I just got my USB soundcard working in Ubuntu 8.04. I edited a single line in a file and it worked. This is the point at which sound in linux came from being sufferable to being on the road to becoming good. Well done PulseAudio.
Today was the first day of work which went ok, compared to working at Asda it has the nice people without the mind numbing boredom. Pay isn’t as good but I can work full time without going insane (this is an estimation) so technically pay, overall, should be much better. My manager, John, is nice [...]
My new job looks to be interesting, I’m going to be working at the computer exchange shop in leeds and this will be my second full time job to date but given the working conditions I should enjoy it. I was talking (technically being interviewed by) the manager, Theo, and from what I could learn [...]
I stoped using my Etymotic ER6i headphones a while ago when I got annoyed with the ear tips staying in my ears but having had to use my laptops built in speakers when using my laptop by the window the improvement in sound quallity is pretty astounding. They aren’t the same as my several year [...]
After many trials an tribulations, there seems to be a glimmer of hope for my printer. I have just resorted to some cheap ones I found at Inkcredible (who get a shout out for both a cheesy name and selling 10 cartridges for £16 and throwing in a free 1gig memory stick.) and having used [...]
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