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Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala released

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download

If possible, use the Torrent download: http://releases.ubuntu.com/9.10/ubuntu-9.10-desktop-i386.iso.torrent (it should be faster and saves money for all the mirrors)

Waving with Google

I have been playing with Google Wave for about a week, and while it is interesting I have not really had enough time with it to write up much here yet.

If you are on Wave, you can find me as “anton.piatek” on Wave

If you are not on Wave and want to have a play, I will give an invite to the first person that comments on this post asking for one (only one, so if there is already a comment asking then you are too late). Please fill in the email field in the comment box (which stays private) as I will send the invite there

Dishwasher + Keyboard = ?

My keyboard at work has been getting too dirty, so I started thinking about how to clean it.

A colleague suggested that a dishwasher works fine, so I put it on the top shelf of the dishwasher with the plug wrapped in clingfilm and hit go on an “eco” wash which is slightly cooler.

I pulled it out before the trying was complete as I worried that the drying was warmer and might damage the plastic keyboard. It turns out that the dishwasher gave the keyboard a good soak, but still needed a good wipe with a cloth to actually get the dirt of the keys, so the dishwasher was not enough on it’s own.

As for drying – 2 days of drying left me with a keyboard that did not work. Dismantling and spreading out the layers of the membrane over an air vent for half a day did work, with the keyboard now working properly, and clean!

The keyboard rest did get a bit discoloured, so if you are cleaning your keyboard I suggest cleaning the keys by hand with a damp cloth (maybe with some washing up soap), and then popping off most of the keys to get in underneath them to get the dirt out from there.

The dishwasher didn’t really do much except add a long time to the drying stage