From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!
Biologist & educator in the Netherlands. I've got a column somewhere but I'll never tell. I like (palaeo)botany, anthropology, free & open software, Chinese tea, old hifi tech and writing alt text. He/him.
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Did an upgrade on Ubuntu MATE, rebooted while anticipating whatever fresh hell awaited after this particular upgrade and it's... the keyboard going completely unrecognised. Always something. Gets picked up by GNOME, not by MATE.
Got there in the end by digging through the fora and finding that installing xserver-xorg-input-all does the trick. Why and how, I am sure I will never understand.
Picked up a very mouldy, broken, dirty #cassette in #KualaLumpur: a collection of songs by Frances Yip, an absolute #cantopop legend.
Someone had been inside before, fixing a snapped-off leader tape by just connecting the magnetic tape directly to the reel. The card insert was bent and fox-eared and the jewel case cracked. Parts were covered in insect droppings.
Replaced the felt pad and rusty screws, spliced in a new leader, straightened the tape shell with heat, cleaned, steamed and pressed the card, replaced the case and slip mats, reglued the labels... the mould came off with a few plays and now it looks and sounds great. It has its battle scars but it's alive and kicking, ready for another 46 years.
Dave Wilburn 
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