Short note
Posted by kiwinewt on 22 October, 2008When dealing with the Viewsonic vx2025wm, nVidia drivers and any Debian derivative, use the VGA cable rather than the DVI cable. This will save you 2+ years of hassle trying to get it working…
I, Kiwinewt, am a TechnoHippy.
Technohippies are a breed of their own. They are not malicious, but only interested in the way things work. They have a broad wisdom of many different technologies. Ignorance and hatred is looked down upon by the technohippy. The technohippy embraces the environment and will do as much as they can to protect it and help it flourish. All in all, a technohippy is a philosophically-open eccentric geek.
Pondering…
Posted by kiwinewt onIs it a state of Zen when you have 100% of your project completed in 66% of the time.. Or is it a state of ohshitohshitIhavenothingtodo! I feel I may be pondering this for a while. Although, I am leaning towards the latter… I wonder what personal projects I could do that would count towards [...]
Another Ruby on Rails plugin
Posted by kiwinewt onI’m on a roll today… This release is still version 0.1, as its the first version I have done and thus needs a small version number. You can see the readme and other fun stuff at http://nate.walkerfamily.net.nz/databasemigrate-plugin/ When you are ready to download it and integrate its awesomeness into your Rails app, visit http://github.com/kiwinewt/database_migrate Please [...]
Ruby on Rails Plugin
Posted by kiwinewt onWoo! My first RoR plugin. OK. So it’s actually my changes to an existing RoR plugin, AppConfig. This release is still version 0.1, as its the first version I have done and thus needs a small version number. You can see the readme and other fun stuff at http://nate.walkerfamily.net.nz/appconfig-plugin/ When you are ready to download [...]
WordPress Automatic Update Plugin
Posted by kiwinewt onJust thought I would do a shoutout to this plugin. It’s just saved me a load of time, albeit it didnt reactivate my plugins properly. Oh well. Not like it was hard to do that *select all, click activate* http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-automatic-upgrade/
Things I didnt realise…
Posted by kiwinewt on 19 October, 2008I have a LOT growing: Silverbeet Cauliflower Brocolli Cabbage Tomato Onions Garlic Strawberries Rhubarb Beans Sunflowers Borage trying to get some lemon tree seedlings going from seed Potatoes Peas Lettuce Spring Onions Capsicum Zucchini (note: not just my garden, the other one I help with) Silverbeet is Chard, and is related to beetroot I have [...]
A LITTLE BIT OF LAND
Posted by kiwinewt on 11 October, 2008A little bit of land is all I ask. Just a small place to call my own, where I can put down roots, so deep so deep, that great-grandchildren still will call it home. Is it so much to ask? a lane of trees, bringing birdsong and colored leaves, a grape arbor, the roses beyond, [...]
Companion Planting Guide
Posted by kiwinewt on 10 October, 2008Companion planting is based on the idea that certain plants can benefit others when planted in near proximity. The scientific and traditional basis for these plant associations are discussed. A companion planting chart for common herbs, vegetables, and flowers is provided, as is a listing of literature resources for traditional companion planting. Generally, companion planting [...]
Plants on trial
Posted by kiwinewt on 9 October, 2008Thanks to the veggie patch re-imagined for this one. I think I shall do this for the next lot of plants to go into my garden: All the plants in my yard are on trial in order to decide who is worthy of occupying the precious little space on my urban plot. The questions: (+1 [...]
Openoffice 3
Posted by kiwinewt on 1 October, 2008To put it bluntly, OMG. OpenOffice 3 is so much better than 2 on linux. Firstly, it doesnt look like it is running in something fun like Wine. Secondly, it will open .docx and the M$ word documents it does open, it doesnt distort the formatting like OOo2 does. Thirdly, its just nicer and feels [...]