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Install xauth to do X over ssh

By AndyB On February 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Everyday Life

I just spent an hour trying to figure out why I could run firefox over ssh from two remote offices but not from a third. The DISPLAY variable was not set when I connected with:
ssh -X user@host

Turns out that xauth is not installed by default (on Ubuntu Server). I vaguely remember figuring [...]

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$42 billion Nation Building and Jobs Plan

By AndyB On February 4, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Everyday Life

That’s the title of the latest tit-for-tat that has made all the headlines today. I’ll be blunt. The infrastructure investment is “good” – goodness knows parts of the country need it. I’d do things differently. But whatever.

However, in terms of the $950 one off cash payments to eligible families, single workers, students, drought [...]

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FeedBurner Migration

By AndyB On January 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Everyday Life

Google has, finally, set a date to move old FeedBurner accounts across onto the Google accounts setup. The migration process is pretty straight forward. Login to old feedburner account. Click transfer to Google account link at top. Wait. Have lunch. Whatever. Update your FeedSmith plugin.

Simple.

Technically you don’t have to update the FeedSmith plugin [...]

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Windows 7 beta (7000)

By AndyB On January 16, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Everyday Life

I installed Windows 7 beta as a Parallels virtual machine on the work iMac yesterday; and then on my laptop last night to try it out. Here are my thoughts so far:

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My Ultimate Backup Stack

By AndyB On January 14, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Work

This isn’t a howto! Seriously. You should know your data. Which means you should contrive your own policies and procedures for backing up. This is simply the stack I’ve decided best suits my needs.

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