John Willis
IT Guru and Amateur Photographer
New Gallery Launched!
Feb 2nd
Well the time has come for me to reveal my all new gallery.
This is where you can see all my uploaded photos integrated into my website.
The gallery requires Adobe Flash 10 or greater so make sure you have it installed – then CLICK HERE to visit the gallery!
Remove and reinstall xserver on Ubuntu 9.10
Jan 16th
Well the time came when my good friend Richard asked for some help with his new monitor/graphics card setup.
Ubuntu had thrown him into low graphics mode. No good for his new 22″ LCD and also no good without 3D acceleration.
This fix takes about 20 seconds but will basically remove X11 from your Ubuntu install, purge the files and reinstall it so you can setup X11 exactly as it does in the installation of Ubuntu.
BT 100MB Broadband by 2012
Dec 22nd
I’ve just “thumped up” this BBC Article on StumbleUpon, so hopefully this news will spread quickly.
?http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8424401.stm
For the UK to have super fast broadband, is a big step forward for digital Britain – but that’s not why I want this topic’s interest to spread quickly. On the contrary – it’s a message to the current ISP’s in the UK to get their service in check!!
New Podcast launched
Dec 4th
Well exciting news here at John Willis Productions!
We have now launched a new Podcast hosted by John Willis!
The latest episode can be downloaded here
And includes the following topics:
Snow Leopard – should I upgrade?
Time Machine Backups – now or never…
Games of the moment…
Download it now while it’s still H.O.T. or visit our all new Podcast page to get a list you can bookmark…
Visit the Seal Sanctuary
Nov 11th
After my recent visit to the sanctuary (over half term) for the second time I would highly recommend it as a good day out for all the family.
To get an idea of what the National Seal Sanctuary does take a look at this video: