Had a weird old problem with Ubuntu this morning. I opened the ‘Add/Remove…’ application to install Wine and Flickr Uploader only to be presented with a blank page. No applications listed, not even those that were installed.
After a lot of swearing and a quick Google I found the solution:
Enter the terminal (at your own risk) and enter:
sudo apt-get --reinstall install gnome-app-install
You’ll need to enter the password for your account and have permission to run stuff as root, but it’ll sit and re-install the package. When it’s all done it’ll drop you back to the prompt. Mine worked just fine after that.
I’ve been trying to remember the German word for ‘workshy’. I found it, it’s ‘arbeitsscheu’.
Why was I looking for this? Well it relates back to Sachsenhausen concentration camp. One of it’s first major influxes was the ‘workshy’ and ‘asocial’ from Berlin. I couldn’t remember what the Nazi’s referred to the people as.
Tags: german, nazi, sachsenhausen
I just posted up my first piece of writing to go public. I’ve started a lot of projects over the last couple of years. Some are ongoing, some got ditched, some I just lost interest in.
This Bio/Story is part of my RP (Roleplaying) build up for the Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO game bing developed by Bioware and Lucasarts. Yeh, yeh, I know, you’re all sat there sniggering because I do RP in MMOs. It’s my way of unplugging the real world for a while and relaxing, and if you get in a really good RP group it’s great fun and really rewarding (in our own sad little way!).
The story is here.
FLASH Object Removed
Thanks HULU for worldwide live streaming coverage of the Inauguration.
Tags: obama
Barack Obama was in my bar the other night complaining about the price of the beer, he was stood at the bar demanding ‘THERE MUST BE CHANGE!’.
Sorry… 
America has elected Barack Obama as it’s next President. This is either gonna go real well or really badly. We can only wait and see I guess…
It was with slightly heavy heart that mum and I sat and watched the final Moto GP of the 2008 season at Valencia. The racing from the various classes of GP race was eventful, and in places exciting, but ultimately when it was all over it marked a close of a long era. Eurosport, who, for as long as I’ve been watching GP motorcycle racing, have provided excellent, extensive coverage, made their last live MotoGP broadcast.
British fans for so many years have been entertained and engaged by the excellent, sometimes hysterically amusing, sometimes deeply heartening, always honest and engaging commentary of Julian Ryder, Toby Moody and Randy Mamola, with occasional contributions from Neil Spalding and a plethora of excellent guests and members of the sport, including journalists, team members, officials and riders past and present.
I’ll miss them. Thousands of fans will all miss them. I wish them all the best wherever they go and whatever they do.
I hope the BBC’s commentary and coverage improves, because it’s all we’ve got from here onwards…
Tags: eurosport, motogp
I recently ordered a consignment of Axial AX-10 and HPI Wheely King customising parts from my good friends Charles and Joe at East End Machining in the USA. It was a sizable order and I’ve been waiting on it for a while now. Well I found out I got stung for Customs and VAT on the way in by those great folks (cough) at HMRC. £43.38 for the privilege of bringing into the UK something I can’t buy anywhere but the USA. Thanks. Really makes me glad I live in the UK guys…
Still, Charles and Joe are great guys to deal with and I know already it’s gonna be worth it when I get the package. It’s gonna make a big difference to both rigs, and hopefully there’ll be a lot of fun to be had building and running them in their enhanced state.
Here’s ashot of my new tidy, computer crap free work corner in my room:
Look! Space! Shelves! Foot Room!
Masthead Photo: crash.net
Craig Jones, who rode for Parkalgar Honda, based not 100 yards up the road from where I work, has died from his injuries after falling during the Brands Hatch round of the World Supersport series. It’s always immensely sad to lose a rider in any race, but Craig’s death is one I find particularly hard to swallow. Craig was a young man who gave every ounce to his racing. A friendly, likable and determined character, who was as great off the track as he was on it.
I’ve followed Craig through his career for years, from his days as a British Supersport rider aboard the Valmoto Triumph, through his time at Northpoint Honda, his rather frustrating season with Foggy Petronas in World Superbike, and his recent exploits in the World Supersport series aboard a privately run Honda. Wherever he went and whatever he did, Jonsey never gave up and never gave quarter, he rode to the limit, and occasionally over it, but his talent and determination have never been in doubt.
As a mark of this, it was fighting hard for the lead of the Brands Hatch race with fellow Brit Jonathon Rea, despite Rea being on a faster factory Honda bike, that Craig lost control of his Parkalgar Honda, falling and being struck by a following rider. The race was halted immediately and Craig was treated trackside, and flown straight to the Royal London Hospital, but succumbed to his injuries in the early hours of this morning.
Craig Jones will be sadly missed by myself and everyone else that knew him, followed him and supported him. My deepest sympathies at this time are with his family, his girlfriend, his friends and his colleagues at Parkalgar Honda.
Tags: craig jones, parkalgar honda, world supersport
Onos
We’ve cracked the midnight glass
And loosed the racketing star-crazed
night into the room
The blind harp sings in late fire-light,
Your hand is decked with white promises.
What wine is this?
There are squirrels chasing in my glass,
Good God! I’m pissed!
- Spike Milligan
Tags: milligan, onos, pissed, poem
