Archive for September, 2006

How to install ATI Graphics Drivers in Ubuntu

Friday, September 22nd, 2006

Installing the proprietary ATI graphics drivers (with 3D acceleration) will offer better performance in Linux. All of the following methods have been tested in Ubuntu Dapper Drake (version 6.06) To do this in Ubuntu open a terminal (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal) and enter the following commands.
sudo apt-get install xorg-driver-fglrx
sudo aticonfig –initial
Note that you may, [...]

Lateral Thinking Puzzle #2

Sunday, September 17th, 2006

A woman watched her husband plunge head first down a deep ravine. She returned home to find him in the kitchen, chopping onions. How is this possible?
Congratulations to ‘Bobbikk’, ‘Grimore’ and ‘The Prince Of Wales’ for the correct answer, which was that the husband was indeed, a stuntman and his wife was observing him at [...]

Lateral Thinking Puzzle #1

Monday, September 11th, 2006

Here is something to get your mind working. There are many possible answers to this lateral thinking puzzle, but only one is the correct answer. So here goes.
A woman watched her husband plunge head first down a deep ravine. She returned home to find him in the kitchen, chopping onions. How is this possible?
Answers in [...]

The Cutty Sark

Monday, September 11th, 2006

The Cutty Sark. What the hell is that? I had no clue when I heard its name.
Firstly, I thought it was some kind of new cutlery, you know, 80’s style house-wife advert: “The Fantastic New ‘Cutty Sark’, now cuts at only 100 ltpps (little tiny pieces per second). Woooo! Ahhhhh”. Jerking me out of this [...]

Zee Holiday

Sunday, September 10th, 2006

Yes, the reasons for the lack of updates was indeed my 2 week holiday to southern England. More specifically, here I recommend a deep breath, I visited:

The “Cutty Sark”, Greenwich, London
Covent Garden, London
Tulley’s Farm & Maize Maze
Bodiam Castle
Bateman’s - Home of Rudyard Kipling
Whipsnade Zoo, Bedforshire
Cumber Sands, Near Rye
Ashdown Forest, Hartfield
Wakehurst Place
British Wildlife Centre, Sussex

I’ve got [...]

Hey Honey, I’m Home!

Sunday, September 10th, 2006

Wow. How long has this been? Way too long!
So, friends, family and generic stalker-like fans, my sincere apologies for the lack of any updates, but be prepared for many a thrilling update to in the very near future.
Holiday, I have been on. In Kent, I was. Places, I saw. This update, spoke like Yoda is.