Posted on Fri 29 October 2010 in geek • Tagged with emacs, tramp
I've mentioned TRAMP before. It's a very handy way of editing remote files. However I've been having a few problems with it today.
The most common access method used by TRAMP to access files these days is via ssh. It basically uses a remote terminal session to navigate the remote …
Posted on Mon 25 October 2010 in geek • Tagged with big brother, google, security, wifi
Google was on the news this morning for the latest piece of fall-out from their WiFi survey.
For the uninitiated for some time the Google Street View cars have been scraping WiFi data as they roam the streets. The intention has been to build a database of SSIDs as an …
Posted on Sun 17 October 2010 in geek, general • Tagged with freebies, lrp, wedding
The last two weeks have certainly seemed to flash past. Last weekend saw a flying visit up to Manchester for K & V's wedding. I have left it to others to document and supply photographic evidence.
In the meantime we've both been getting into the swing of the work schedule. Luckily …
The cats have been on quite a murderous campaign of rodent eradication since we returned from our honeymoon. One particularly memorable night found me unable to sleep as Andy was making an interesting set of crunching and slurping noises at the foot of the bed. When I turned the light …
Posted on Fri 01 October 2010 in general • Tagged with home, luggage, visiting manchester, wedding
We have finally returned from our honeymoon although the luggage has contrived to take a more circuitous route back. Hopefully it will arrive later today. I have left preparations for the weekend (Katy & Vince's wedding) hilariously late but we shall be driving up Saturday morning, staying in town (we thought …