Opening files from chrome when in fluxbox.

Sep 21

Recently I switched back to using Fluxbox as my window manager and am loving it again. One issue I do have though is that google chrome wont open downloaded files in the programs I would like it to, instead it opens them in firefox, which then gives me a open with dialog. It seems that to find what programs should open which files Chrome hooks into a program called...

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Yet another new start.

Jul 17

Welcome to my new look website. While I know I keep trying to revive my website I think that this time may be a bit different (but please don’t quote me on that), recently I wrote an article for a friends website and found that I actually quite enjoyed writing about Linux again. I have decided a blog based website is definitely the way to go but I will also be...

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Lack of concentration

Feb 03

It seems these days that I have next to no concentration when doing things other than playing games, watching videos or TV. For a fair while I have been wanting to get back into my web development and design but always end up sitting down ready to re-learn what I need and then giving up in a few minutes. I have a inkling that what is making me lose concentration is...

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Ubuntu isn’t the only linux.

Nov 01

It may come as a big surprise to those of you that dont know anything about linux and have heard of this thing called Ubuntu but there are other linux varients out there. Recently Ubuntu has had a new release which has managed to wrangle its way into the mainstream media with mentions on BBC news, admittedly in a piece about Windows 7. This has got me thinking about...

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Retro cartoons.

Oct 10

Recently I have been watching some new DVDs. They are of the 90′s Spider-Man cartoon I remember growing up watching on saturday mornings when they were on Live and Kicking. I remember it being great and it still is. As seen in alot of cartoons you can notice the same animation appearing in multiuple places in the series, as a kid I probably didnt notice this...

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