Gotcha when linking accounts in Google mail

When setting up the ability to import email from other providers Google offers the option to also send as that account. This requires a confirmation email which is sent to the other provider account (the one you're currently setting up) and may be imported back into Google before you look in the other provider inbox. So, when setting up, make sure you check your Google inbox, to see if the confirmation message (to send) is sitting there.

Drive failure on my LaCie 2Big (possibly gone wrong!)

One of the drives on my LaCie 2Big (in RAID-1 configuration) has stopped working, LaCie reckon it's either a drive failure or a failure in the RAID controller.

Interesting dilemma now - do I return the unit to the supplier (not LaCie direct) for them to either wipe or replace it under supplier warranty, or do I fork out for (or push the supplier for) sending a replacement hard-drive to me so that the RAID-1 can do it's thing, re-sync the new disk with the remaining good one, and not wipe all the files on what is meant to be my fail-safe drive?

Interesting thing is that it's fail-safe right up to the point where you need to fix the fault under warranty!

Think I'll try to push the supplier to send a replacement disk, but doubt they will.

Mythbuntu inside Sun VirtualBox

Just set about installing Mythbuntu in a Sun VirtualBox VM. So far it seems straightforward. What could possibly go wrong?

Solved: Overheating wireless USB

Had a wireless USB plgged into an Ubuntu laptop and it kept overheating and dropping the connection. It was getting very hot and for ages I wondered whether there was a power management issue.

There may be [a power management issue], but I solved the problem by simply using a USB extension lead (M:F) to physically move the USB key away from the back of the notebook; thus giving both more space to dissipate heat.

Now works fine. I get the added bonus of being able to move the USB key to get a better wireless signal.

Ta da!

London Underground ...Overground!

Found a way-cool overlay for Google Maps showing the London Undergroung tube lines run in "street terms".  

The Memeing of Life

Well, well! A blog of my own - what could possibly go wrong?