Update! Update now!

May 3, 2016 scaine 0

This made me laugh – http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/04/28/windows_10_live_tv. A live broadcast on American TV channel KCCI interrupted by a nag-ware screen to upgrade to Windows 10. Ouch. But this video is probably the main reason I’ll never go back to Windows. Who the hell can be bothered […]

Ubuntu Touch – Early Impressions

September 29, 2013 scaine 2

I recently decided to flash my Nexus 7 from Android to Ubuntu Touch to see how the new mobile O/S is shaping up. I followed this WIKI in order to get it going. Apart from getting no prompt regarding a “host key”, it worked without […]

Backing Up Your Minecraft Server in Ubuntu

August 17, 2013 scaine 7

I wrote an earlier post on how to create a Minecraft Server on Ubuntu. It’s been pretty popular, so this article will describe a very simple way to ensure that you take hourly automated backups of your Minecraft server(s). This is incredibly useful for a […]

The Other Foot

August 16, 2013 scaine 0

This cracked me up : http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/15/4625502/microsoft-responds-to-google-youtube-windows-phone-block So Microsoft are whining that Google won’t tell them how their ad engine works, despite needing to know this so that they can write their own Youtube app (they won’t accept Google’s one, or perhaps Google refused to write one […]

Getting Humble

May 28, 2013 scaine 0

Another bundle, and I’m looking forward to this one! Check it out for yourself, before June 11th 2013 when it runs out, but for the lazy, here’s a list of the games you can be playing on Ubuntu right after purchasing this one : Hotline […]