I write about Linux, Debian, Windows, general geeky stuff, making things and just about everything.
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In emacs 24 C-+ and C– increase and decrease the display font size.
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Editing files using sudo and emacs
I often edit config files with: sudo emacs /etc/whatever The problem with that is I would end up with ~ backup files littering my filesystem and also emacs is run as root so it gets root’s config file. I’d rather…
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Fullscreen emacs on OSX
This works in emacs 24, not sure about previous versions. the keyboard shortcut matches Chrome’s full screen shortcut. ; keyboard shortcut to toggle full screen (global-set-key [s-return] ‘ns-toggle-fullscreen) will define Cmd-return to toggle emacs between full screen and normal –…
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perspex bridge building contest
Bridge building using perspex (probably cut using a laser cutter) You could make the rules very simple: use 1.5mm perspex, must span at least 50cm and best weight to strength ratio wins or something
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Open Source Toys
Plans made freely available for some toys, like say a toy crane. Then you can build it yourself or buy a premade one, and when child breaks toy, you can either make or buy the replacement parts for it to…
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bigcommerce support failure
I recently wanted to customise my bigcommerce site with some custom fields. Unfortunately support was unable to help me with this request. Apparantly what I want to do is possible, but it is secret and bigcommerce will not divulge this…
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Tiny fridge for milk in the office
Today’s idea is for a fridge that is just big enough to hold a 2L bottle of milk for the office. Thats the only thing we really want to keep chilled up here so a small fridge would be great.
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test file download
test file:{filelink=1} |end of test
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modifying and building a debian package from source
I can’t work out where to document this so I’ll document it here – maybe it will help someone oneday. If you want to modify a debian package and then build it… apt-get source . Then cd – make whatever…
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Fairtrade Certified Cafes on google maps.
I have created a map on google maps to mark the locations of cafes that serve Fairtrade Certified coffee. Please feel free to add cafes too it but make sure they serve Fairtrade Certified coffee before adding them.
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