Daily Archives: November 5, 2006

Unplugging USB Sticks Considered Harmful To Children

Today I was sat at the computer with Gedit open with a dozen or so “not saved recently but open” documents that reside on a 1GB USB stick currently plugged into the USB port on the top.

Sophie walks up and pulls the USB stick out. The first I notice is this dialog on my …

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Late Report From Linux World Expo 2006

Day zero

I packed up the car with one desktop PC running Edgy, one 20″ LCD panel, two laptops (in bags) and a box of assorted cables and sundries. I knew Nik would be there already so I ensured I had his mobile number so we could arrange the meet up and hand-over of my …

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