http://www.dr-jan.com/tips Handy hints and techy tips from Dr Jan. Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:13:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As you may have noticed, if you read this directly from my web site rather than via a reader, I've updated my Wordpress theme. I'm using TigerTom's SEO Citrus Wordpress Theme from http://www.tigertom.com/ So far I'm reasonably happy with it, but I'm not terribly keen on having post extracts rather than full ... http://www.dr-jan.com/tips/2008/11/03/new-wordpress-theme/ I've just finished a post over on "From the keyboard of Dr Jan" about my recent visit to Stockholm. Check it out here: http://www.dr-jan.com/newblog/2008/10/22/hilton-stockholm-slussen/ http://www.dr-jan.com/tips/2008/10/22/hilton-stockholm-slussen/ I've recently upgraded my home PC from Fedora 8 to Fedora 9. One of the big benefits (apart from getting the very latest Firefox and Thunderbird packages) is that F9 features KDE 4, the latest version of the KDE desktop window manager. Fedora 9 To upgrade, I followed the excellent instructions at ... http://www.dr-jan.com/tips/2008/09/25/fedora-9-and-kde-4/ Tonight I dined at the Yo! Sushi in Poland Street, London. It was completely fabulous! The key feature is a continuous conveyer belt which passes every table in the restaurant. On the conveyer belt tonight... is a never ending selection of dishes. These are mainly sushi, but lots of others too ... http://www.dr-jan.com/tips/2008/07/27/yo/ When we visited Norwich recently, we had dinner at the Thai on the river restaurant. It's a floating restaurant, which adds an extra dimension to the occasion :-) The food was good and the prices were reasonable. All in all, recommended :-) http://www.dr-jan.com/tips/2008/07/06/norwich-thai-restaurant/ I was recently reminded of the excellent 'units' program, available with all good Unix systems. Units will convert quantities expressed in one unit in to another unit. Here's an example: $ units 2439 units, 71 prefixes, 33 nonlinear units You have: 12 miles You want: kilometres * 19.312128 ... http://www.dr-jan.com/tips/2008/06/11/units/ Previously on Twin Peaks I wrote about the problems I was having with the Lightning calendar add-on for the Thunderbird email client, to the extent that I had to un-install the add-on and the associated Google Data Provider add-on (which synchronises calendars between Lightning and Google Calendar). I'm pleased to report ... http://www.dr-jan.com/tips/2008/04/24/thunderbird-and-lightning/ Fedora Linux is the operating system of choice for both my home PC and my work laptop. KDE is my preferred window manager. The main reason I use KDE rather than Gnome or another system is the Fuzzy Clock. The clock in the lower right hand corner of my screen uses ... http://www.dr-jan.com/tips/2008/03/24/kde/ RSS is short for Really Simple Syndication. It's an easy way to keep up to date with frequently changing websites. Let me give you an example. This web page changes every time I write a new post (admittedly not that often). Rather than periodically checking this page for updates (or, more ... http://www.dr-jan.com/tips/2008/01/16/whats-rss-and-why-do-i-need-it/ Today I was in the unfortunate position of not being able to use Thunderbird to read my email. I recently installed the Lightning calendar addon together with the Provider for Google Calendar addon. What's supposed to happen is the calendar within Thunderbird (provided by the Lightning addon) is automatically updated ... http://www.dr-jan.com/tips/2007/12/31/disabling-thunderbird-addons/