Leopard 10.5.7: MacBook WiFi connects, then drops

My old MacBook's built-in Wi-Fi was rock-solid until recently, but just lately it had problems. Disabling RealPlayer Downloader Agent seemed to fix this....

iPhone: Fix for "Can't Connect To YouTube"

I saw this error on an unlocked & jailbroken iPhone 2G running the iPhone 3.0 software. Setting the date and time correctly fixed it. Seems like poor design though: why should the YouTube app need to know what time it is?

Linux on Dell C400 laptop: Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope

Ubuntu Linux just gets better and better, and the new Jaunty release is no exception. Very easy to use, and to add and remove software packages, keep up with the security updates, etc.  It doesn't need shiny new hardware: it will run quite happily on old slow laptops....

View from the hotel room

I'm on the road a lot for work, so I get to stay in hotels that can be a bit lacking in charm...

First Post

I'm new to blogging, so I'm not sure how much I'll use this.   But I felt I ought to write stuff down somewhere.  The kind of stuff that doesn't feel worth the effort of creating a web page, but might be useful to aid my memory later, or to help others find technical notes on things.