Virtual PC is infamous for it’s inability to support Linux installations. There are always hacks required to get through the installation, but once installed your Linux machine should work fine.
So I wasn’t completely surprised when I ran into issues while trying to install the latest server version of Ubuntu 8.04. A quick Google search lead [...]
30 April 2008
Installing Ubuntu 8.04 Server on Virtual PC 2007
25 April 2008
Elliot with Minnie
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Elliot with Minnie, originally uploaded by stuartmaxwell.
Our favourite photo of Elliot yet.
¶Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron – First impressions
I’ve been following Ubuntu since it’s inception in 2005 with Warty Warthog which was labelled 4.10. Each year since then they’ve released two versions a year – one in April and one in October – and this is where the version number comes from. For example, the 8 in 8.04 is from the year 2008, [...]
¶24 April 2008
State of rugby in NZ
After the early exit from the World Cup, NZ rugby seems to be losing support of their traditionally fanatic fans. There’s a real feeling of apathy towards rugby union at the moment – the rules have changed, the season is too long, and interest is waning.
I’ve lost all interest in the Super 14 although I [...]
23 April 2008
Flickr videos and choosing the right video editing software
When Flickr announced their new video service that allows you to store your videos in-line with your photos, I thought it was time to start processing all the videos that we’ve taken of Elliot over the last 10 months and start posting them online.
Turns out that video editing and processing is a lot harder than [...]
16 April 2008
Britain’s Got Talent produces another star
In the first round of Britain’s Got Talent 2008, a 13 year old boy has wowed the crowds and is destined to be the next big star. Andrew Johnston has been bullied at school because of his singing, but his first, nervous performance says it all…
¶8 April 2008
OOXML and the fast track approval from ISO
By now most of you have read that Microsoft have been successful in getting the required number of votes necessary for their Open Office XML (OOXML) file formats specification to be fast tracked towards approval as an ISO/IEC standard. This means that no further review of the specification is necessary and unless any voting members [...]
¶7 April 2008
Find Your Friends with Flickr
Flickr unveiled a new feature recently that enables you to search through your address books in various email systems to find contacts that are also on Flickr. If you’ve used one of the many social networking sites, you’ll realise that this isn’t a new feature – most other social networking sites allow you to search [...]
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