Author Archives: johnm

Kernel Sources

Posted on February 22, 2006 by johnm

For all of those awaiting a more permenant fix to bug #85559, this has now been done. Hopefully you vanilla-sources users (specifically) will benefit from a big bandwidth saving. Also on a similar note, there has been a lot of … Continue reading →

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tasting that fresh mono goodness.

Posted on February 20, 2006 by johnm

So its been a while since I last blogged, and I’ve decided to give in on that whole “I promise to blog more often” routine which just doesn’t work, but after having a few things happen recently which someone might … Continue reading →

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Long time no chat

Posted on January 20, 2006 by johnm

So, its been quite some time since I last blogged. I thought I better update everyone as to my whereabouts, what I have been doing, and what im going to do Lots of things have happened in my life recently. … Continue reading →

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18 Jul, 2005 GWN

Posted on July 18, 2005 by johnm

So after reading through the kernel@ mails there are an awful lot of people coming up with the same scenario over and over, or the same questions and comments. I thought I would post a blog just to summarize and … Continue reading →

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Cancer

Posted on June 24, 2005 by johnm

I am not sure if cancer has ever touched on anyones lives, but in the past year a lot of people who I am friends with have turned ill through cancer. It is a truely horrible illness which people suffer, … Continue reading →

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Asus Pundit-R’s, Asterisk and Kids on Bikes

Posted on June 24, 2005 by johnm

So its been a little while since I last posted so let me update you all. My Girlfriend (Claire) and I are looking around for a house, making the big move in together. I never realised how stressful just looking … Continue reading →

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death to modconf

Posted on April 14, 2005 by johnm

for those faithful following my heartbreaking drama story of a car and its owner, there is still no progress been made. The weather is getting wetter, and my poor baby is trying to hold the fort against the elements to … Continue reading →

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Stupid French Cars!!

Posted on April 12, 2005 by johnm

So shortly following the purchase of my new car, I was driving home at a very reasonable speed, when all of a sudden a newly passed driver in a citroen ax came around the blind corner too fast hitting the … Continue reading →

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Ex-employers can really suck!

Posted on April 4, 2005 by johnm

So, all in all this has been a fun weekend. The weather has held out which is good, I have a new car (new Hyundai coupe UK US: works under epiphany!) which I’ve been driving around a lot all week. … Continue reading →

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/dev/urandom thoughts.

Posted on March 21, 2005 by johnm

On Saturday I visited the folks at Salford uni to attend the Gentoo UK 2005 Conference. There is a fine write-up on it in this weeks GWN so I won’t elaborate on this too much, but I would like to … Continue reading →

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