http://www.kevinblake.co.uk a blog-life by Kevin Blake Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:42:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_348" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Automatically add geonames.org tags to Gallery"][/caption] As always, an imminent holiday has inspired me to update the entire system behind geotagging my photos.  Likewise, needing to plan said holiday has given me the opportunity to procrastinate and do something else instead. Wishlist A repository I can drop files created ... http://www.kevinblake.co.uk/automatically-geotagging-your-gallery/344/ Don't get me wrong, buying the Trackstick was a really good idea, it's fuelled my interest in the location-aware Internet, it's given me excuses to connect with other developers on Gallery2, had me writing geo-based modules, updates and hacks, and eased geotagging a whole bunch of photos. But in the past ... http://www.kevinblake.co.uk/geotagging-with-the-genie-bgt-31/336/ [caption id="attachment_325" align="alignright" width="180" caption="Eee Ubuntu"][/caption] Since installing Ubuntu on the Eee, I had no doubt it was going to replace the Xandros install full-time.  It has a lot more features for my inner geek and better support for the applications that only I can find essential. It also takes a hell ... http://www.kevinblake.co.uk/ubuntu-eee-701-suspend-resume-problems/324/ [caption id="attachment_258" align="alignright" width="150" caption="'i twitter from my fridge' ... Still waiting..."][/caption] Two months ago, I had no use for Twitter.  Now it seems it's everywhere, on everything and no device can survive without that talkative little bird.  So I thought I'd gather together all the different applications I've managed to ... http://www.kevinblake.co.uk/twitter-convergence-ten-top-twitter-tools/257/ 51.654856 -0.398203 I use SVN to manage both this blog and the Blakepics Gallery2 installation.  Using the version control software as a means of keeping my own sites' shared components up to date is horribly convenient once you get through the initial attempts of "shit, I've broken it again". Wordpress have full instructions ... http://www.kevinblake.co.uk/using-svn-to-manage-your-wordpress-install/251/ Setting up the Internet on the Eee PC over bluetooth to my Nokia N95 with T-Mobile GPRS/EDGE/3G connection can be tricky.  Yet it sounds like one of those setups that could be so easy, right?  Well it seems stable for the moment, so here's what you'll need.  Or rather, what ... http://www.kevinblake.co.uk/mobile-internet-on-the-eee-pc-ubuntu-eee/242/ 51.654856 -0.398203 [caption id="attachment_240" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Eee PC compared to a John Grisham paperback, and full size laptop"][/caption] I recently bought myself an Asus Eee 701 4G Surf from Expansys for the bargain price of 169.33 including delivery.  If you don't know about these tiny laptops, they're low-spec, cheap machines often times running ... http://www.kevinblake.co.uk/eee-pc-cheap-mobile-computing-for-the-masses/236/ 51.654856 -0.398203 [caption id="attachment_226" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Yellow Superlambanana in a cage"][/caption] As you might have guessed, I"m a big fan of large, public displays of art. It can be a small piece of graffiti on the wall that makes me chuckle, or it can be street theatre involving a 40ft tall mechanical spider. ... http://www.kevinblake.co.uk/super-lamb-bananas-and-anthony-gormleys-another-place/219/ 53.410777 -2.977838 [caption id="attachment_230" align="alignright" width="150" caption="La Princesse"][/caption] Yesterday was the final day of La Machine"s incredible La Princesse. The weather has held out, with only a few light spots of rain whilst the rest of England has been submerged. But we don"t care, we"ve been watching Princess with awe. Even the people ... http://www.kevinblake.co.uk/farewell-la-princesse/217/ 53.410777 -2.977838 [caption id="attachment_232" align="alignright" width="150" caption="La Princesse on Concourse Tower"][/caption] Back in 2006, a time traveling elephant visited London, on command of an eccentric rich sultan who was seeking to find another similar time traveler in the form of a young girl who was haunting his dreams. Well, you all know the ... http://www.kevinblake.co.uk/the-spider-that-ate-liverpool/215/ 53.410777 -2.977838