23August2008
Posted by Christopher under: Linux & Open Source.
So it seems that U.S.-based Fedorites don’t get the same thing. Perhaps the devil is in the details. U.K. users should try adding live search into their search engine list in Firefox (top right) and then searching for Firefox. Here’s what I get. (Sorry it’s grey, don’t get hosting with 1and1 - you get what you pay for).
22August2008
Posted by Christopher under: Linux & Open Source.
Its all about perception. Sometimes you get the idea Microsoft might be playing a little bit nicer.
Then you try doing a search for Firefox using Live Search. The first non-sponsored link is for firefox dot org dot uk (no, I’m not even linking to it) which bizarrely has no download link for Firefox and has the tiny disclaimer that it has nothing to do with Mozilla or Google. Instead it offers the Google Pack for download.
The second link is ie7.com which at least has a large firefox icon which then links directly to the proper firefox download site.
In fact, nowhere on the list of results do you get what would be considered a “good” result. Is this just the usual Live Search naffness or is it just another case for the European Competition Commission?
22August2008
Posted by Christopher under: Family & Friends; House.
So The Girl has moved. In.
I’m not sure how this happened but she now has the keys to the house, my car and - most crucially - the bike shed. How do they do that? Anyway, suffice to say there’s a few boxes about the place. I’m writing this from the Peterborough services on the A1. I’m not going home until I can swing a cat again.
8August2008
Posted by Christopher under: Linux & Open Source.
Hello Firefox users,
Notice something about this page:
Slow hand claps all round. I’m probably taking it a bit far but if I was a tabloid journalist I would type:
“NHS treats Internet Explorer users only”
Time to get my clue-stick.
Update: I have to come clean. It turns out the online booking service is “not yet in service”. I don’t agree with web design based towards browsers rather than standards however.
Lastly, I don’t see any black helicopters but the NHS must have got a BIG discount for all those Windows licenses.
8August2008
Posted by Christopher under: Travel & Leisure.
Dear Chris,
Re: 5 Days RYA Dayskipper Practical Course
24 August 2008 - 29 August 2008
Booking No. ##/#####
Thank you for your payment of £???.?? in respect of the above mentioned course. I confirm that a place has been reserved for you. Your balance of account now shows that you have paid in full. I note that you have not taken out our standard travel insurance policy. May I remind you that all deposits are non-refundable and we reserve the right to retain the total fee if you cancel within six weeks of the date your course commences.
Please report to our reception at Hamble Point Marina by 18.30 hours on 24 August 2008. A member of our staff will be waiting there to introduce you to your skipper and the other crew members. Joining instructions containing a list of what to bring and how to find us and a booking form; which should be completed and returned, can be downloaded from our website.
May I take this opportunity of thanking you for booking with the British Offshore Sailing School and to wish you an enjoyable course. I look forward to meeting you. In the meantime, if you have any further queries please do not hesitate to contact us.
Bring it.
8August2008
Posted by Christopher under: Linux & Open Source.
Now I’m no kernel buff but I get the idea of reducing the patch count and trying to follow upstream a little more closely. So it was with some interest I saw the following post from Mr. J. Boyer on fedora-kernel a couple of days ago
http://jwboyer.fedorapeople.org/pub/
Let the kernel installs begin.
Hopefully I didn’t fsck something up horridly. If I did, then I’ll fix
it for -rc2.
josh.
That’s right folks. Courtesy of Josh and the Fedora kernel team, you can now run the Linux kernel “sans patches”. This has benefits a-plenty but basically means that when kernel developers ask you to “run linus’s tree” or “test with mainline” - you can soon do just that with:
# yum install kernel-vanilla
Well, you’ll soon be able to hopefully. It’s not in the repo’s quite yet.
For the moment you’ll have to grab it from Josh’s fedorapeople space.
It also means you’re following upstream more closely and we all know why that is a good thing.
