Repairing Linux

Repairing Linux

sudo SKIP_PACKAGE_CHECK=1 ./DaVinci_Resolve_19.1.4_Linux.run -i That was what it took to render my system, running Ubuntu 24.04 unbootable. I'd been trying to install the free version of DaVinci Resolve and was running into dependency issues with: libapr1 libaprutil1...

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The Redemption: Kickboxer 5

The Redemption: Kickboxer 5

Nearly done. Just two films to go. This 5th Kickboxer film feels like it throws all lore out of the window. I can't remember if it even mentions the Sloane brothers at all. They've also selected a new bad-guy country: South Africa. The story-line is much the same as...

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Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor

Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor

Assuming that no one remembers the first three movies, they kindly give us a full recap of the story thus far at the beginning of this fourth installment. Which was good, because I'd clearly missed some detail. While Kickboxer 3 was an improvement on the previous two,...

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Kickboxer III: The Art of War

Kickboxer III: The Art of War

The best Kickboxer movie yet! Which isn't saying a whole lot. David and Xian are in Rio for an exhibition match. A couple of kids end up snatching David's camera in a typical tourist setup. Camera on the table, one kid comes and tries to sell you something, makes a...

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Kickboxer 2

Kickboxer 2

I didn't think I'd be back so soon, but plan changes this afternoon gave me some free time to squander. And what better way than by watching a film. I should have picked a better film. But plans are plans and Kickboxer 2: The Road Back was next in line after...

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Kickboxer(s)

Kickboxer(s)

I have distinct memories of going to the video rental place in Höganäs as a kid. The pinball machines that I adored were there, and I got to play a few rounds with dad. But there was also this promo for Kickboxer as a larger-than-life-size cutout. I thought it was the...

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Ubuntu 24.04 Bug

Ubuntu 24.04 Bug

There's a weird bug in Ubuntu 24.04 where some windows cannot be resized if you've got your system set to automatically log in when you boot up the computer. Odd. If you log out and log back in, everything works fine again. But I don't want to have to do that. So I...

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GoPro Filenames

GoPro Filenames

I have a GoPro Hero4 Session. This little camera was amazing when it came out. I still think it's still pretty amazing today. (Aside from one annoyance: I can't get Quik to connect to it from my Android phone because it insists that there's a PIN set on it.) It does...

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Murderbots

Murderbots

Am I completely enamoured by casting a giant manly man as the androgynous-ish Murderbot? No. Am I excited for Murderbot? Yes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEioDeOiqEs I just need to finish reading all the books before it comes out.

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Ubuntu.

Ubuntu.

Was it a flawless transition? Kinda. It would have been better if I'd spent some money on new disks. But I kinda got the shits up when i opened the start menu and there was yet another notification bubble on the gamified thing where you collect Microsoft points for...

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Subaddressing

Subaddressing

IT security has been in the news lately with the theft of money from superannuation funds. It's bad, but when you consider that they only made off with $500,000 from the $4.2 trillion that Australians have in super funds it's pretty inconsequential. It's not going to...

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Blogs are back, baby!

Blogs are back, baby!

In many ways they never left. But often they were ignored, left to collect cyber-dust and possibly go horribly out of date, needing many updates as they are revived. But they're coming back. The Great Centralisation that started in the early 2000s with the advent of...

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