Author Archives: Brian

Wildfire upgrade woes (nearly)

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Brian

We now have 2 HTC Wildfire phones in our household so there was great satisfaction when Three eventually released Android 2.2 (Froyo). Upgraded the first phone no bother but when the second was done, on restart, we continually got the … Continue reading →

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Printing from a mobile phone

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Brian

One of the biggest issues I have had with my HTC Desire is how to print from it. The solution I found is by using Dropbox. There are several scripts around but frankly they didn’t work. So here is my … Continue reading →

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Fixing wordpress-mobile-pack

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Brian

So, I want to post to my blog from my phone. I installed the mobile-pack but when I tried to get to the new post page the link was not correct. As I’m posting this from the phone I can’t … Continue reading →

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HOWMANY for Grub 2

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Brian

One of the things lost in moving to Grub2 is the lack of the #HOWMANY option to limit the number of Kernels presented in the Grub Menu.  This was a great option especially if you dual boot otherwise every time … Continue reading →

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Wembley Trip

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Brian

Well it didn’t quite go to plan. Tickets to see Chelsea play Moan U at Wembley in the Community Shield were just too good an opportunity to miss. Train down on Saturday and stay at my sisters, David an I … Continue reading →

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