Spotify on Fedora 17

Posted on June 15, 2012 by nkhum625

Earlier this year I wrote a blog on how to get Spotify working on Fedora 16. As Fedora is now on release 17, installing the latest version of Spotify has new problems. I didn’t solve it myself this time, I … Continue reading →

The Science of Lucky Pants

Posted on April 18, 2012 by nkhum625

Many people have a lucky item, a pair of pants, a rabbit’s foot or even a ritual that they do before an important event. It seems crazy to think that something like a pair of pants can have any effect … Continue reading →

HackLDN

Posted on March 26, 2012 by nkhum625

Over the last weekend (23rd -25th March 2012) I took part in the HackLDN event organised by the founder of MyVoucherCode and CEO of Markco Media, Mark Pearson. The hackathon took place in the Markco Media office, near London Bridge. The … Continue reading →

Code Jam Hack Day

Posted on February 13, 2012 by nkhum625

On Saturday the 11th February 2012, a colleague and I organised a “hack day”. For anyone not familiar with this concept it is a day of ultimate geekiness where you write software for fun (is there any other way to … Continue reading →

Spotify on Fedora 16 (64 bit)

Posted on January 27, 2012 by nkhum625

As a user of Spotify, I have been waiting for a long time to be able to run it as a native application on linux (i.e not under wine). Spotify released the debian packages but are yet to provide an … Continue reading →

Single Log On Website

Posted on January 15, 2012 by nkhum625

I have created quite a few websites over the last few years, some with dynamic galleries, some with blogs and others with eCommerce sections. My own personal website, this website, is a basic WordPress template (I intend to improve upon … Continue reading →

Write Once, Write Right

Posted on January 10, 2012 by nkhum625

I am sure that every software engineer has had somebody more senior than themselves say that they should write something correct the first time and not have to go back and correct their earlier work. I know I have. I … Continue reading →

Welcome

Posted on January 1, 2012 by nkhum625

Hello, and welcome to the software section of my blog. I am a software engineer and I am always trying to learn new things. As I learn something new, I will post it here. I will also post discussions and … Continue reading →

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