ArticleMy definition of a lazy day
Yesterday was a fairly lazy day for me… channeling Bruno, if you will. What does that mean? Work a bit on tap dancing get a haircut skate a bit grocery shopping in the far-off Delhaize Nice bike ride...
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London here we come… and we’ll be back :)
Aga and I planned a short trip to London. Aga had never visited before, so she was quite excited. I was equally anxious to show her some of the things I really like about London – in particular, the...
View ArticleTrevi Fountain coin-trick works!
As I can now confirm from personal experience: tossing a coin into the Trevi fountain will get you back to Rome! Of course, I didn’t throw it over my back way back then, which might explain why it took...
View ArticleHerräng 2014
Aaaaand… we’re back!!! Herräng 2014 was awesome! This year we opted for private accommodation – a good deal more expensive, but we figured it’d be worth it. One effect I had not anticipated was how...
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Fixing brightness on the Z930
(I couldn’t find if I had posted this, so here’s the deal) Getting Ubuntu to run side-by-side on my Z930 was a major hassle – to the point I had to call in assistance (Thanks, Piotr!!). After that, I...
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Booting Ubuntu (on Z930) in “flight mode”
I would prefer to boot in “flight mode” — that is, all wireless devices turned off. I know where and how to turn them on (or at least, I think I do ;-). Plus, I’d prefer to, by default, save battery....
View ArticleDefault brightness on Ubuntu
I’ve looked a bit, but there doesn’t seem to be a stable solution yet. (there’s a bug report, so it might get fixed). My solution: cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness when brightness...
View ArticleAndroid says “Currently unable to download”…
Well doh, my phone hardly ever has a connection. Funny thing, the problem persists even after it was connected to the Internet. It seems to be caused by trying to download an MMS. You cannot download...
View ArticleUbuntu and WiFiMax as access point!
Years ago, I bought a “WifiMAX” usb dongle that (under Windows, with the packed CD) would coax your computer into creating a wifi network to share with your Wii. I dug it out to check if I could get...
View ArticleMovie watching
Over the last few months, Aga and I have picked up the habit of watching movies and series in the evening. I’ve been leveraging it to introduce some typical “cultural icons” to Aga, and also to watch...
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Buying a car in Luxembourg
With the new circumstances (job this far away from family), getting a car was becoming a necessity. So, I bit the bullet and went for it! In a nutshell I bought a Peugot 3008, and it’s awesome! Also:...
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