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  Mark Waters 20:50 on 2010/03/09 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: 720p (158), comedy (6), watching (414)   

  Watching ‘Old School’ tonight – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0302886/

   

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  Mark Waters 17:56 on 2010/03/08 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: amazon (15), kindle (25), linux (32), unix   

  Just finished reading Linux and the Unix Philosophy on my kindle2.

   
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  Mark Waters 16:41 on 2010/03/08 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: barn (22), chickens   

  Got all the odd bits of metal and wood cleared out of the small shed that’s at the end of the barn , we are going to house the chickens there at night.

   
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  Mark Waters 11:32 on 2010/03/08 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: apache2 (11), courier, mutt (2), postfix (21), ssl (6)   

  Got Apache2 , Courier and Postfix all using the same ‘wildcard’ SSL certificates , been meaning to get that sorted for a while.
  Cool – no more expired certificate warning messages in mutt now.

   
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  Mark Waters 10:16 on 2010/03/08 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: aria2, download (3), multipart   

  Using Aria2 to download ubuntu-9.10-server-powerpc.iso from 5 locations at once , using :-

  aria2c -c --allow-piece-length-change=true http://mirror1.ku.ac.th/karmic/ubuntu-9.10-server-powerpc.iso http://ftp.gnome.org/mirror/cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/9.10/release/ubuntu-9.10-server-powerpc.iso http://mirror.startoss.in.th/iso/karmic/ubuntu-9.10-server-powerpc.iso http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/9.10/release/ubuntu-9.10-server-powerpc.iso http://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ubuntu-cdimage/ports/releases/karmic/release/ubuntu-9.10-server-powerpc.iso

  Its racing down :-
  [#1 SIZE:75.6MiB/717.2MiB(10%) CN:5 SPD:240.8KiBs ETA:45m27s]

  Great , some comedian at Ubuntu has built the .iso image but its too large for an actual CD so I am now rebuilding it using this forum post.

   
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  marie 22:11 on 2010/03/05 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: watching (414)   

  Watching cloudy with a chance of meatballs. Very good

   
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  Mark Waters 11:43 on 2010/03/04 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: h4cked (2), listening (248), podcast (70), proud (5)   

  Listening to episode 30 of the h4cked podcast and got a mention for setting up the IRC channel.
  Thanks Guys and keep up the good work!

   
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  Mark Waters 14:06 on 2010/03/03 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: downtime (10), fail (34), free.fr (14), uptime (8)   

  Thats *another* 30 minute session of unannounced downtime during lunch , thanks free.fr

   
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  Mark Waters 15:32 on 2010/03/02 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: charroux (72), cycling (77), ride (79)   

  Cycled over to Charroux , posted some things for Marie-Laure , picked up a tube of mastic / glue stuff to bond the glass back into the loft window frame.

  Not too windy today , not too cold either. nice to be outside.

   
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  Mark Waters 10:14 on 2010/03/02 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: glass (7), loft (46), storm, window (8)   

  We also lost the East facing loft window in the recent storms as well as a few roof tiles , there are a few damp patches in the loft now and we could hear dripping last night when we went to sleep.

  I have removed the metal window frame and going to cut a piece of glass to fit.

  The roofing guy popped around this morning and replaced the missing slates that blew off the roof , I can still see light from inside the loft so its just a patch-up job.

  Got the glass cut for the little window , why they made the frame have a gentle V shape at the top is beyond me as it just makes cutting the glass so much more differcult – ended up chewing off the last bits with pliers.