Monthly Archives: August 2011

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OGGCamp11

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… a free two-day unconference (unscheduled conference) for anyone who loves anything related to technology, data, culture, community, open source…and more!

OGGcamp.org

AUGUST 13 & 14, FARNHAM MALTINGS

Just about recovered from Saturday’s revelry, and what a great time we had! The atmosphere was really open and friendly, and the interest in our Mendel was evident from the moment we got it out of the car. Some had never seen a 3D printer and some had already completed their own, but whatever the level of familiarity reactions were almost entirely positive.

We gave away lots of OSHW logos that we’d printed out and attached to business cards with a paperclip. Some of our example prints in particular attracted a lot of attention e.g. Martijn’s Tornado, the 3D Printed Roller Bearing, and perhaps unsurprisingly being an open source event, the head of the Android mascot. Continue reading OGGCamp11 →

Computers

Finally Fixed Jerky Flash Videos in Firefox on Kubuntu 11.04!

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For months, ever since I installed Kubuntu 11.04 on my brand new shiny laptop, Flash videos have been jerky and frequently crashed the whole darn machine when played full screen. The “Official” advice regarding x64 Firefox and Flash didn’t help at all, but I never managed to get around to Googling the problem and finding a solution… Until now!

FlashAidSeveral threads on Ubuntu Forums suggested the Flash Aid Firefox Plugin, with many people reporting success. Now I am one of them! Although I didn’t achieve success at first, I had to do the following:

  1. Install FireAid plugin
  2. Restart Firefox
  3. Run FireAid Wizard
  4. In a command terminal, type:
    sudo apt-get remove --purge flashplugin-nonfree
    sudo apt-get remove --purge flashplugin-installer
    sudo apt-get remove --purge flashplugin64-installer
    sudo apt-get autoremove
    sudo updatedb
    sudo mkdir /etc/adobe
    echo "OverrideGPUValidation=true" >~/mms.cfg
    sudo mv ~/mms.cfg /etc/adobe/
  5. Reboot

Really I probably did it backwards and should have done 4 and 5 before 1, 2 and 3, but nevertheless it worked :)