by daniel | Apr 10, 2016 | For the Record, Tech
Background Ubuntu 13.10 is out of support (a while back, I know) so about time to upgrade my personal servers to 14.04 LTS – just in time for 16.04 🙂 Only two minor gotchas. Solution Gotcha #1 – Digital Ocean mirrors OK, to get the upgrade process to work,...
by daniel | Feb 21, 2016 | Life
Hi friends, This post is based on a collection of emails I sent to my friends while this whole thing went down. Please feel free to share this with anyone you want to to and who you think would like to know. I’m happy for anyone to know, I’ve just chosen...
by daniel | Sep 28, 2015 | Tech
You know: You forgot to reset your ride on your Garmin and Strava won’t let you split rides (without contacting support). Just use gpsbabel: gpsbabel -t -i garmin_fit -f 2015-09-26-06-25-01.fit -x track,start=2015092716 -o gpx -F day2.gpx gpsbabel -t -i...
by daniel | May 5, 2015 | For the Record
Background The VMware Player (7.1.0) kernel modules would not build after I upgrade to Ubuntu 15.04 (which runs Linux Kernel 3.190 due to compile errors in the vmnet module. Solution wijningssaj’s fix was the easiest as a patch file was provided: VMware...
by daniel | Dec 11, 2011 | Church, Preaching
It is my conviction that the principle of honour has a hugely significant impact on the way that life flows, or does not flow as the case may be, through the relationships we have with people around us in our day-to-day lives. Danny Silk, in his book Culture of Honor,...
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