Osiblog

As you can see this blog has several subpages like photography and about. My problem was to have a page linked to an external website. Therefore I used:

Now it turned out, there is a WordPress plugin available called “Page Links To” When enabled it provides you the option to have a page linked to an external website of your choice. Works a lot better than using Javascript redirects

Page Links To field

general wordpress

When I bought my Samsung NC10, I noticed some weird behaviour of the sound card; when I plugged in my headphone the speakers still played sound as well. This morning I updated my Kubuntu running Samsung NC10 with a new kernel: 2.6.27-11-generic. After a reboot  I noticed I finally had a headphone slider in KMixer.

KMixer

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Linux kubuntu, Linux, netbook, samsung NC10

I have three computers: MacBook Pro, Netbook and a PC. They all have their own data. It would be very nice if I had all my files on just one location (e.g. my server). The only problem is: how do I access these files in a secure way. SSH is an option, but does not quite fit my needs. The solution: NFS over a VPN. NFS fulfilled all my needs, but I do not want to open NFS to whole world through my router.

A VPN, gives me access to my home network and makes it possible for me to access all my files in a secure way. My server (an Asus EEE Box) runs Ubuntu Server, and there is a Linux version of OpenVPN! I thought installing OpenVPN should not be that hard; I just need to find the right tutorial.

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External links, Linux, Software eee box, openvpn, OSX, tutorial, Ubuntu, ubuntu server, VPN

Lately I was wondering if my Samsung NC10′s webcam worked under Kubuntu 8.10. I found this website which shows a tool called luvcview in order to show your webcam video. In order to install luvcview execute the following command:

# apt-get install luvcview

When the installation is done simply execute:

$ luvcview

Smile!

Webcam works!

Linux, general kubuntu, netbook, samsung NC10

When I wanted to start drinking whisky I came across the question every whisky starter has: which brand do I have to pick? By then I only knew the name of the famous Johnnie Walker red label. When I start Googling for this brand I noticed something funny, on a lot of websites people wrote that they did not like the taste. A friend of mine told me Johnnie Walker themselves promotes their Red Label to use in mixes (see image below). I was quite surprised since I thought this was a very good whisky (do not take me wrong: if you like Red Label keep enjoying it!).

Proof: Red Label is for mixes

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Whisky johnnie walker, tasting, teachers, Whisky

Today I bought a new 2GB memory module (Kingston M25664G60, 2GB, SDIO) for my Samsung NC10. I thought it was a good idea to upgrade from 1GB to 2GB. replacing the memory was a piece-of-cake I thought.

When I unscrewed the memory screw on the cap which covers the memory did not came off. I did not want to break it so I was very gentle with the force I used to bend it. I decided to search the web for information about the amount of force the memory cap could handle. I found a tutorial (with video) showing how to replace the memory. It turned out that you really need to put some force on the cap, and finally I managed to replace the memory

If you are running Linux and you are wondering about the amount of  RAM in your system has, just execute:

2GB memory instead of 1GB

Gadgets netbook, samsung NC10

I use GNU nano a lot for text file editing in Linux. One of the things annoying was the lack of a cursor position. Many tools prompt with something like: error on line 42. Nano can show the actual cursor position by pressing Ctrl+O, but I want to see it permanently

Another annoying issue was word wrapping. When I pasted a line inside the terminal and this line was longer than the standard 80 characters the line was broken apart. Imagine a 800 chars line, you have to correct 10 lines of text

The solution to these problems were simple, just launch nano with:

You can also create an alias in your bashrc.conf with:

This will makes sure Nano uses the specified parameters every time it is launched.

GNU Nano

Linux, general GNU nano

Remember the good old days? Sitting behind your 286 machine playing games on a monochrome screen? I do! Actually it was my very first “own” computer running DOS 6.0. I had only one problem: a lot of cool games failed to run. Later it turned out to be a problem that I had a monochrome screen, at least something with my old videocard.

The funny thing was the solution to this problem. I discovered once that I could play the games which first gave an error, if I had run the game “Wings of Fury” in advance…

Wings of Fury screenshot

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Software, general abandonware, DOS, games

A few weeks ago I went whisky tasting with a friend of mine. Our target was a small whisky cafe called L&B. This cafe is located in Amsterdam, roughly 20 minutes walking from the central station. Since we both are new into whisky, we decided to order a so called “menu”. This menu contains three glasses each approximately containing 2cl of whisky…

Our ordered menus

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Whisky tasting, Whisky

Today I downloaded the first beta of Windows 7. I was wondering how this new Windows version performed when running under VMWare (Using 1 GB of ram and 20GB HDD). The first problem started when I wanted to download the ISO image of the beta. I am using Firefox for OSX and the according to the Microsoft site I needed to install Silverlight (I guess this is the way they want to push Silverlight into the market). I downloaded Silverlight and installed it on my Mac, restarted the browser and still no Silverlight detected…

Installation process

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External links, Software OS, windows, windows7