Monthly Archives: September 2006

Eek. I’ve just been called by the Anthony Nolan Trust, a UK bone marrow donor register, as I am a potential match for someone in need of a transplant. I announce this in a heady cloud of trepidation and the … Continue reading →

Yes, thanks to Stuart Langridge, I now have audio previews in Nautilus, the Gnome file browser. It turns out that, according to this comment, the key to audio previews in Nautilus, is Sox. I didn’t know that and nothing about … Continue reading →

Does anyone know why audio previews in Nautilus don’t work for me? They work for Jono and we’re both running Ubuntu Dapper. I remember him showing me some Ubuntu features way back around the time of the Warty stable and … Continue reading →

I’m going on a long overdue holiday in 3 weeks and I want to take a good Linux book or 2 along for the ride. I’m going for 2 quiet weeks and so I’d like something for the downtime or … Continue reading →