Author Archives: rathervague

Out of time?

Time is actually speeding up (or collapsing). For thousands of years the Schumann Resonance or pulse (heartbeat) of Earth has been 7.83 cycles per second, The military have used this as a very reliable reference. However, since 1980 this resonance has been slowly rising. It is now over 12 cycles per second! This mean there [...]

New Bike – Specialized Allez 16 2010 Road Bike

Frame: Specialized Allez A1 Premium aluminium, fully manipulated tubing, smooth weld compact race design, integrated headset Fork: Allez carbon, carbon fibre legs, aluminium crown and steerer Front Derailleur: Shimano 2300 Rear Derailleur: Shimano 2300 Shifters: Shimano 2300 STI, flight deck compatible Chainset: Shimano 2300 Chainrings: 52 x 39T Bottom Bracket: Cr-Mo axle, 68mm x 113mm [...]

Fedora 11 – things to remember

General Press space on boot to enter grub menu Select different run-times by Ctrl-Alt-1, Ctrl-Alt-2, Ctrl-Alt-3, etc.. Turn off PC speaker (beep) su rmmod pcspkr echo “blacklist pcspkr” >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist Compiz Fusion On A Fedora 11 Installation guide Install Skype su -c ‘gedit /etc/yum.repos.d/skype.repo’ copy the following lines: [skype] name=Skype Repository baseurl=http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/fedora/updates/i586/ enabled=1 gpgkey=http://www.skype.com/products/skype/linux/rpm-public-key.asc gpgcheck=0 [...]