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Garden ponds
Some interest has been expressed in the number of ponds we have in our garden. A comprehensive survey has revealed that there are just four. A fifth having been removed to make room for the garden...
View ArticleAddictive game
I wasted today playing UFO: Alien Invasion. It’s unusually polished for an open source game. The graphics are very nice, especially in the battle mode. The storyline is also quite engrossing and...
View ArticleLinux on a Samsung Q320: Part 6
I’ve been playing around with powertop trying to reduce power usage. I’m using laptop-mode to spin down the disk when its not needed (it automatically activates when on battery power). I’ve also added...
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The Fish
I first became aware of The Fish when I was a small child. At first it terrified me, but now I have come to admire its fishy nature. It is located at the Enterprise Centre in Eastbourne. You should...
View ArticleShutting down and rebooting via HAL
You know how GNOME/KDE have “shutdown” and “reboot” buttons that normal users can use to turn off the computer? Rather than using sudo or making /sbin/shutdown setuid, they use HAL which provides a...
View ArticleLinux on a Samsung Q320: Part 7
Argh! Another problem! Over the last couple of days I’ve being trying to figure out why the brightness fn-keys on my laptop don’t seem to work: they either set the brightness to maximum-bright or...
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Nice sunset
It was a really nice evening yesterday. Went up on the hill near my parents’ house to take some pictures. I think they came out quite well! 12►
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Exploring
Went on an exploratory bike ride to the hitherto uncharted area south east of York. Discovered a village called Elvington. The route I went on had about a mile over a bumpy gravel/mud track which was...
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Important sock-related developments
For many years people have debated a great question: do socks come in left and right versions or are both socks the same? I have been much maligned for adhering to the heterogeneous sock philosophy....
View ArticleSpace cheese
Rejoice! The cheese launched into space has successfully returned to Earth!! Cheese! Cheese! Cheese on the moon! UPDATE: Exciting news! El Reg are going to launch a balsa wood/paper plane into the...
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