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				PolicyKit 				By Kevin Cave, on March 26th, 2013 		                  
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Last year, I wrote about beginning to learn Python, and a utility I was writing back then called PolicyKit Editor. 
I was using the Gtk toolkit at that time, and then there’s been a bit of a hiatus because I moved from Japan to Scotland. 
I  
Continue reading Polkit Explorer v1.0 Released 
 								 	
						
		
								
				Review 				By Kevin Cave, on March 6th, 2013 		                  
				 
Instant InnoDB – click picture to take you to the Packt page. 
  
  
  
Instant InnoDB from Packt Publishing and written by Matt Reid is, as its title suggests, intended to be an easy to read and understand reference guide rather than a weighty tome  
Continue reading Book review : Instant InnoDB 
 								 	
						
		
								
				Site News 				By Kevin Cave, on February 26th, 2013 		I’m currently making changes to the site’s server. 
There may be interruptions in service, or something not working properly, apologies in advance. 
I have installed Varnish in front of the web server, and and W3 Total Cache in WordPress, and making sure they’re playing nice. 
I just noticed and fixed a problem with downloading the  
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				RDP 				By Kevin Cave, on January 31st, 2013 		
UPDATE : Version 3 now officially released: http://scarygliders.net/2013/07/25/x11rdp-o-matic-version-3-now-released/ 
  
Finally, after months of personal life hacking, I get to update the utilities! 
 Important features at-a-glance: Now creates packages! After compiling on one machine you can bundle the packages up and install on another system of the same arch (e.g. amd64,  
Continue reading X11rdp-o-Matic v3.0Beta1 Available for testing 
 								 	
						
		
								
				RDP 				By Kevin Cave, on January 8th, 2013 		I have created a git repository for X11rdp-o-matic on Github at https://github.com/scarygliders/X11RDP-o-Matic 
Read-only access is via : git://github.com/scarygliders/X11RDP-o-Matic.git 
As it stands there is only the master branch which is based on Version 2.5 
I am now beginning work on V3.0, which hopefully will start using the latest git versions of X11rdp and will  
Continue reading X11rdp-o-Matic git repository now available 
 								 	
						
		
								
				Life hacking 				By Kevin Cave, on October 6th, 2012 		Finally! Myself and my goodly wife, and our son have arrived in Scotland. 
Now begins the hunt for a new home, and all the other stuff. 
Blogging is still going to be light to non-existant for now, until such time as I find a new place to live, we recieve all the Stuff we shipped  
Continue reading Scotland, I am in you! 
 								 	
						
		
								
				Japan Nuclear Accident 				By Kevin Cave, on August 8th, 2012 		A few posts ago I wrote about my missions for 2012. 
I've been living and working in Japan for over 5.5 years. It's had its ups and downs. I've enjoyed life here lots, and I've sometimes hated life here lots. 
After the Magnitude 9 earthquake hit on 2011-03-11, things kind of went downhill.  
Continue reading Oh the times, they are a’changing … 
 								 	
						
		
								
				PolicyKit 				By Kevin Cave, on July 19th, 2012 		                  
				I'm having fun learning Python! Once it all starts to click, it gets easier :) 
So now I have the beginnings of a Python-based GUI utility which reads in a PolicyKit XML policy file, and you can select each action from a drop-down combobox. Upon selection, the window will display the Description, and current settings  
Continue reading PolicyKit Editor is taking shape 
 								 	
						
		
								
				Site News 				By Kevin Cave, on June 23rd, 2012 		Someone suggested I add Flattr to my blog, so I did ;) 
Interesting concept. 
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				Linux Tips & Tricks 				By Kevin Cave, on June 20th, 2012 		                  
				
UPDATE : Version 3 now officially released: http://scarygliders.net/2013/07/25/x11rdp-o-matic-version-3-now-released/ 
    
  
  
It's here! It's improved! It works even better! 
I call this the "ssta release", in honour of a pal of mine who made a request which I've now implemented. ( –justdoit option, see below). 
I have sweated and toiled,  
Continue reading X11RDP-o-Matic and RDPsesconfig : Updated to Version 2.5 
 								 	
						
	
					
    
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