http://www.smiffysplace.com/2006-10 RSS Feed for Smiffy's Place: posts from October, 2006 en (C) Copyright 2001-2008 Matthew Steven Smith Matthew Smith http://www.smiffysplace.com/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. Matthew Smith 2006-10-30+09:30 Accessibility;Accessibility Rogues Gallery;accessibility;adaptability;font;hard disk;hard drive;inaccessible http://www.smiffysplace.com/searching-smiffys-place A database search facility has been added to this site, mostly replacing the Google Site Search. Matthew Smith 2006-10-30+09:30 MySQL;Personal;Software;Technical;search;searching;sitemap http://www.smiffysplace.com/building_slashem_on_solaris_10_ultrasparc Brief howto on building Slashem under Solaris 10 (Ultrasparc). Matthew Smith 2006-10-29+09:30 Software;Solaris;Sun;SunOS;Technical;games;nethack;rogue;slashem;tty http://www.smiffysplace.com/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. Matthew Smith 2006-10-26+09:30 BSD;Gentoo;Linux;Software;Solaris;SunBlade 100;Technical;Unix;operating systems http://www.smiffysplace.com/a-better-birthday-breakfast Omelette of smoked ocean trout - one of the better birthday breakfasts. Smiffy cooks up something nice and remenisces. Matthew Smith 2006-10-24+09:30 Food & Drink;Kase;Personal;Reggiano Parmaggiano;alimentation;breakfast;cheese;drink;epicure;epicurean;food;fruhstuck;fumee;gourmandisme;gourmet;nutrition;omlette;petit dejuner;smoked;trout;truit http://www.smiffysplace.com/linux-alsa-recording-very-mini-howto How to get from a Logitech USB headset to an mp3 file with the minimum of fuss. Matthew Smith 2006-10-22+09:30 ALSA;BSD;Gentoo;HOWTO;Linux;Logitech;MP3;Software;Solaris;Technical;USB;Unix;audio;headset;microphone;mpeg;operating systems;record;recording;sound;soundcard http://www.smiffysplace.com/linux-recording-second-thoughts Audacity seems like an easier option for audio recording under Linux. Matthew Smith 2006-10-22+09:30 Audacity;BSD;Gentoo;HOWTO;Linux;Logitech;MP3;Music;Software;Solaris;Technical;USB;Unix;arts;audio;headset;microphone;mpeg;operating systems;record;recording;sound;soundcard http://www.smiffysplace.com/better-performance-and-a-state-of-fluxbox Smiffy dumps KDE in favour of Fluxbox. Matthew Smith 2006-10-20+09:30 Fluxbox;KDE;Software;Technical;window manager;x server;xdm;xorg http://www.smiffysplace.com/new-blog-getting-there Smiffys blog software is nearly useable. Matthew Smith 2006-10-20+09:30 Software;Technical;blog;blogging;blogging software;software;web log;weblog