Author: Dorian

  • A Day in the Life of Dorian for 2009-12-17

    #justCheckers quite the response for developers. More than I can manage actually. # Ugh. It seems everyone who deals with tech, says that word. Different underlying reasons, but its all about “why does this tech not work?!?” # And not work as in not work as advertised. # Done responding to all potential #justCheckers devs.…

  • Developers, Developers, Developers @ justCheckers

    Looks like my recent cry for help with the justCheckers project, was heeded.  I got about 12 responses, and now I’m in the process of picking the core development team.  The developer mailing list is up and functional.   And thanks to Dmitry Platonoff, who I used to work with, gave me a helpful hint to…

  • A Day in the Life of Dorian for 2009-12-16

    E-mails to write, people to annoy and data-devouring scripts to release on an unsuspecting world. Just another day at work. # Hmm… Should I? I probably should. When? Now is probably a good time as any. Name? Working on that now. Rough idea of what I want to do… # #sourceforge please let me set…

  • Identi.ca Updates for 2009-12-15

    Hurrah. Quick hack almost ready for release. # Wow. #Facebook privacy controls are open to all by default? Talk about bad default settings. Remember to audit your #Facebook content. # Oops. I just found out that a bunch of people responded to my call for help with #justcheckers. Damn #gmail spam filters. # Another great…

  • Identi.ca Updates for 2009-12-14

    My TODO list feels like it decided to grow during the weekend. Looks its time to take a whack at it again. # So “Everybody” in #Facebook, means literally everyone, their pet dog and the all-seeing eye of #Google can access that bit of data. Nice. 🙁 # @xopher Tried using qtgtkengines (forgot the exactname)…

  • Identi.ca Updates for 2009-12-10

    @jonobacon Great work on #shotofjaq! I think you guys have found a great format. Almost like a mini-#lugradio, more refined but still fun. # Hmm… Caught up on e-mails yesterday. Is it a chance to start something new? I’ll see after I get this Oracle merge working. 😛 # Hmm… I feel like there is…

  • Identi.ca Updates for 2009-12-09

    First snowy morning. Drivers fail to drive well in snow. Free breakfast was great. Thanks. Epic battle with data migration continues. # !kde, !vim and konsole user at home. g!vim at work. # Correction not !konsole but rather !yakauke… even though thats more or less the same thing once you get past the presentation layer.…

  • News – Google Chrome for Linux, Thunderbird 3.0 & Malware for Ubuntu

    Dorian is currently concentrating on writing and getting things ready for Christmas.  So in the meantime, here are some new stories to tide you over: Google releases Google Chrome for Linux. The fine folks at Mozilla release Thunderbird 3.0 The first major malware attack against Ubuntu users has happened.  I guess that confirms that Ubuntu…

  • Identi.ca Updates for 2009-12-08

    Time to start a new day. First on the agenda, coffee. Lots and lots of coffee. # Powered by modified Twitter Tools.

  • Tired but Catching Up

    Stayed up late last night, and feeling rather tired today as a result.  Still I’m pleased to have caught up on an important task.  Next time there will be less hassle if I keep things up-to-date on a daily or almost daily basis.  A systematic, disciplined and regular approach to tasks has certainly meant that…