Are you sick and tired of having to repair and remaster the Windows systems of friends and family ? Have you had pretty much enough of constantly having to clean viruses and mallware from aunty Jo’s computer ? Wouldn’t it be great if they all just used Linux ? Well, why don’t you switch them…
Yep, its April fools day. According to the headlines the Google homepage just crashed (see to believe), Ubuntu is going to become an RPM distro and several other stupid newsstories that only prove that you are a complete idiot if you believe them. So I’m not even going to bother with telling you that I…
Bloghoggers might have noticed I’m a few posts behind. Reason for that are some time-intensive "real world issues" that have the nerve to cobble up my cyberpipes and have kept me away from my very important digital social life. A shame I know ! Even with the Blackberry offering at least some lifeline to my…
After a very busy weekend I do want to take a little time to at least do SOME updating of the Blog, for otherwise rumours of my death will once again flourish wildly. My pet peeve today is with our ever so popular and beloved Facebook. Yes, the same Facebook that has decided to anally…
The one thing I love about the internet, is that you can always find "more" of whatever interests you. Take for example " Battlestar Galactica " Never mind the fact that the ‘remake’ of the series has both me and Nyana glued to the screen watching episode after episode if we can get our hands…
In this episode of the knightwise.com Docu-cast series we show you how to build your very own backup script on your linux system. With this script you can automatically create zip-filed-backups of the home folders of all the users on your system. We add some extra security to the mix by making the backup folder…
I know how most geeks tend to come to the point of near orgasm when they talk about their powerful machines, fast video cards, heaps of onboard ram and how their system makes big blue cower away in a corner. They tend to boast that their computer can produce more frames per second then the…
Those of you who have been following me on twitter probably know by now that I sold my old generation one Macbook this week. With mixed feelings I reinstalled the little while buddy and took it towards its new owners who were already jumping with joy to get their hands on it. I do say…
For those of you who don’t know Hacker Public Radio, HPR is a podcast produced by a variety of hosts, that mostly deals with all things geek. Well, maybe its geek-bordering-nerd, because some topics are pretty “down and deep” into the technological side of the story and might not be the greatest pristine pieces of…
Some mondays are a little different from other ones. Some mondays you jump out of bed, shout "Shakaaah" and bang on the walls to wake up your neighbours to make them enthousiastic about the upcoming week. You race downstairs and (after twittering ‘HELLO WORLD’) open the door and yell "Hello World" into "meatspace" (referred to…
How about a PDF-manual in your feed to explain how to use and install the mighty simple program of bashpodder. Follow the step by step instruction to install bashpodder, a command line based podcatcher on your linux system. After that, go one step beyond and automate the entire process via CRON. Set when and where…
A lot of people are afraid to use another operating system. Some people are afraid to embrace something that is different then the thngs they know. And coming to think of it, I can understand them. There are lists upon lists out there that give you "alternatives" Alternative operating systems to Windows, alternative programs to…
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Time to take a look at the phenomenon of Ultraportable Notebooks. We talk tech and take a look at the various models out there and what they have to offer. Besides that we take a closer look at what operating systems you can run and how to let your netbook work for you. Shownotes. Intro…
Hmm 🙂 Great weekend once again. With the sun coming out and enticing us with the first smells and sounds of spring, One has to give into the temptation of stepping outside and going for a little walk. So a stroll with Nyana, Neelix and Enya ( Nyana’s sister’s dog) was something we could not…
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With the ‘ Installing your own Ubuntu Server” series running on KWTV I have gotten several questions about “what can you USE that SSH connection (featured in episode II) for ?” Today i’ll give you a little explenation of one of the applications i’m running with a simple command line interface (like for example putty)…
You all know i’m a sucker for Mac hardware and an avid lover of Ubuntu. One of my other hobbies is seeing on what kind of hardware I can install Ubuntu linux. So far it worked on my EEEpc, my Acer aspire one, some older hardware lying around the house, my Mac mini and my…
For those of you who still can’t get enough from this weekly avalanche of Knightwise.com content : I have exceptional good news for you. Head on over to the Nosillacast Podcast over at podfeet.com for the latest episode where both me AND Nyana got to be a guest on Allison Sheridans latest podcast. We had…
Just a quick shot of reinstalling our macbook using the "transfer file and settings" tool in Leopard installer. A quick fireWire connection and some patience was all it took. And why have a computer room if you can do it on the kitchen counter. Related PostsNo Related Posts
A first episode in the “talk to my heroes” series where I interview the people I listen to on my Ipod. This week Allison sheridan of the Nosillacast Podcast. We talk tech, twitter and what its like to be a podcaster.Check out Allisons show over at www.podfeet.com where she hosts the Nosillacast Podcast. A technology podcast with an ever…
This week we show you how to use Gmail , Googledocs and the Google desktop application across various operating systems. Take a look at how to share calendars , setup your Gmail, using Google Gadgets AND Google Gears to give you a complete offine-online cross platform Gmail Experience.We feature NYANA as an extra bonus to this episode ! Shownotes…
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Some problems have the simplest solutions, some are unsolvable. And some problems seam unsolvable and have the simplest solutions at the same time. One of those problems is the one I have with Itunes in “sharing my music directory” in Itunes on our mac so my wife can access the music on that machine and…
The beginning is a delicate time. So says the princess at the beginning of the Dune movie. And some truth can be found in that statement. Yesterday I treaded carefully into a delicate beginning when I went looking for a linux distribution to install on my ten year old Toshiba Satellite for our little “how…
I seldom, or never blog about work. That is a cardinal rule that one must uphold. The stupidity of yapping about internal company squables on a noobies blog are as infinitely stupid as the repercussions they will have. I’m a little bit older and wiser then that. But one can sometimes reveal something about ones…
With the whole medium of “video” becoming popular and available on the internet, its truly a feast if you need to “explain” how something is done. Sure with the KWTV screencasts we are doing just that, but sometimes you don’t realy have to re-invent the fire. Browsing around with MIRO yesterday, i stumbled on this…
The first big misconception about Linux is that it runs on everything. " Linux runs on Everything " they say, pointing towards old systems lying around in a dark corner, preaching that good old Linux can bring machines like that back to life while Vista has cast them into the shadows of Oblivion. But then…
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In this episode we show you how to support the computers of your friends and family. From managing your own lines of communication, to fixing the system, keeping it clean and pushing the data of the user into the cloud. Shownotes. Time stamp Introduction, KWTV now downloadable and in the feeds. Managing your Communications. Direct…
