Author Archives: Alex

Other Gaming

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Alex

I have just joined the team over at OtherGaming so I should be writing news and helping out over there, if you’re into video games and want some news, reviews or just chat about whatever then head over and be … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized, Video Games | Tagged 360, gaming, microsoft, news, nintendo, ps3, sony, website, wii, xbox | Leave a comment

Spotify finally comes to Linux

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Alex

Spotify the free music application for Windows and Mac has finally been officially ported to Linux, while this is only a preview build and currently unsupported it’s at least a step in the right direction and no more running the … Continue reading →

Posted in Ubuntu | Tagged debian, free, guide, how to, HowTo, install, linux, mp3, music, spotify, Ubuntu | Leave a comment

HowTo: Fix “Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute.”

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Alex

After installing an update to WordPress I received the error: “Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute.” I was unsure if this was down to my hosts servers being temporarily down, going down during the update or … Continue reading →

Posted in HowTo, Web | Tagged error, fix, how to, HowTo, install, update, wordpress | Leave a comment

GIMP (2.6.8) Crashing On Some Toolbox Icons – Lucid

Posted on July 4, 2010 by Alex

:~$ gimp gimp: fatal error: Failed to register GObject with DBusConnection (script-fu:3100): LibGimpBase-WARNING **: script-fu: gimp_wire_read(): error I fixed this error by removing opening Synaptic Package Manager and searching for appmenu-gtk, right click and mark for removal, once this has … Continue reading →

Posted in GIMP, Ubuntu | Tagged appmenu-gtk, crash, DBusConnection, error, fatal, fix, gimp, GObject, gtk, guide, how to, HowTo, LibGimpBase, package, script-fu, synaptic | Leave a comment

HowTo: Install & Use Resynthesizer for GIMP

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Alex

Remember this Photoshop CS5 sneak peak showing off it’s latest and greatest feature Content-Aware Fill a couple months ago, well it turns out a reasonably old plug-in for GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) named Resynthesizer seems to work just as great and because it is … Continue reading →

Posted in GIMP, Linux, Windows | Tagged 10.04, 9.10, alternative, content aware fill, gimp, guide, how to, HowTo, install, karmic, lucid, photoshop, tutorial, Ubuntu, use, windows | Leave a comment

Google Maps Horse Face Guy

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Alex

Well played. Embedded map: View Larger Map

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged funny, google, horse, life hack, maps | Leave a comment

Zoostorm / Ebuyer Extra Value Desktop PC

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Alex

Processor: Intel Pentium(R) Dual-Core E6300 @ 2.8GHz / 2MB Cache Geekbench Score Windows 7 Professional (32-bit): 2871 Geekbench Score Ubuntu: Motherboard: Foxconn G31MX-K (Socket 775) 1 set 5.1 channel Audio jacks (3 jacks) 1 x PS/2 keyboard port 1 x PS/2 … Continue reading →

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HowTo: Find Recently Used Commands in Linux

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Alex

One of my most used commands in Linux is the history command, it lists all your recent commands. The problem with this is you might have to scroll through hundreds before you get to one of any interest, so adding … Continue reading →

Posted in Command Line, HowTo | Tagged command, fedora, how to, HowTo, linux, terminal, Ubuntu | Leave a comment

HowTo: Make WordPress 3.0 Default Theme (Twenty Ten) Single Column Full Width

Posted on June 20, 2010 by Alex

The new WordPress default theme, Twenty Ten, is awesome but one thing that annoys me about it was the fact it’s single column template isn’t full width but instead just removing the sidebar and centering the content. It’s really easy … Continue reading →