Monthly Archives: February 2010

passwd: cannot update password file /etc/shadow

Posted on February 27, 2010 by spgennard

Okay.. I got my pogoplug last week and I have been playing around with it and it is now time to change the root password… so guess what happened…

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Olympic gold medallist Amy Williams

Posted on February 21, 2010 by spgennard

Well Done Amy! – The picture is from Boston.com see link below: Amy Williams of Great Britain and Northern Ireland eyes the track ahead in the women’s skeleton run 2 on day 7 of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics on … Continue reading →

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Reflection and COBOL

Posted on February 13, 2010 by spgennard

For the last couple of months I have working on Visual Studio 2010 and this include Microsoft CLR v4 and I was recently asked how to write a test that determines at runtime which CLR is being used and what … Continue reading →

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Aperture 3 and Olympus EP-1

Posted on February 13, 2010 by spgennard

As someone who really like Apple hardware and software I was extremely disapointed to find that the newly released Aperture 3 from Apple does not support Olympus EP-1 raw files.. All you get is… Come on Apple please sort it … Continue reading →

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iRiver Story – Fonts

Posted on February 2, 2010 by spgennard

The iRiver Story allows the user to install their own fonts, these fonts can truetype fonts (ones with the .ttf extensions). To install the fonts, connect  your iRiver Story device via your USB cable, then select mount/drive etc.. Then browse … Continue reading →

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