Minecraft Multiplayer Glitches in 1.2.5
The internet is a fairly crazy place. We all know that. We’ve all come to love the internet in one way or another. Alas Minecraft is a fairly stable game, that is until you play it over the crazy-net. That’s where it gets a little bit glitchy. Some of the glitches in Minecraft 1.2 multiplayer [...]
Gnome 3 DE freezes in Linux Mint
So its been a few days now in the relm of Linux Mint and I seem rather pleased with it, except for one small yet critical bug. Every once in a while the desktop environment of Gnome 3 seems to stall and lock up, with no prior warning. An apparent random freezing. Once this has [...]
Minecraft Minor 1.2.4 Update
Those boys over at Mojang have just gone and released another update for the great indie Minecraft game. Unlike the last major Minecraft update which brought us new features like the jungle biomes, defensive iron golems and cute little jungle ocelots, update 1.2.4 is mainly a bug fixing update. That’s not to say we don’t [...]
Linux: GStreamer Installation is Missing a plug-in
After recently upgrading to Linux Mint (well worth a dabble if you’re bored of your current OS), I restored all my files from the backups I took. One thing I find that is key to working on a computer 24/7, is a large collection of music, played via a good media player. My choice of [...]
Oooo so minty and fresh!
It was time for a new start. Out with the old. In with the new. From this point on, Linux Mint will be my proverbial guide in the world of Linux. Ubuntu had let me down, leaving me stranded in a world of limbo. So its officially sayonara Ubuntu, we had some good times. [...]
Goodbye Ubuntu
I’ve been an avid user of Ubuntu for many users, from desktops and laptops, all the way up to servers. Like all good things however, my journey with Ubuntu is drawing to a close. Or more correctly, its being closed for me. With Ubuntu’s move to use the Unity desktop environment several months ago (see [...]
Minecraft – The Beginning or the End
The other night I was over at a friends for dinner and to watch both [REC] films, but while he was whipping up a tasty meal in the kitchen I was left to play on his Minecraft account. I’d never seen it or played it before, but thought I’d give it a bash. “But Minecraft” [...]
Meta X to IE’s Rescue
Compatibilitiy between browsers is always a major issue when developing websites, any web developer should tell you that. The more browsers you want to support, the number of hacks or tricks seems to grow exponentially. There’s always a trade off between development time and number of browsers you want to reach. One of the compatibility issues [...]
Cant enter Linux Wireless Password
Okay so a nice short article on something that was causing me a lot of grief! I came home from work and for some reason unknown to me, over the course of the day my laptop had lost the WPA (WiFi Protected Access) code to connect securely with my home wireless network. Okay a little [...]
Top 5 WordPress plugins so far
Everyone loves a top X list. Whether its the top 10 music charts or your top 3 holiday resorts, the lists just work. They’re just a great way of sharing someone opinions in a quick and slightly organised list. Well, since I’ve been lurking around the WordPress woods for the last few months, and with [...]