http://blogs.ubuntu-nl.org/dennis ...or so they say Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:11:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ubuntu-nl has outgrown its server. To reduce load on it, I've moved the USN and -changes feeds to feedburner. Here are the updated locations: http://feeds.ubuntu-nl.org/UbuntuSecurityNotices http://feeds.ubuntu-nl.org/DapperChanges http://feeds.ubuntu-nl.org/EdgyChanges http://feeds.ubuntu-nl.org/FeistyChanges http://feeds.ubuntu-nl.org/GutsyChanges http://feeds.ubuntu-nl.org/HardyChanges http://feeds.ubuntu-nl.org/IntrepidChanges (still empty of course :)) http://blogs.ubuntu-nl.org/dennis/2008/04/25/ubuntu-security-notices-and-updates-feeds-changed-location/ Argh, as part of a top 25 of "Bad but Gold" songs (think YMCA and co), TMF just aired Rick as well. RICKROLLED! http://blogs.ubuntu-nl.org/dennis/2008/03/23/rickrolled/ Inspired by the latest launchpad news, here is a better version of launchpadduser.py. It does more sanity checking, can be used as a module and allows you to use a different name locally than on launchpad (eg sudo ./launchpadduser.py --launchpad-name kiko christian) Enjoy! In related news: It's now happened too often ... http://blogs.ubuntu-nl.org/dennis/2008/03/22/user-management-tricks/ Fact one: Women who have their monthly problems need chocolate and preferably lots of it Fact two: My girlfriend like to bake pies Fact three: She has her monthly problems now (why else would I be blogging instead of spending time with her) Result: Now this is bad for you but tastes soooooo good! http://blogs.ubuntu-nl.org/dennis/2008/02/03/chocolate/ When I was fixing the Ubuntu setup on the pc of a now happy Ubuntu user, he pointed me to a video on youtube called "Achmed the terrorist". Achmet is one of Jeff Dunhams puppets and he is a dead suicide bomber who threatens to kill in an increasingly squeeky ... http://blogs.ubuntu-nl.org/dennis/2008/01/13/ventriloquists/ xs4all, the best ISP in the Netherlands, now offers free wifi at KPN hotspots to its members. This is excellent, since 3 stations I pass when traincoding now have wifi I can use, so I can use documentation when hacking and not look like an arse because I don't read ... http://blogs.ubuntu-nl.org/dennis/2008/01/11/traincoding-network-manager-annoyance/ ...oh wait new year ...oh crap, it's the 11th already Been quite busy the past weeks, so not much writing has happened. After christmas I finally picked up work on falcon again. Version 2.0.0 was finally finished and Brandon Holtsclaw was kind enough to upload it to Ubuntu, Yeah! Of course a ... http://blogs.ubuntu-nl.org/dennis/2008/01/11/so-here-it-is-merry-christmas/ The past few weeks I've had to make some non-trivial choices regarding my future career and sadly this took up pretty much all my time. Since some people have wondered where I have been lately, I'm posting it here. Then again, most people probably won't care so I'll use a ... http://blogs.ubuntu-nl.org/dennis/2007/12/01/career-defining-moments/ X does 'weird' things on this machine (trident chip), looks like a moire effect so I assume sync issues. Being an X noob, I can't figure out how to fix this,  following hints found on the web (mostly involving modelines) didn't work either. Is there anyone out there who reads ... http://blogs.ubuntu-nl.org/dennis/2007/11/28/ubuntu-on-toshiba-satellite-s2670/ To my shock, I didn't find a way to enumerate all permutations of a set of items in any reasonably standard python module. (aka installed when I found out on the train). Of course this has been implemented many times before but I'm sharing it anyway :) A set of ... http://blogs.ubuntu-nl.org/dennis/2007/11/10/traincoding-permutations-in-python/ Update: keybuk points out that this is pretty useless and that you should read documentation instead. Every day, I travel about 80 minutes to work and 80 minutes back, by public transport. This is rather boring but fortunately I usually have my laptop with me, so I can do some work ... http://blogs.ubuntu-nl.org/dennis/2007/11/04/traincoding-part-one-per-thread-global-variables/ Back in 2005, when Ubuntu was still young and #ubuntu small (less than 300 users), I became Ubuntu member and IRC operator. At the latest Ubuntu release the channel peaked at over 1600 and usually has more than 1200 users. It's been fantastic to see this growth in #ubuntu and ... http://blogs.ubuntu-nl.org/dennis/2007/10/31/end-of-an-era-beginning-of-another/ Is it just me or is lwn slowly turning into "Ubuntu weekly news"? It looks like  all details of Ubuntu development are important enough to mention. I'm an Ubuntu fan and I like seeing Ubuntu getting press coverage, but this is ridiculous. This particular announcement is only important for developers, ... http://blogs.ubuntu-nl.org/dennis/2007/10/26/lwn-becoming-uwn/ I hate passwords. Thoroughly. I always forget them, so I tried several password managers but I don't really like any of them. Revelation is the nicest so far, but it misses some flexibility. Ideally, a password manager would be just an editor that saves files encrypted, so I tried mped ... http://blogs.ubuntu-nl.org/dennis/2007/10/24/the-ultimate-password-manager/