http://giggsey.com Not another one... Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:47:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Something of a rare sight here, my actual blog has been restored and updated. I've gone and deleted some worthless posts, which just fill in the gaps (a bit like this one?). I look back, and see my last posts were in August 2007, so a quick run down on the ... http://giggsey.com/2008/03/26/a-blast-from-the-past/ I've been having a problem on my PC with mobprobe abnormally exiting when booting. After some hard work, I've managed to find out why and how to fix it. The problem seems to occur when you have a SiS650 motherboard. It seems to be a bug with Ubuntu Feisty, and ... http://giggsey.com/2007/08/06/ubuntu-feisty-modprobe-solved/ Recovery CDs, the "easy" way to reinstall your computer if it encounters a fault, but really how easy is it? These disks come with your brand new computer, and you only realise what they are for when you need them. But do they actually help your computer? Lets follow two ... http://giggsey.com/2007/07/30/recovery-cds/ After 3 weeks of hard cycling, going from London, to the south coast of France, and back up to Paris, the Tour de France is over for 2007. The Spanish rider finished the amazing race in 91 hours and 26 seconds, only 23 seconds ahead of second place Evans. After ... http://giggsey.com/2007/07/29/contador-wins-tour-de-france-2007/ Although its currently unfinished, I thought it would be best to let the public see Windows Web. This is a CSS and JavaScript project, making my Windows XP machine in a firefox browser window. You can find out more information by clicking the Windows Web link above. Update: Unfortunately, the Windows ... http://giggsey.com/2007/07/28/windows-web-2007/ The Tour de France this year is a shambles, to put it simply. With Michael Rasmussen, the yellow jersey wearer as of Wednesday, being dismissed by his team, and the pre-tour favourite Alexandre Vinokourov being chucked out from anomalies in his red blood cells. Whats more dishearting for the Tour ... http://giggsey.com/2007/07/26/le-tour-de-desordre/ For those who know me, I'm a Die Hard fan. I've seen all three multiple times, and numbers two and three countless times. Of course, with the upcoming release of Die Hard 4.0, it is set in my calender as a film I have to see shortly after its release. However, ... http://giggsey.com/2007/05/16/yippe-ki-yay-mother/ The fact that this is being written in gedit in Ubuntu shows that finally, my wish has worked. I now have a working Ubuntu system. True its only my old PC running at 800x600 with no mouse and no network, but its better than nothing. I haven't really been able ... http://giggsey.com/2007/05/08/ubuntu-linux-revisited/ Dead Penguin Linux (DPL) is a new Linux distribution, made by the gaggle over at Shenfield High School. It’s a lightweight distribution with an incredible punch, capable of running vast and complex systems using the unique processing power of a dead penguin. DPL uses a source based package system called ... http://giggsey.com/2007/04/30/dead-penguin-linux-01-released/ So I decided to try this thing called Ubuntu today, not sure what it means. It's a version of something called 'Li-nux'. I wish! As people who keep up with the tech news know, the new version of Ubuntu came out within the last few weeks, Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn. I ... http://giggsey.com/2007/04/29/the-antics-of-ubuntu/