Ok, it’s not specifically Linux related, as this DOS emulator has been ported to Windows, BeOS, MacOS X as well as Linux, but I’m excited about it because I may be able to play Syndicate again! I couldn’t even get that DOS game to work in Windows 98 AFAIR. I had more luck running it in Dosemu, but without sound support unfortunately. Dosbox is available on apt-rpm too, which is where I stumbled across it.
General
Blog and lose your job
It’s happened before, and it’s happened again. Good luck with the job hunt Michael! Hi boss, do you read my blog?
General
Sore hands? Take a break..
Simon discovered Work Rave recently. It’s a program similar to Xwrits which I have running on my X desktop. It forces you to take a break every so often and hopefully let your hands rest. I’ve used Xwrits for a long time now, and it’s one of those apps I wouldn’t be without.
Photography
Images From Around Cork
Sunset over the Kinsale Road Roundabout View from just above Silver Springs. Roches Point at Night I travelled down to Church Bay yesterday as night fell. I was hoping to get some nice long-exposure shots of the lapping water. Long exposures cause the water to take on a ghost-like quality I’ve seen in other photographs. Unfortunately, I need more practise! Ss Peter and Paul’s Church, Off Patrick’s Street. Every Sunday morning at 10am mass is said as Gaeilge here. It’s a beautiful building and these photos are part of an assignment for a leaflet on the church.
Photography
Zac and Zara
Zara What are you doing down there? Zac Is this your camera strap? Zara Come back here!
Linux
IPTables Firewall Tutorial
Ronan Kirby posted a lengthy, but excellent tutorial on Linux IPTables to the CLUG this morning. He goes through the commands needed to create a simple firewall for a gateway or client machine and explains each stage well. 2006-10-11 – Ronan’s post has moved here somehow.
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Comment Moderation Is In
Moderation of comments is now enabled on every blog on this server! When someone posts a comment, you’ll receive the usual email with the comment, but at the end of the email will be a link to the Comment Moderation page for your blog. From this page you can list: All comments posted in the past month. All Comments. New Comments. Deleted Comments. OK Comments. Comments aren’t really deleted, just not displayed. I may add an option to “really delete” a comment eventually. I’ve updated the comments on every blog here to “OK” status. This means all current comments will […]
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Comments may break tonight..
Comment posting may break tonight if you post comments on any of the blogs on this site. Please be patient and visit again later!
General
Ten killed in New York ferry crash
I got an awful fright this morning when I heard this story on the radio. Martina and I took that same ferry many times when we stayed with my cousin on Staten Island. I just heard on the radio that the pilot of the ferry may have fallen asleep. He’s in hospital after apprently trying to commit suicide!
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Comment spam on blogs.linux.ie
Well done spammers, you finally discovered this site! I received 3 comment spams last night and others have been hit too. It was inevitable I suppose but now it’s time to take care of the problem. There are so many methods of stopping this abuse of the site and they’ve been endlessly discussed in the blog world. I tried to pipe 2 of the spams to spamassassin but it doesn’t work too well unfortunately. Chances are, it won’t work when run as “nobody” either. I’m opting for the method that keeps the CLUG and Webdev mailing lists free of spam: […]