Monthly Archives: February 2010

Ubuntu Lucid Lynx Alpha3

Posted on 28 February 2010 by Scott Evans

Well I’ve previously posted about some issues I was having with Lucid whilst still in the Alpha2 stage of development, well now that Alpha3 has been pushed out there has been a number of updates come through.  For a little … Continue reading →

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What’s in a name?

Posted on 24 February 2010 by Scott Evans

I’ve been part of the Icinga team now since October 2009. The Icinga project is a fork from the well known network monitoring suite Nagios. Now I have to admit that I’m not up with all the politics of the … Continue reading →

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What's in a name?

Posted on 24 February 2010 by Scott Evans

I’ve been part of the Icinga team now since October 2009. The Icinga project is a fork from the well known network monitoring suite Nagios. Now I have to admit that I’m not up with all the politics of the … Continue reading →

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Google Adsense… are they checking content?

Posted on 22 February 2010 by Scott Evans

I’ve run Google Adsense ads on my blog for some time, but recently I noticed a lot of “get rich quick schemes” and “weight loss products” along with questionable “Software Remedies” flowing through. This leads me to believe that there … Continue reading →

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Lucid Lynx a little unstable?

Posted on 20 February 2010 by Scott Evans

Ok after some hair pulling (not that I have much !) I’ve managed to get Lucid installed on my desktop! 🙂  I struck all the issue that were mentioned in the “Known Issues” but I did manage to circumnavigate a … Continue reading →

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Update to Lucid Lynx Alpha2

Posted on 14 February 2010 by Scott Evans

Well I know that it’s a little early to be doing this (if I’m to be concerned about maintaining a stable system!) However I have decided to update my Desktop and two servers to Lucid. both the servers have updated … Continue reading →

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Game Over!

Posted on 13 February 2010 by Scott Evans

Well today the Cambridge IMT closed for business after all crews were cleard from the fireground and had returned home. The Wayatinah Fire has been contained for nearly a week and with some rain falling in the area overnight (and … Continue reading →

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An end in sight?

Posted on 11 February 2010 by Scott Evans

Well I’ve yet to hear the official word, but I believe that the Cambridge IMT will wind up tomorrow evening. If this is to be the case, then this will end a fortnight of work as a volunteer radio operator! … Continue reading →

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First the Ady Gil… now the MV Bob Barker ???

Posted on 8 February 2010 by Scott Evans

Back in early January the Ady Gil was damaged and sunk by the Shonan Maru 2 in the Souther Ocean off Antarctica during protest action by the organisation Seashepherd and now the MV Bob Barker has suffered damage at the … Continue reading →

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Wayatinah Fires

Posted on 7 February 2010 by Scott Evans

On January 31 a fire was reported in central Tasmania. This fire is is located in some rather inaccessible terrain and also has some logging coups that if they go up in flames will make controlling the fire all the … Continue reading →

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