Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Dell 1320C on Ubuntu 18.04 +
I finally got round to sorting out the Dell 1320C colour laser printer for modern Ubuntu distros. The Dell 1320c is a rebadged Fuji printer that couldn’t give a crap about you wanting to use generic toners. So perfect for my minimal printing that causes inkjet cartridges to block up due to lack of use.…
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Linux Firewall Options in 2013 Part 2
I did get round to having a play with ZeroShell. I found it to be an excellent UTM appliance. The only snag with this distro was that it is designed to be run from CD-ROM and store it’s config on a flash drive. I’m a big fan of installing to hard disk wherever possible, particularity…
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Linux Firewall Options in 2013
I’m a bit security conscious with my network at home. I run a perimeter firewall sat directly behind the DSL Modem which then feeds multiple internal networks. Since 2003 I have been running Smoothwall Express for this purpose. It has performed well in this role, the main concern I have is that development support from…
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Get_iplayer under Debian Squeeze
Since I’ve been using my tablet on commutes to catch up on Have I Got News For You and Jools Holland, I’ve needed a way to download from iPlayer. I happened across get_iplayer via a bit of Googling. All looked relatively straightforward to set-up. However I did find some codec issues, as the BBC do…
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Bravo Audio
I spent a bit of time over the Jubilee Weekend burning in the Bravo Audio Headphone Amp. The amp runs an 12AU7 valve which is a dual triode tube, which gives an independent stereo path through a single component. The amp (pictured left) was always designated to live in the office, as I spend a significant…
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Arnova 9G2 ICS Update
The Arnova is a not badly specced budget tablet. I orignially wanted a fairly low spec tablet so that I didn’t try to do things with it that were better suited to being undertaken on a fully fledged machine.
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New blog
Hello all, I’ve decided to embark on a new blog. Some for other’s interest, mainly for mine though. I like playing with software and hardware, and this gives me a space to document what I’m doing with either. It also serves as an aide memoir when something I’ve been using for ages fails, and I…
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