Category Archives: Personal

Personal opinions and thoughts

Installing TwonkyServer on Ubuntu Lucid Lunx 10.04.1

Posted on November 2, 2010 by billy

Update – Monday 26th December 2011. Being a long term Logitech  Squeezebox owner, I’m pleased to see that they have now incorperated a DNLA Server into their software and renamed it  “Logitech Media Server“. I now no longer use  Twonkyserver … Continue reading →

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Installing Squeezeboxserver 7.5.1 on Hardy Heron

Posted on October 28, 2010 by billy

I’ve recently had to install Squeezebox 7.5.1 server on a virtual machine running Ubuntu Hardy Heron, so I though I would blog some instructions (just to remind me) and help anyone else. Download Squeezebox 7.5.1 to your machine from here  Or … Continue reading →

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Teaching myself Perl

Posted on October 21, 2010 by billy

I’m currently teaching myself perl, so I’m going to post any useful link that I find on here. I’m finding it quite interesting so far. Beginning Perl (Free) Everybody’s first program and my first perl program. This is what I’ve … Continue reading →

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New Addition to the Family

Posted on September 29, 2010 by billy

On Tuesday 21st September at 18.41 GMT my lovely wife gave birth to our first child Matthew Campbell Dickson. Our wee bundle of joy was 7lb 1oz or 3.210 kg, currently looking for that mythical beast called sleep but loving … Continue reading →

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Backing up your DVD’s using Linux DVD::Rip

Posted on September 8, 2010 by billy

Just a reminder to myself really, these setting work fine for me and I use them to rip/backup DVD, also, it allows me to stream them via my PS3 to my telly and/or other PC’s in the house. Feel free … Continue reading →

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