• Open Office usage

    by  • 12th June 2006

    Ania is writing a dissertation. She knows nothing about text editing, they never taught it in her university. When I had questionable pleasure of being asked how to do something in OpenOffice every five minutes, I have asked her if she can send the file over to me, and I will create some styles...

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    xf86-video-ati driver

    by  • 12th June 2006

    I have re-enabled dri in my X11 configuration. Scrolling through pages is smooth again! Great stuff! It was the most annoying thing for me. An now I can play Video with XVideo what saves a lot of CPU time.

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    by  • 11th June 2006

    I just do not like when perfectly working system is “upgraded” to not working. Today I have upgraded my X.org X11 to 7.1 and … my Fglrx drivers stopped working. Does not matter which version, it just does not work due to binary incompatibility between modules and X11. crap! I had to merge f86-video-ati...

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    Flock 0.7 disappoints

    by  • 7th June 2006

    You would expect to not loose, but gain more features right ? Not with flock, 0.7.0.11.1 available for Linux is a step back. What was wrong with Semi-Live Bookmarks, that is a crucial feature when I am choosing a web browser … and you have removed it! what for… That move just cancelled all...

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    Moving

    by  • 31st May 2006

    I’m in a process of moving to a new flat, so not to much update. Also Ann is with me until next Monday, so I spending as much time with her as I can.

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    Metal Gear Acid 2

    by  • 27th May 2006

    Finished, at last !  It has few more missions than expected, and one expected 😉 Good entertainment , finished in under 20h game play.

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    Ruby on Rails

    by  • 24th May 2006

    Heard about it for a while, I have even used some of its components, with some of my small projects, which never went out of half-working stage. Recently decided, that I will give it a try. What I have done after reading a tutorial, which had more info how to install ruby and IDE,...

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    Last few days

    by  • 23rd May 2006

    I have had a bad Saturday, due to food poisoning. I was sleeping for whole day on sat. Sunday, with just uncomfy feeling I’ve spent day on shopping ( just food – sometimes happens ) and watching movies. Tried to watch Oliver Twist, but it did not keep me for long. Then I’ve seen...

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    Movie Night!

    by  • 17th May 2006

    Started with Inside Man, which appears to be much much nicer than I have expected. I have been told that it is crap, while it really was high. Not talking about Denzel Washington, but Clive Owen, who performed really well. Denzel, his role was not so bright… Finished with Underground 2. After watching Inside...

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