Interesting Things

Richard Bradshaw's idea of what is interesting

Secrets of the Eee

Icons exist for the following programs that are no included on the Eee – perhaps these were planned for inclusion at one point. Find these at /opt/xandros/AsusLauncher. Use ls | grep iptv in that folder to find the filename for iptv for instance. iptv kturtle kvisio openarena planner skool splashtop supermario xterm music store googleearth [...]

Writing web apps with AppJet

AppJet bills itself as allowing “instant web programming”. As a relatively competent programmer, I had a look to see whether this tool would be useful to me. The key feature of AppJet is that it allows you to write code and publish it without having to host it yourself. Any application that you make has [...]

How to install KDE 4 RC 2 on Ubuntu 7.10 (screenshot tour)

If you’ve been following the development of KDE 4, then you are likely aware that the most recent release candidate was released a few days ago. To install on Ubuntu or Kubuntu: Remove any previous version of KDE 4. sudo apt-get remove kdelibs5 kde4base-data kde4libs-data Install KDE 4 RC 2: sudo apt-get install kdebase-bin kdebase-workspace [...]

KDE 4.0 RC 1 running on Kubuntu 7.10

Having been as excited about KDE 4.0 as most people, I was keen to try the beta releases, though I didn’t want to compile it myself. Consequently, I waited for packages to become available for Kubuntu 7.10, as this seems the most convenient way to try it out. I followed the instructions detailed on the [...]

Bonfire Night

Bonfire Night Originally uploaded by Rich Bradshaw Just a picture I took tonight – it’s so hard to get pictures like this looking good – this is my best attempt though! The people are lit from a firework, so it was pretty dark – used ISO 1600 with 1/60th exposure to get it light, but [...]