Unofficial Ubuntu Assistance

As the launch of a new service I created, UUA, nears its launch, I thought I’d write up on what it’s all about right here.

Using /trigger in irssi to bypass color filters

Yes, we all either love or hate the coloring system. Personally, I think it’s perfectly fine in a social setting, but obnoxious in formal areas. It’s almost as if you just decided to talk in “gangsta” dialect during an important meeting. Thankfully IRC rooms usually don’t host important meetings. Unfortunately many rooms disable coloring. I [...]

Unofficial Ubuntu Assistance: #uua

I’ve written a nice little IRC bot for #uua (a new idea I’ve had, more on that in a later post) but I can’t host it, and it’s insanely expensive to host it elsewhere. What’s a computer user to do about that?…