Better late than never, this post has sat in draft for a nearly three months. I had a laptop running Ubuntu acting as a proxy server to filter all the kids’ internet traffic and decided back in February that it … Continue reading
When I first built the system, I had a problem with an annoying blue line above the picture during playback. I searched for the problem and found a command to change the colour of the line to black, xvattr -a … Continue reading
Mum was away over Christmas, so I recorded a couple of programs for her. This then provided the next challenge with Mythtv, how to get a recording onto a DVD in a playable format. Mythtv has an archive utility, so … Continue reading
My DVD recorder that I have had for about 3 and a half years has been causing us a few problems when recording Freeview channels. We were getting breakthrough on the audio from the cable connection on the other Scart … Continue reading
If you’re not an IT person supporting printers using HP Web JetAdmin software, tune out now. What, you’re still reading. I am surprised! OK, here is some background. HP Web JetAdmin is software that monitors network attached printers and provides … Continue reading
A while back, when I got my new work mobile, I checked out my blog using the WAP browser. The blog was visible, but as it was faithfully reproduced, it meant that I had to scroll all over the place … Continue reading
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