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Published:

Monday, 30th October 2006;
last updated on Saturday, 31st March 2007

Seagate contribution to the Rogues Gallery

A product page on disc manufacturer Seagate's, shows very poor accessibility accessibility practice, requiring use of specific fonts.

Building Slashem on Solaris 10 (Ultrasparc)

Brief howto on building Slashem under Solaris 10 (Ultrasparc).

Andruil - the Blade Reforged

Smiffy finally despairs of running Gentoo Linux on Narsil (the Blade that was broken), his SunBlade, and reforges it as Andruil, courtesy of Solaris 10.

Published:

Thursday, 26th October 2006;
last updated on Saturday, 10th March 2007

A Better Birthday Breakfast

Omelette of smoked ocean trout - one of the better birthday breakfasts. Smiffy cooks up something nice and remenisces.

Published:

Tuesday, 24th October 2006;
last updated on Wednesday, 25th October 2006

Linux Recording - Second Thoughts

Audacity seems like an easier option for audio recording under Linux.

Published:

Sunday, 22nd October 2006;
last updated on Saturday, 10th March 2007

Linux ALSA Recording Very Mini HOWTO

How to get from a Logitech USB headset to an mp3 file with the minimum of fuss.

Published:

Sunday, 22nd October 2006;
last updated on Saturday, 10th March 2007

New Blog - Getting There

Smiffys blog software is nearly useable.

Published:

Friday, 20th October 2006

Better Performance and a State of Fluxbox

Smiffy dumps KDE in favour of Fluxbox.