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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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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Apple vs Google

October 1, 2010 scaine 0

How can I defend Google while slating Apple?  How can someone put Apple down for their “we know better” walled-garden approach to the AppStore, the iPhone and iPad, while on the other hand defend Google’s invasive “if you need something to be private, you probably […]

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Chromium (Take Two)

July 7, 2010 scaine 0

It was September last year when I last properly tried Chromium in Ubuntu.  Back then, there was no bookmark sync, extensions were a glint in the dev’s eyes and GTK theme support was a new feature. I didn’t particularly elaborate in that article about why […]