Month: January 2010

Plugging in headphones doesn't mute speakers in Ubuntu

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I upgraded to Ubuntu 9.10 in early December, but yesterday was the first time I tried to use headphones since then. It turns out that plugging headphones into the headphones socket doesn’t automatically mute the speakers anymore. Here’s…

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Ubuntu Software Centre – Not available in the current data

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If you get the error “Not available in the current data” in the Ubuntu Software Centre, try opening a Terminal and running this: sudo apt-get update Update: This should also fix the error “Not available for your hardware…

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Photograph the moon on the 30th January

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The full moon on the 30th January will occur only three hours before perigee (the point where the moon is closest to earth). This will be the closest full moon of 2010. On top of this, the earth…

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