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Author Archives: J. D. Bartlett
Welcome to the New-Look Sqizit
Today I’ve moved Sqizit to a new host, updated the theme, and fixed the formatting of old articles. For those interested, a brief history of Sqizit: In the distant past I tried starting blogs a few times (mostly on blogger.com), … Continue reading
Highlights
I haven’t planned anything to write about this week. So here’s the highlights of the last few days: “Going Postal” (Terry Pratchett) performed live at the Brisbane Arts Theatre – a thoroughly enjoyable performance. Great acting and true to the … Continue reading
Using Mercurial instead of Drop Box
Recently I’ve had a number of friends telling me how fantastic Drop Box is for synchronising files and how they don’t understand that I don’t use it. Drop Box has one very good argument in its favour: you can use … Continue reading
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TODO Lists
Like most people, I have lots of things to get done. One piece of software which I’ve found useful recently has been GTD-Free, a task-list tool which helps you follow the process explained in the “Getting Things Done” book. I’ve … Continue reading
The Wrong Question: Using Ubuntu With Your Favourite WM
So as I mentioned before, I’ve been using Ubuntu with window managers other than GNOME. But there are some things I took for granted about GNOME, such as the way that it automatically connects to my preferred wireless networks, or … Continue reading
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Tagged gnome, i3, networking, password management, power management, ssh, window manager, wireless networking, WPA2, xorg
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