Thanks to DRM, PC gaming just isn’t fun anymore

(Or how to Install GTA IV PC if you’re getting CRC errors).

We’ve come a long way since you used to have to have a PC to play the best games. Granted a £2000 PC with a £400 screen will still out perform any console out there but these days you get to play most [...]

SMTP (email) on another port in Hsphere

By default, Hsphere runs SMTP on port 587 as well as the default of port 25. This appears to be recommended as part of the setup for SPF, so that roaming users can send messages where port 25 is blocked and not fall foul of strict SPF records.

Edit: As defined here

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O2′s DNS servers in “utterly pants” shocker

Well, or not a shocker apparently. Searching around they’ve apparently been defective for months. Only it’s never effected me before because I’ve not used the net at the flat before in the evenings. Never mind, setting third party DNS servers gets things working, but funny to think we’re paying for DNS servers that go to [...]

Image search better than “google image search”?

http://www.picsearch.com would appear to be, a few test queries show far less irrelevant results…

Finding the current Joomla Version

This is just a quick aide memoir, for how to find the current Joomla version in use if you do not have direct access to the admin panel. The version information can be found in

libraries/joomla/version.php

Edit: Just come across a Joomla install dated 2006, for this the version file is

includes/version.php

Moving SMF to a new server

This post is an aide memoir more than anything else, but hopefully might come in handy to someone.

Settings.php

Database access details Local file system path URL (if changing)

Database

There are several instances within the settings table where the local file system path is stored within the database. Whether you pick find and replace [...]

Mounting an FTP account on Linux

Learning to use the command line is one of the hardest things about moving to Linux, however once you’re used to it, doing things becomes second nature and you actually miss being able to use the terminal in those cases where you have FTP access but no shell account. For some things using a GUI [...]

NextGen Gallery for WordPressMU – necessary modifications

Alex Rabe’s gallery plugin for WordPress “NextGEN Gallery” is becoming almost as popular as the integration with Gallery2 and with good reason. I run the gallery 2 integration on this blog and it means keeping both systems as well as the integration up to date. IF for whatever reason you want / need all the [...]

Changing the default sound card in Kubuntu

After adding a PCI soundcard to my machine for the purposes of having a gameport my Kubuntu 7.04 install wasn’t always choosing to use the on-board Intel chip for sound meaning I could near nothing. The solution seems to be the following

sudo asoundconf list

Names of available sound cards: au8830 Intel

sudo asoundconf set-default-card [...]