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So it has been a while since I posted last and I felt like updating and cleaning stuff up. The tags and categories have been improved and reduced to help with clarity. I have switched to a new theme, although it is still created by the previous designer.

I have also added a Google CSE to assist with searching for a particular post, although I don’t exactly have too many.

I am very impressed with how WordPress has improved over recent times. The automatic upgrade is impressive and will surely ensure that less WP installs are hacked. The theme/plug-in search is quick and very easy to use, thus insuring that people will not be stuck with one design, or missing a vital plug-in. These two can be upgraded on the fly. Overall a real improvement proving that WP is a mature and stable piece of software.

There is only one minor annoyance and that is the speed at which pages are served, I do feel it could be slightly quicker.

Hope you all enjoy the updates that I applied!

Just came across a really good site with lots of tips and tricks for the AA1.

I have owned this dinky wee notebook for sometime now and can highly advise it for anyone looking for a Linux Notebook.

Some tricks I have are:

Alt+F2 > xfce-settings-show > Desktop > Behaviour > Show desktop menu on right click.
The will enable the XFCE menu on right click, which is useful to me.

Alt+F2 > xfce-settings-show > Sessions and Startup > Advanced > Launch Gnome services on startup
This will allow NetworkManger to use gnome-keyring and therefore finally store the keys for wireless!

Simple but effective!

So I had a problem on Windows in that I have lots of directories that are named correctly but I wish the files under them to be uniformly named.

The solution was to use PowerShell, which is an extremely effective scripting tool for Windows, especially if you come from a UNIX shell background.

There is actually quite a lot of documentation available for it and rather than go into detail I will simply show you the script:

#
# RenameDirectoryFiles.ps1
#
 
param( [string[]]$paths )
Set-PSDebug -Strict
 
foreach ( $path in $paths ) {
    if ( !(Test-Path $path -PathType Container) ) {
        Write-Error "'$path' doesn't exist or isn't a directory"
        exit 1
    }
 
    $i = 0
    Get-ChildItem $path | sort FullName | foreach {
        $tmp = "{0:000}" -f $i
        $ext = $_.Extension
        $newname = "$path - $tmp$ext"
        Rename-Item $_.fullname $newname
        $newname
        $i = $i + 1
    }
}

So the usage is extremely simple:

RenameDirectoryFiles.ps1 'My Directory'

After which all the files under ‘My Directory’ will be renamed to ‘My Directory – 000.fileextension’.

I was recently pointed to the English and Polish pages for the MS Business Productivity. The most striking thing about the difference between the pages is that one depicts a white individual in place of a black individual. What could be the purpose of altering the image, surely it isn’t racism, after all the Chinese individual is still in place.

Strange what goes through the brain of MS Business Productivity.

Polish Alternative

English Alternative

So I came across a great game a few days ago. It is one of those puzzles that turn up now and then that make your brain pop. Fantastically simple but frustratingly tough. Finishing this on your own would be nearly impossible. Fortunately the creator of this puzzle added the ability to merge puzzles with your friends, genius!

I highly suggest that you give it a go first on your own and see how far you get. I was completely stumped on some of the stuff and others quickly sliced through them.

Have a go at the Funny Farm puzzle.
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