Monthly Archives: May 2007

Firefox Plugin: FireFTP

Posted on 30/5/2007 by ShadyCraig

After hunting round for a decent FTP client I finally found this plugin for my favourite browser. FireFTP is a free, secure, cross-platform FTP client for Mozilla Firefox which provides easy and intuitive access to FTP servers. Along with transferring … Continue reading →

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New splitter for the Libra

Posted on 30/5/2007 by ShadyCraig

For Christams I was given some money as contributions towards a new splitter for the Libra (I crunched the old one on a kerb), it’s been long enough now so I’ll be placing the order soon. I just have to … Continue reading →

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Alfa 159 Headlights for the Libra?

Posted on 30/5/2007 by ShadyCraig

I’ve been looking around for some new lights for the Libra: the standard one’s aren’t great without using high power blubs or HID/Xenon units. Ford Pumas and Alfa Romeo 159s both have light pops that could be adapted to fit … Continue reading →

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Looking for a Linux BitTorrent Client

Posted on 30/5/2007 by ShadyCraig

On Windows I used uTorrent (really light, never crashed, nice and quick), but it’s not yet available for Linux so I’m on the hunt for a new one.

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PC seems happy

Posted on 30/5/2007 by ShadyCraig

The Pc did seem to be overheating a bit during DVD encoding, but I’ve not done any of that and it’s been fine since. Maybe the heatsink needs re-seating? I’m now running on StartCom Linux, this a vaiation of RedHats’ … Continue reading →

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Open Source Course Update

Posted on 30/5/2007 by ShadyCraig

I’m now five weeks into my course now and thankfully most of the reading seems to be over. Initially all the activities were reading but now we’re actually getting down to a bit of coding. This week the course has … Continue reading →

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