by ezs | Apr 19, 2005 | evilzenscientist, Linux, Uncategorized
I had an interesting situation today where my NetApplet icon just disappeared. I hunted around the gconf panel settings – but no luck.
One quick mail to Guy and the answer came back:
Netapplet is a ‘systray’ application. I suppose you are missing the “Notification Area” applet in your of your panels for Netapplet to show up on your desktop.
If you have not already, simply add a new panel at the top of your desktop. Right-click on the panel “Add to panel > Utility > Notification Area”. Once there, you may need to restart netapplet to get it to show up there.
Working just great now – and shared so others may have a googleable fix.
by ezs | Apr 18, 2005 | blogging, evilzenscientist, Uncategorized
I’m in Toronto for LinuxWorld – and I’m looking at more relevant articles on blogging in a semi-closed corporate world. Next thing I find a very apt summary of this at Claire’s Alternate Version of Reality. Seems like Sun has a pretty pragmatic and open policy on employee blogging.
So in the words of Claire Giordano – who worked on the OpenSolaris project:
This conversation made me wonder – if you work for a company that doesn’t yet encourage employee blogging, and you’re wondering about whether you should influence your company to start blogging, where do you go from there? How do you go from wondering about whether to encourage blogging to articulating the benefits to the business to assessing cultural compatibility to persuading key influencers – and finally, to working the logistics?
Next thing I noticed was that all of the seminal blogging and disruptive marketing sources are noted – the Cluetrain Manifesto; as well as Tim Brays more recent posts on blogging.
The post is worth a read – it is certainly informative about the approach that Sun takes to blogging and the benefits they get from it.
Even Robert Scoble gets a mention..
by ezs | Apr 14, 2005 | Linux, Uncategorized, ZENworks
I’ve been asked about ZLM cache licenses.
These are enabled in two places – in the base server.key license file; also with activation licenses for the caches.
First step is to check your server.key enables cache support
The server.key must have a line:
< caches > some number < /caches >
If the server.key does not have this line you will need a new server.key. Get this from Novell.
by ezs | Apr 13, 2005 | evilzenscientist, fun stuff, Uncategorized
Mmmm – Bombay Sapphire – the perfect gin. Mix in proportion with the perfect tonic, add ice, lemon and relax.
Try deep-freezing your gin. The higher alcohol Bombay Sapphire (47%) does not freeze; instead it turns into a thick, oily, viscous liquid – a little like concentrated sulphuric acid.
by ezs | Apr 11, 2005 | evilzenscientist, fun stuff, Uncategorized
Way back in the Pre-Novell days I was amazed at the on-line porfolio of thevoid – a UK based new media company. They were in Manchester (or certainly “Up North”) – but now look to be based in London where the streets are paved with gold.
Some of the Flash-based rendering and animation seems old-hat now – and oh so smooth on a fast P4 – but six and a half years ago this was cutting edge:
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