Archives for May, 2008

To Eeepc or not to Eeepc


With so many new netbooks (as they are now called) hitting the various world wide streets there doesn’t seem to be a single one that stands out. The choice was easy when there was just the one Asus 701. Now there are legion of the things with a new one just round the corner. will [...]

Ubuntu ham radio social group


For those of us that are both Ubuntu’ers and ham radio fans there is a social group up and running on the Ubuntu forums
Feel free to join in a contribute to the discussions

Where has my visual editor gone?


answers on a postcard please………
Wordpress strikes again

Wonky Wordpress


There seem to be a number of issues with Wordpress that are biting my installation. Mix this with an odd ftp problem with my host and this helps to keep this month as a month of pointless fiddling.
Having had to reinstall the whole shooting match and losing the visual editor, ability to edit posts, [...]

Fred Whitton results


Came 438th (I think) at 8 hours 28 minutes. Not bad for a first effort. Shame not to have made it under 7 hours but the long stops were needed in the hot weather

I think the photo say’s it all really. This was only 50 miles into it and the first proper climb. Not enough [...]