Andrew Conway @mcnalu@mastodon.me.uk
Musing on stuff. Writing about Scottish stuff at activecitizen.scot and more personal thoughts at blog.mcnalu.net
Joined Nov 2017
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TuxJam 70 - Gifts for Geeks 2018 is out. Andrew (@mcnalu) Dave (@thelovebug) and Kevie discuss the perfect gifts to get that special #geek in your life this #Christmas http://tuxjam.otherside.network/?p=382 #podcast
Venus is a fine sight high in the south just now.
How to do a cube shaped poo with a non-square anus.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/nov/18/scientists-unravel-secret-of-cube-shaped-wombat-faeces
Aggressive hand plunging in the shower tray.
#punkBandDebutAlbums
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#TuxJam 68 point 5, a short episode detailing the new feeds, including: #ogg #mp3 and also an uncut feed http://tuxjam.otherside.network/?p=375 #podcast #ccmusic #indiemusic #Linux
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#TuxJam 69 – Tuxy McJamface is out, featuring @mcnalu , @thelovebug and @kevie. In this episode we look at KDE Neon and #Android ebook reader Booky McBookface as well as the usual mix of #ccmusic http://tuxjam.otherside.network/?p=364 #podcast #indiemusic #Linux
Pleased to discover more #fediverse folk in these here parts. In fact, further back than that, folk from status.net identi.ca days.
Tonight I voiced the opinion that I shouldn't sit around scratching my balls, watching old episodes of Cadfael. What a silly thing to say. It's bliss.
Duffercast 14. Sir William of Oggcamp.
Each episode is recorded, edited and then matured in oak casks in a secret cavern tended my magical time spiders. It is then forgotten about for countless aeons, sometimes for all eternity. https://t.co/eEWvdobhFn
https://duffercast.org/2018/11/03/duffercast-14-sir-william-of-oggcamp/
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Duffercast 14 – Sir William of Oggcamp
If you are reading this, it means the Duffercast has, to everyone’s astonishment, managed to publish another episode! Rejoice! http://bug.pm/hq
If you are reading this, it means the Duffercast has, to everyone’s astonishment, managed to publish another episode! Rejoice! http://bug.pm/hq
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#podcast TuxJam 68 - Penetrative Testing Disco is out. Andrew, Dave and Kevie look at Debian based Chinese distro #Deepin, Alite, remake of the space classic Elite, and FOSS Broswer on Android. We also have a chat about #PodcrawlGlasgow. This combined with the usual mix of #ccmusic http://tuxjam.otherside.network/?p=351 Please note that we have a couple of additions: the show is now available in MP3 format as well as Ogg. There is also an uncut version of the show, there were plenty of out-takes after a podcast-free summer
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The jury's out on the Jury's Inn.
Heading towards #oggcamp
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It is the morning of #PodcrawlGlasgow. I'm going to meet up with Andrew Gregory (formerly of Linux Format and Linux Voice) , Dave @thelovebug and Caroline @moosical Lee (the Bugcast crew), Dave Morris @perloid loid (regular Hacker Public Radio host) and Beni (@navigium, Swiss #opensource and #Linux enthusiast) in the Beer Cafe in Candleriggs, #Glasgow today at 2.30pm if anybody is nearby. The actual Podcrawl starts in the State Bar, Holland Street, Glasgow, at 6pm
Patrick, next Slackware and moving forward with KDE Plasma5 https://t.co/uZCkDMSEb5 @beni
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This is easily the most important post on the #Slackware forum for ages. Pat Volkerding is in trouble. https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/donating-to-slackware-4175634729/#post5882751
I'm compiling my own Linux kernel. Not done this for many years.
@lohang hello there!
Fellow Linux users: need to perform surgery on my laptop and first step involves resizing an existing ext4 partition ideally keeping its files. What's the fastest way? Command line methods are fine.
Musing on stuff. Writing about Scottish stuff at activecitizen.scot and more personal thoughts at blog.mcnalu.net
Joined Nov 2017
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