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For some reason I didn’t consider Linux compatibility when selecting the printer I would buy, and regretted it immediately. Preliminary post-purchase research on the internet seemed to indicate that most were not having much luck with the Canon Pixma MP500. I contacted Canon USA customer service stating firmly the case for linux drivers, only to [...]

I’ve worked using Arch Linux for a while without a battery monitor app, and finally decided to cure myself of this issue today. (I’ve dealt with this problem before.) I chose KThinkBat as my kicker applet of choice. As expected it didn’t work with my Compaq Presario 1720 out of the box. Same ACPI culprits [...]

None of the Open Source web photo gallery software out there works for me. Mostly they are just ugly and clunky, too many features, too difficult to customize. I wanted the replicate the feel of my hand-written China travel photo journals with more automation. I decided today was the day. Introducing µPhoto, a lightweight, templated [...]

Finally got around to replacing the CCFL on my honey (Compaq Presario 1720 US) today. A venture into the world of soldering indeed. Received the new lamp from lcdpart.com a few days ago, very well packaged, $20 with shipping. Unplugged computer and removed battery. Removed adhesive tabs covering screw sockets, unscrewed front cover and LCD [...]

I wanted to try caching PHP generated content using the Cache_Lite module from the PEAR repository. This micro-guide might save someone trying the same thing a few minutes of hunting for information. After ssh’ing into Site5 or other webserver: % pear -s -c ~/.pearrc -d doc_dir=~/pear/docs \ -d ext_dir=~/pear/ext -d php_dir=~/pear/lib \ -d data_dir=~/pear/data -d [...]