http://smiffysplace.com/2006-10 RSS Feed for Smiffy's Place: posts from October, 2006 en (C) Copyright 2001-2010 Matthew Steven Smith All Rights Reserved dc.blog v1.0b http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Mon, 28 Jun 2010 04:58:53 GMT Mon, 28 Jun 2010 04:58:53 GMT http://smiffysplace.com/seagate-contribution-to-the-rogues-gallery http://smiffysplace.com/seagate-contribution-to-the-rogues-gallery A product page on disc manufacturer Seagate's, shows very poor accessibility accessibility practice, requiring use of specific fonts. Sun, 29 Oct 2006 13:30:00 GMT Accessibility Accessibility Rogues Gallery accessibility adaptability font hard disk hard drive inaccessible http://smiffysplace.com/searching-smiffys-place http://smiffysplace.com/searching-smiffys-place A database search facility has been added to this site, mostly replacing the Google Site Search. Sun, 29 Oct 2006 13:30:00 GMT MySQL Personal Software Technical search searching sitemap http://smiffysplace.com/building_slashem_on_solaris_10_ultrasparc http://smiffysplace.com/building_slashem_on_solaris_10_ultrasparc Brief howto on building Slashem under Solaris 10 (Ultrasparc). Sat, 28 Oct 2006 14:30:00 GMT Software Solaris Sun SunOS Technical games nethack rogue slashem tty http://smiffysplace.com/andruil-the-blade-reforged http://smiffysplace.com/andruil-the-blade-reforged Smiffy finally despairs of running Gentoo Linux on Narsil (the Blade that was broken), his SunBlade, and reforges it as Andruil, courtesy of Solaris 10. Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:30:00 GMT BSD Gentoo Linux Software Solaris SunBlade 100 Technical Unix operating systems http://smiffysplace.com/a-better-birthday-breakfast http://smiffysplace.com/a-better-birthday-breakfast Omelette of smoked ocean trout - one of the better birthday breakfasts. Smiffy cooks up something nice and remenisces. Mon, 23 Oct 2006 14:30:00 GMT Food & Drink Kase Personal Reggiano Parmaggiano alimentation breakfast cheese drink epicure epicurean food fruhstuck fumee gourmandisme gourmet nutrition omlette petit dejuner smoked trout truit http://smiffysplace.com/linux-alsa-recording-very-mini-howto http://smiffysplace.com/linux-alsa-recording-very-mini-howto How to get from a Logitech USB headset to an mp3 file with the minimum of fuss. Sat, 21 Oct 2006 14:30:00 GMT ALSA BSD Gentoo HOWTO Linux Logitech MP3 Software Solaris Technical USB Unix audio headset microphone mpeg operating systems record recording sound soundcard http://smiffysplace.com/linux-recording-second-thoughts http://smiffysplace.com/linux-recording-second-thoughts Audacity seems like an easier option for audio recording under Linux. Sat, 21 Oct 2006 14:30:00 GMT Audacity BSD Gentoo HOWTO Linux Logitech MP3 Music Software Solaris Technical USB Unix arts audio headset microphone mpeg operating systems record recording sound soundcard http://smiffysplace.com/better-performance-and-a-state-of-fluxbox http://smiffysplace.com/better-performance-and-a-state-of-fluxbox Smiffy dumps KDE in favour of Fluxbox. Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:30:00 GMT Fluxbox KDE Software Technical window manager x server xdm xorg http://smiffysplace.com/new-blog-getting-there http://smiffysplace.com/new-blog-getting-there Smiffys blog software is nearly useable. Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:30:00 GMT Software Technical blog blogging blogging software software web log weblog