I write about Linux, Debian, Windows, general geeky stuff, making things and just about everything.
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Microsoft have made it virtually impossible to find out how to get this driver for Windows 7. If you are getting the error “You must first install the current version of the Visual FoxPro ODBC Driver”, you need to download this driver and…
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Top 3 tips for migrating a server to a virtual machine
I recently migrated a server to a virtual machine, and while it was mostly a smooth process, I did encounter a couple of problems. Ensure that any licensing services will run on the new virtual hardware. Our accounting system’s license…
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Anacron run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/amavisd-new exited with return code 1
Anacron run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/amavisd-new exited with return code 1
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How to make a bootable usb stick in Windows 7 of a debian iso
Every so often I need to make a bootable USB stick in Windows 7 (64 bit) of a debian installer iso. For some reason my googling usually does not reveal a simple solution for this. I asked on #debian on…
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Programmatic CAD, OpenSCAD alternatives
There are quite a few programatic CAD, OpenSCAD alternatives out there. I am collecting a list of them and providing links to them here. The requirements to be included in this list are: Free and libre. They are a programming…
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Emacs: yank a line multiple times from the kill ring
Today I needed to copy a line multiple times in emacs. I needed 8 copies, but how to do that in emacs short of pressing C-y to yank 8 times? My initial guess was to try C-u 8 C-y but…
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Setting alternate hreflang in WordPress
UPDATE 2013-05-03: After writing this I found out my approach was incorrect. I have since removed the code as it was not useful. Dan’s team was kind enough to point me to Virgin Australia‘s site. If you inspect the source…
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There will be Emacs Chocolate at the #Emacs Meetup Melbourne
I decided to make something special for the inaugural Australian emacs meetup. If you want some, come to the Melbourne emacs meetup. Sofia’s Camberwell. 857 Burke Road Camberwell 3124 Victoria, Australia Friday April 26, 2013 6:00 PM
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Launching cygwin emacs from native win32 programs
My business’s accounting program, which I’ll call Canopus, has issues. One of which is that it assumes wordpad.exe will be in c:\windows. As far as I know, Microsoft moved wordpad.exe’s default location away from c:\windows about 20 years ago. Canopus…
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Project Euler No. 2 in Emacs elisp
My second Project Euler solution. Project Euler No. 2 This was a little tougher to solve than No. 1. I decided to use recursion to solve it, and as I haven’t had to write anything that used recursion since I…
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