MJR's slef-reflections - Entries tagged softwareEntries tagged softwareUpdated GnuPG Key Expiry- April 28, 2008 I'm still alive, so it's past time to update the signature on my gpg key into next year. The key phrase in the handbook is: "The expiration time is updated by deleting the old self-signature and adding a new self-signature." but somehow I always have to look it up, so I thought I'd make a note of it here. It looks like debian-keyring should update now I did --send-key to it, but I guess I'll find out in a few weeks.http://mjr.towers.org.uk/writing/reflections/Updated_GnuPG_Key_Expiry.html Computer things that puzzle me today- April 27, 2008 About gobolinux I can suspend my laptop and it restarts happily enough in X, but playing video results in a strange green square. I've found that starting and killing another X server (like X :1, wait for the grey mesh and then zap it) fixes the problem and I can switch back to my original :0 X and play video again. I wonder if these notes on X suspend and video BIOS by Matthew Garrett explain it. About debian Why on earth did someone change the .changes format so swiftly and why does a...http://mjr.towers.org.uk/writing/reflections/Computer_things_that_puzzle_me_today.html UK mobile micropublishing choices- April 26, 2008 My communications connection I'm going travelling this summer. I don't know what internet connection I'll have (if any) but I'm pretty sure I'll have fairly cheap SMS access from my phone. Maybe even MMS. So, I want to use one of the mobile micropublishers to try to avoid sending international SMSes to lots of people. Facebook doesn't look good - it gives a shortcode (which would cost me extra to use and I don't know whether it works while roaming), has no number for SMS that I found...http://mjr.towers.org.uk/writing/reflections/UK_mobile_micropublishing_choices_.html Dangling the Bluetooth Dongle in front of the Penguin- April 22, 2008 Tux likes this fish-like object. I finally got bluetooth file transfer working between my phone and laptop a little while ago. It wasn't particularly hard, although there were a couple of dead ends. The basic bluetooth layer is petty easy. Start dbus, start hcid, start passkey-agent if you've not paired the two. It seems to be a bit simpler to start the pairing from the phone. Then use sdptool browse to check the phone is seen clearly. After that, it got a bit complicated. obexftp worked...http://mjr.towers.org.uk/writing/reflections/Dangling_the_Bluetooth_Dongle_in_front_of_the... Explaining web site improvements: what's important to you- April 18, 2008 Is this traffic or congestion This is one of those Friday Afternoon Projects - it's been put off all through a busy week because it's unpaid, I'm not completely sure how to approach it and now my arms hurt like hell from travel jabs which are making it hard to concentrate! So I'm going to float it on here... I've been asked to brief a meeting next week about that group's current web site and its problems. I'm not linking it yet to avoid insultingembarrassing them. The site looks OK, but..http://mjr.towers.org.uk/writing/reflections/Explaining_web_site_improvements__what_s_impo... 21 today! MJR around the web...- April 17, 2008 Not done one of these round-ups for a while and I'm really pushed for time today, so here are some sites that I've written on: Property of a Lady Wicca on House Ross Burton: The End Of Homeopathy Enough with the dried yoghurt covered raisins Korerorero: Just random ranting and raving How to host a free software advocacy event Free Software Magazine Raw Output: AGPL One for the Morning Glory: Facebook comments Sam Liddicott GPL3 Questions and Implications Drugs and an Election ...http://mjr.towers.org.uk/writing/reflections/21_today__MJR_around_the_web___.html Talk with People who want to Discuss- April 15, 2008 I spend too much of my time trying to talk with people who don't want to discuss, yet somehow I won't stop. I keep hoping that things like suggesting good advice on meeting scheduling will avoid them repeating old mistakes. The most extreme life-and-death example is probably trying to help with Kewstoke Toll Road, where people still speed and someone crashed off again last night (although I don't know what caused last night's crash - could have been a simple accident). Of course, it's better.http://mjr.towers.org.uk/writing/reflections/Talk_with_People_who_want_to_Discuss.html I Can't Dance- April 14, 2008 My legs hurt. It hurts to sit. It hurts to stand. It hurts to walk. $DEITY knows what it will feel like to ride my bike. How did I do this It wasn't some bizarre biking accident. I was laying cables under the floor between the two offices at the opposite corners of my building yesterday. I lifted three floorboards and four carpets and drilled one hole. Afterwards, I rebuilt some shelves. How did that hurt my legs Today is Blogger Appreciation Day UNOFFICIAL so I'd like to...http://mjr.towers.org.uk/writing/reflections/I_Can_t_Dance.html |