Category Archives: english

VMware Server +nat -dhcp?

Posted on November 10, 2007 by welsh_dwarf

I’ve just been testing an install CD for enkix, our custom Debian installer, to make sure it works next week when I re-install some servers in Paris. The problem is that our datacenter lacks a dhcp server (everythings static), whereas … Continue reading →

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The day the routers died

Posted on October 30, 2007 by welsh_dwarf

A quick post to share a find someone sent me today on the necessity to go IPV6 And for those interested, I also managed to gat ahold of the lyrics: A long long time agoi can still remeberwhen my labtop … Continue reading →

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I'm a beta tester – Yay!

Posted on August 17, 2007 by welsh_dwarf

Yesterday I received my very first piece of beta-hardware : the OpenGate (http://www.easyneuf.org). It’s currently sitting on my desk at home waiting to be played with I’ll be posting some updates and a review in the coming days. Oh, and … Continue reading →

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Alan Johnston is released

Posted on July 4, 2007 by welsh_dwarf

Just a quick note to pass the word around that the BBC’s Alan Johnston is free after 16 weeks in captivity.

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Save net radio

Posted on June 27, 2007 by welsh_dwarf

Like a lot of people, I enjoy putting my day to music with Internet radio. Unfortunately, some people want to impose crippling charges on webcasters, infinitely more than their hertzien cousins who have much deeper pockets. In order to protest, … Continue reading →

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Php profiling tip 1

Posted on June 21, 2007 by welsh_dwarf

Someone at work pointed this out to me today, so here it is for google’s benefit… When coding php pages you often have to manipulate strings and print them, with select pieces of data, so that the user can see … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu Feisty and IDE (pata) drives

Posted on May 12, 2007 by welsh_dwarf

One thing that buggs me about Ubuntu Feisty (yes, some things do ) is that it didn’t recognise my cdroms (ide, secondary bus). Apart from an inability to use the drives, and lshw that stalled when reading IDE, the only … Continue reading →

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Stumped

Posted on April 25, 2007 by welsh_dwarf

I can’t quite understand this. In this day and age where pass by reference is the new black (ie, .net only passes by reference, java only passes base types by value), php has decided to be the black sheep (or … Continue reading →

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Go Go (Gadget) Free Nvidia drivers

Posted on January 10, 2007 by welsh_dwarf

Congratulations to David Nielsen on completing his pledge in support of  project nouveau. I know that the developers are far too modest to want to accept the donation, but I hope they do anyhow. Guys, just use it for food/beer … Continue reading →

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Long time no blog….

Posted on December 21, 2006 by welsh_dwarf

And in a very real sense. Much to my dismay my trusty 40GB HD gave up the ghost about a month ago, and since then I haven’t had time to set up my blog again (especially since I didn’t have … Continue reading →

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