Sunday, 21 October 2007

Ubuntu Suspend

Suspend was was working in Feisty but when I updated to 7.10 (Gutsy) it stopped. When I resumed all I'd get a blank screen.

This post seems to have fixed things for me.

Having played with these settings it looks like I only need
POST_VIDEO=false
from the
/etc/defaults/acpi-support
file

.

Posted by kevin at 5:18 PM in General

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Friday, 5 October 2007

Books I've Read Recently

Somebody was asking about books on an in internal DevelopMentor listserver.

This is a list of recent books that I've read (and these are just the ones within the last three months)

Revelation Space series by Alastair Reynolds. Hard Science Fiction. First two books are great, the third was slightly disappointing.
Harry Potter an the Deathly Hallows I'm sure you all know this one. It's unremittingly dark
Slaughterhouse5 by Vonnegut
Occupational Hazards by Rory Stewart. Required reading if you're interested in Iraq and what will happen there
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. Because I'd run out of books on holiday, and yes, it is a novel, and it's actually quite good.
God is not Great by Christopher Hitchens. For all us non-believer's out there.
This Book Will Save Your Life. Another Novel. Get the doughnuts instead!
A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian by Maria Lewycka. Very funny. You'll like all the characters by the end
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson. This is laugh-out-loud funny. If you haven't read it, treat yourself and go and buy it. On holiday I read it, my wife read it and the kids read it.

And that was just on holiday Since then it's been

Exit Music by Ian Rankin. Crime fiction at its best
Makng Money by Terry Pratchet (say no more)
iWoz by Steve Wozniak

Posted by kevin at 3:10 PM in General

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IgNobels

The IgNobels were awarded this week

I especially loved this one:

Literature - Glenda Browne of Blue Mountains, Australia, for her study of the word "the", and how it can flummox those trying to put things into alphabetical order.

Sounds like the sort of thing Douglas Adams or Terry Pratchet would write.

Posted by kevin at 12:34 PM in General

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