• Parallel CUPS connections

    I’ve just finished coding up a performance enhancement for system-config-printer. Now after clicking “New Printer”, it starts fetching the list of printer models and available devices while you are still thinking of a name to give to the printer. Previously it would only fetch those lists when you click “Next”.

  • Moving pictures

    Some films seem to be about special effects, or are vehicles for particular actors or celebrities, or are cynical attempts to make money from the movie-going public. That’s why it is so great to see a real story told in moving pictures.

  • Scooby Snacks

    This week’s Guildford Times is running a story about a notorious local businessman who runs several of the night spots in the town centre, and it made me chuckle. This guy often runs into planning permission problems and the like (such as his plan for a huge casino in the town centre), and he is…

  • “What happened to printconf-tui?”

    This question seems to keep cropping up. I’ll explain why printconf-tui is no longer in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and what its replacement is.

  • Jet lag

    Do migratory birds get jet lag? Does it depend on whether they have used the jet stream?