It's only been almost 4 years since my wife and I returned from our working holiday in the UK. We have literally over 5000 photos taken during our travels, which virtually no one has seen.
Having recently moved into a slightly bigger apartment we decided it was time to sift through the monster collection and find some worthy of printing on canvas and hanging.
So this is a sample of my attempts at enhancing some of the photos that might make it onto a wall.
Feedback most welcomed.
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I've struggled with SVN behind a proxy server for a while now. I tried setting the http_proxy environment variable but unfortunately SVN does not seem to honour this - at least on Windows.
The answer is quite plainly on the Tigris FAQ and the solution is to edit %APPDATA%\Subversion\servers and modify the following lines (around line 144):
# http-proxy-host = defaultproxy.whatever.com
# http-proxy-port = 7000
# http-proxy-username = defaultusername
# http-proxy-password = defaultpassword
Simply remove the hash at the start of the line and change the settings to appropriate values and presto - SVN is through the proxy and downloading from external sites.
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Review Board is an open source tool that allows you to conduct code reviews in an easy informal yet structured manner.
It does away with 'over-the-shoulder' reviews and makes email review hell a thing of the past. Each review has its own set of comments and patches in one place, which all developers on the project can see.
I have just finished installing Review Board on Ubuntu Jaunty and thought it might be useful to set out.
This is a step-by-step nothing missing tutorial from a clean Ubuntu install to your first review request.
1. Setting up a Server
I ...
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There are a number of ways to set the proxy settings in Ubuntu and each way affects some applications and not others.
General applications
System wide proxy settings, except for terminal applications, can be set in System -> Preferences -> Network Proxy Preferences.

Simply enter the proxy server name and port. If your proxy requires authentication you will need to click on the Details button.

Then hit the Apply System Wide button and then close. Most applications such as Firefox will now be able to use and authenticate with the proxy.
Known Exceptions
Synaptic Package Manger
To set these the proxy on ...
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