Author Archives: Donncha

TechTV | Using Digital Cameras With Linux – and make sure you plug the usb cable into the right computer.. it’s a long story.

While out searching for a joke Bob sent me, I found Gimboland that looks like rather a good blog!

Linux For the Office – The GIMP, more tips but I prefered the procedure described below for removing red-eye.

Go Ira! – The real story behind the first man to Mars

Scientific American: How to Build a Time Machine – Some great reading and head spinning ideas here.

I use xwrits at work to force myself to take breaks every 40 minutes. Unfortunately I learned that by typing “quit” when the screen locked I could unlock it again. Not now, I supply xwrits with a “random” password like so:
xwrits typetime=40 +beep +breakclock +top -after=.3 +lock -password=`date| md5sum |awk '{print $1}'`
That’ll generate a long 32 character password which is impossible to remember if you’re human (brain boxes go elsewhere!) and too long winded to write down. I’m happy, I’m forced out of my own machine every once in a while for a rest!