Category Archive for: ‘Development’

HowTo: Ubuntu as a Time Machine Volume

Posted Jan 4 2010 by Oli in , with 3 Comments

Have you ever wished you could use Apple’s Time Machine service over a network? Since I’ve got almost 2TB of storage on my Linux (Ubuntu 9.10) server, I certainly did – but unfortunately Apple only lets you use physically attached USB or Firewire drives, or their own network-attached “Time Capsule”. Well, it turns out theres a solution for us Linux …

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It is time. To The Mac!

Posted Jan 3 2010 by Oli in , , with 1 Comment

In late 2006 I wrote an article about how I switched from PC to Mac, and through frustration over a few petty things I switched back. The main reason was simply that the Mac didn’t allow me to play my PC games, nor did it (perhaps more importantly!) allow me to continue developing MS-based applications using the .NET Framework (a …

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Ubuntu | Remote Desktop Without A Monitor

Posted Jan 3 2010 by Oli in  with 22 Comments

Ubuntu 9.10 makes a great OS for a home server, but if you’re not comfortable using terminal commands to setup and administer your box you may quickly run into a problem with the Desktop Edition of Ubuntu…

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7 Days with Windows 7: Part 1

Posted Oct 11 2009 by Oli in , , with 8 Comments

OK, jokes aside, I decided to take the plunge and upgrade to Microsoft Windows 7 this week. I was keen to see if it lived up to the hype, and wanted to see for myself whether this really was Windows “Vista Redux”. I was an early adopter of Windows Vista, and to be honest I’ve been reasonably happy with it. …

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