Glasgow University graduate. I have wide-ranging interests - please see my about page either here or at roberthallam.com.
(Jump to the bonus section on sorting a removed Gnome panel) I finally got round to doing the Jaunty->Karmic upgrade on a troublesome machine. Well,… Read More »Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Upgrade Problem Fixed (mountall/init)
A6BQXSMBXD9S [for Technorati, please ignore] If, like me, you are looking to round off your Half Life 2 Episode 2 achievements, you’ll want to have… Read More »Little Rocket Man / Get Some Grub
For those of you who don;t follow my other blog, I’m in Barcelona at the moment. I’m here to learn Spanish and chew bubblegum. And… Read More »Linux Saves The Day
So, as of yesterday evening, I’ve been here for a week. Since my last post I have moved out of the guest house. I’m grateful… Read More »One Week
Another after-the-fact post. This is written at about 1420 on the 9th of November. Right. So after sleeping in this morning (my room has no… Read More »Second Day
This post is retroactively posted as there’s no wifi at the place I’m staying. It’s 2242 local time (so 2142 UK time), and by now… Read More »Arrival
Well, I’m actually leaving tomorrow… which is technically today. Actually, Sunday if you mean the country. But still the strains of the Divine Comedy’s mournful… Read More »Leaving Today…
I’m referring chiefly to this: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1224858/Yes-scientists-good-But-country-run-arrogant-gods-certainty-truly-hell-earth.html, which even had a picture of Hitler (now removed, but not forgotten) to go along with the comparison of… Read More »More Fail from the DM
The title of this post conveniently ignores all the other pins I’ve earned, which must be at least…. for certain… that I know of… to… Read More »Finally, A Real Pin
Short post, inspired by yet another Facebook group. This time, it’s “Scotland for Green Energy”. I’ll be as brief as possible. My point is this:… Read More »If You Want Me To Take Green Energy Seriously, Include Nuclear