Author Archives: Ben

First Post (of 2013)!

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Ben

Alright, New Year’s is over, and it’s 2013.  I didn’t put a whole lot of thought into resolutions, but here are a few things I’ve been thinking of regarding this site: Projects.  I mentioned the inverter, and that and some … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Eve

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Ben

This will be my last post of 2012!  The world didn’t end, which is nice, although certainly some things could have gone a lot better than they did.  All I’m going to say is that we must stay positive, and … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas 2012!

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Ben

The world didn’t end, although the past week and a half haven’t really been the greatest.  Nevertheless, we come to another Christmas.  So whatever you celebrate, I hope you’re well.

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Power Inverter

Posted on November 3, 2012 by Ben

I have a terrible habit of thinking of projects that would be neat, starting to work on them, then forgetting about them or otherwise leaving them until some point in the future at which I remember them, and then the … Continue reading →

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Happy Halloween!

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Ben

I hope you all had a great Halloween!  I didn’t do too much, and didn’t even get too many trick-or-treaters, but I did carve a pumpkin: One thing to note for next year, though is to be careful of the … Continue reading →

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No Icons on Cinnamon Desktop

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Ben

I’ve posted before about Linux Mint, as well as using Xfce.  While I hadn’t gotten Cinnamon working on the older machine, I did realize that there is in fact an ebuild for this on Gentoo.  I’ve been trying it on … Continue reading →

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Trying Linux Mint 13

Posted on September 8, 2012 by Ben

I had been curious to try out Linux Mint (see also the Wikipedia entry) for a while now.  Basically, it’s a distribution based on Ubuntu, which aims to provide a better out-of-the-box experience by including some proprietary software.  Ie, when you … Continue reading →

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XFCE/Nautilus Hybrid Desktop

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Ben

It’s been a while since posting here, but I haven’t forgotten about you .  I’ve still been mulling over (read: procrastinating) on some things, but a lot of that has been put on hold due to some positive developments in … Continue reading →

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Nautilus and vsftpd

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Ben

Just recently I was playing around with setting up an anonymous FTP server using the excellent vsftpd software.  (The ‘vs’ is for ‘very secure’.)  To test this out, I decided to connect from Nautilus, on my Ubuntu laptop.  Unfortunately, I … Continue reading →

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Projects

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Ben

I’ve mentioned before that I’m into solar power, and that there are a couple projects I’m getting into.  Well, I’ve been thinking about a couple things for a long time, but I’m just now starting to get into serious development.  … Continue reading →

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