-
Archives
- May 2012
- April 2012
- June 2011
- February 2010
- September 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- February 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- September 2007
- May 2007
- March 2007
- February 2007
- January 2007
- November 2006
- October 2006
- September 2006
- August 2006
- July 2006
- May 2006
- January 2006
- August 2005
- July 2005
- June 2005
-
Meta
Author Archives: duncanj
Ubuntu 12.04 on my Eee 900
I’ve just installed Ubuntu 12.04 (desktop version) on my aging Asus Eee 900 laptop, and although it’s taking me a while to adjust to the new Unity interface, my greatest concerns after googling a bit (wifi and sdcard drivers not … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Golf Bravo Uniform Indigo Kilo
Yesterday I finally used the Flight Experience voucher that my wife bought me for my birthday. However as it turned out there were a few hurdles to cross first.. after nearly two weeks of sunshine and perfect blue skies, the … Continue reading
Posted in blog, geek, life
Leave a comment
Fighting the Gumblar worm
I’ve been having trouble recently with a javascript worm (‘Gumblar’) which infected my blog & tried to make browsers download some malware. I’ve finally tracked down the last infected script file (a wordpress blog theme header file), upgraded WordPress, changed … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Theme change
Changed the theme of my blog again as I decided it was looking a bit too techy. Not that most of the stuff I post is at all tech-related. No.
Posted in blog
Leave a comment
Cloning Windows 2000 to a VirtualBox VM
VirtualBox is really quite impressive, especially as you find out more about what it does behind the scenes. It just seems so easy to use compared with VMWare (though I’m sure VMWare does more). I finally got my ancient Windows … Continue reading
Posted in geek
Tagged clone, converter, image, virtual, virtualbox, vm, vmware, win2k, windows 2000
Leave a comment
Unison
I’ve recently started using Unison to keep all my photos in sync between my Windows desktop machine, a Windows laptop and my Mac mini server. It works really well, however the other day I started seeing the following error: Fatal … Continue reading
XPDisplay for X-Plane
I’ve been enjoying X-Plane for several months now and figured that since I’m a programmer, it’s time to give something back. I’ve been messing around and have come up with an information display – useful if you have a second … Continue reading
JDarkRoom 14
The beginning of this month saw the release of version 14 of JDarkRoom, the full-screen text editor that has developed a loyal following since its first release over two years ago. The new version is the first for almost a … Continue reading
Posted in java, jdarkroom
Leave a comment
Java Swing UIManager Look and Feel Defaults
While working with Java Swing UIs, I’ve occasionally found it difficult to locate a complete list of all the tweakable colours, borders, fonts etc that form part of a Swing Look and Feel. Here’s my solution to that problem: www.duncanjauncey.com/java/ui
Posted in java
Leave a comment
New Applications for CodeAlchemists
The last few months have been especially busy with the arrival of my beautiful daughter, but I have still managed to find some time to write a couple of new applications for CodeAlchemists. BabyPatterns is a simple program that displays … Continue reading
Posted in blog, geek, life, work
Leave a comment
X-plane
I’ve been looking for a decent flight simulator for years & finally have found one that fits the bill: X-plane. I’ve taken some screenshots of a few Sunday online fly-ins for your viewing pleasure.
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
NextDesk
Nearly three years after I first started the project, the first public beta of NextDesk is now online. Put simply, NextDesk lets you easily drag and drop files from your computer to another computer. If you paste text to it … Continue reading
Posted in java, nextdesk
Leave a comment
Blogging on a train
National Express On-Train WiFi I was on an intercity train this evening, journeying up the East Coast main line from London to Edinburgh; it was my first trip on the new National Express service since they took over from GNER … Continue reading
Posted in geek, life
Leave a comment
BT Broadband
My BT Broadband failed at 16.30 last Thursday. As it turned out, all I needed to do was change the part of my broadband username which read ‘hg4.btinternet.com’ to ‘btinternet.com’. A quick reboot of the router, and I’m connected again. … Continue reading
Posted in life
Comments Off