Step by Step : Install a Minecraft Server on Ubuntu

February 23, 2013 scaine 20

There are a few guides out there on the internet, but since I run a few Minecraft servers myself, I thought I’d catalogue the process here for prosperity. This guide will deal with installing Minecraft on Ubuntu 12.04, hardening the install a little, then opening […]

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Android to Android Tethering over Bluetooth

January 29, 2013 scaine 28

I have a Galaxy Nexus (GNex hereafter) phone and a Nexus 7 (N7 hereafter) tablet. Since the N7 is WIFI only, it’s not much use on the bus unless I use some kind of tether back to my phone. Until recently, I’d simply created a […]

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Let it all out (part #1)

January 28, 2013 scaine 0

Sometimes you just have to get it out there, get it off your chest and have a good rant. In no particular order, here’s a tidy list of things that pissed me off in the world of technology recently : This bug, in launchpad, where […]

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Living in Stallman’s World

December 8, 2012 scaine 1

Recently, Richard Stallman posted that we should now shun Ubuntu because it includes (in his exact words) spyware. He’s referring to the fact that the most recent (12.10) release of Ubuntu includes the Shopping Lens by default, which integrates search results from Amazon into your […]

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Final Heroics

November 27, 2012 scaine 0

  Well this is long overdue! I promised, in my last post, that I’d drop in a short update on how the day went – and after all the fund raising, I have to say a big “SORRY” that I haven’t done so until now. […]