Martinas on M&M

Sydney Rides Business Challenge Take Two

Wed, 06 Apr 2016 22:19:04 +0000

Winning the Top Encourager award in the Sydney Rides Business Challenge for the second time in a row.

How to update a linux kernel on a small boot partition

Sun, 03 Jan 2016 17:50:14 +0000

I am running Windows and OpenSuse in dual boot with GRUB. Since my /boot partition is only 40MB, updating the kernel is not as simple as running yast2.

Using Adobe Digital Editions under Linux

Sat, 26 Dec 2015 17:52:24 +0000

A while ago Markus convinced me to finally get an e-book reader for traveling. And for a while I obsessed about getting epub files for it.

One of my sources was the City of Sydney library which provides epubs for downloads for certain periods of time. To ensure that books expire after the rental period, they use Adobe DRM or .acsm files (Adobe Content Server Message File).

To open one of those .acsm files you need to have Adobe Digital Editions installed on your pc or laptop. That in itself would not be such a big deal, if they would also provide a Linux version of the app. Not wanting to switch OS every time I borrow a book, I searched for options on how to open .acsm files under Linux.

Top Encourager Sydney Rides Business Challenge 2015 and Carbie #2

Sun, 31 May 2015 19:40:12 +0000

I enrolled CarsGuide in the 2015 Sydney Rides Business Challenge and not only won a Carbie with most votes ever for it but also the Top Encourager prize.

My Love-Hate Relationship with the Lenovo X1 Carbon

Sat, 14 Mar 2015 20:54:41 +0000

My now more than 6 month old Lenovo X1 Carbon is a constant sources of joy and frustration. Mostly frustration with Windows 8, which I have now ditched to go back to Linux.

NFS mount on new machine

Sat, 14 Mar 2015 20:18:12 +0000

My quick notes on all the things that need to be configured to avoid the problem with file ownership and permissions on NFS mounted drives

10 years in Australia

Sun, 01 Mar 2015 16:26:09 +0000

Ten years ago I packed up all my belongings and stored all but five boxes at my parents place. Then I boarded a plane to Sydney, Australia with a one-way ticket and turned my back on my family and all my friends.

The Carbies or How I ended up wearing a Panda Onesie

Sat, 07 Jun 2014 19:49:28 +0000

Wild Onesie Week, The Carbies and people in weird animal costumes at the office

AWS Summit Sydney 2014

Wed, 09 Apr 2014 19:30:41 +0000

I attended my first AWS Summit this year in Sydney. Low on educational, high on marketing value.

Nice optional Plugins

Sat, 05 Apr 2014 21:16:36 +0000

Here are some of the plugins I have used and that were really helpful: - Wordpress Importer - WP-Markdown - Responsive Lightbox

Essential Plugins

Sat, 05 Apr 2014 21:13:35 +0000

There are two plugins that I think should be made part of the core wordpress installation: Limit Login Attempts and Unattach

This is where it is at!

Thu, 03 Apr 2014 06:13:35 +0000

The new blog is now live after less than 3 days combined effort.

Hello world!

Thu, 03 Apr 2014 06:09:51 +0000

And hello M&M Sites.

It wouldn't be a proper new beginning for our online presence, if it didn't have a Hello World.

Sample Page

Thu, 03 Apr 2014 06:09:51 +0000

This is an example page. It’s different from a blog post because it will stay in one place and will show up in your site navigation (in most themes). Most people start with an About page that introduces them to potential site visitors. It might say something like this:

Hi there! I'm a bike messenger by day, aspiring actor by night, and this is my blog. I live in Los Angeles, have a great dog named Jack, and I like piña coladas. (And gettin' caught in the rain.)

…or something like this: