3rd Sep

Garmin Forerunner 305/405 musings

Updated from previous posting!

UPDATE: thanks to the efforts of lots of people in the community we are now able to download tracks …

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7th May

HTC Magic is out – now I await the Samsung I7500

I mentioned before that I was excitedly awaiting the release of the HTC Magic. Well, it’s out! Reviews that aren’t just marketing hype are hard to come by but the Telegraph have a nice video review of …

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30th Apr

Automated Swine Flu Symptoms Checker

I for one have been really worried by the prospect of getting swine flu. Thankfully some scientist boffin types somewhere have come up with a tool that tells you quickly and easily whether you have contracted it or not.

Do …

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26th Apr

Vodafone Launching next Google Android handset on 5th May

The 2nd Google Android handset, the HTC Magic, is out on 5th May exclusive to Vodafone so say the Telegraph.

I was in a store at the weekend and they said 16th May, but either way it’s coming …

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13th Apr

Comparethemarket.com doesn’t like apostrophes

I’m really cross.

It’s car insurance renewal time. I had done the usual rounds at confused.com (which has improved recently) and decided to give comparethemarket.com a whirl.

Confused always used to irritate me and leave me thinking “it could be so much …

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1st Apr

Shopping delivered to Great Grandma, by Ubuntu Linux

This article serves as a reminder that as professional web developers we should never assume a certain level of prior knowledge from our users; it also demonstrates how Windows needn’t be the first operating system we introduce our relatives to….

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14th Nov

My life is in grave danger

I have just discovered that there is an 87% chance that my pussy cat is trying to kill me.

If you don’t hear from me for a while …

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13th Nov

A brief hello…

Hi faithful blog fans.

Nothing much to report – busy with the kitchen, have replaced the rotten joists (read: door frames, grrr!) and laid new laminate. On with the new units now

Oh, and upgraded to Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex, seamlessly as …

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18th Oct

I’m a busy squid

Sorry about the lack of posts recently, things are a bit hectic.

I have two draft articles that I haven’t gotten around to tidying up yet – one reviewing my online selling experience with Gumtree, Craigslist, Stuff4Sale and …

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24th Sep

Shopping online – returns policies

I ordered my Garmin Forerunner 405 from work today.

Having shopped around endlessly for the last few weeks I narrowed it down to a toss up between Amazon and the possibility of cashback; or, as luck would have it, …

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21st Sep

How to downgrade packages in Ubuntu

I had an issue today when installing pytrainer. It wanted to install some extra python packages but it couldn’t.

The reason was that I had python2.5 v2.5.2-2ubuntu5 installed but the extra packages depended on an older version – 2.5.2-2ubuntu4.1.

I don’t …

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21st Sep

Partion Windows and Linux with GParted

I run Windows Vista on dual boot. My inclination is to get rid of it altogether, but I paid for a license thanks to the Microsoft Tax when I bought the machine and sometimes vendors (Garmin for example) …

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20th Sep

The Great Bank Bale Out – where are the strings?

So, the British government baled out Northern Rock. That seemed bad enough, but at least it was more of a cheap loan than a bottomless pit.

This week HBOS was incomprehensibly brought to its knees by the failure of Lehman Brothers. …

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16th Sep

Cupsd Authentication in Ubuntu

Typical, after my last post extolling the virtues of how easy it was to install a printer in Ubuntu I hit a problem today.

The symptoms are that you go to do a printer administration task, like add a printer, …

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9th Sep

Easy printing in Ubuntu from Windows

I need to do a bit more flag waving for Ubuntu Linux. I have said it before, and I will say it again:

Ditch Microsoft Windows.

Download Ubuntu for free, don’t pay the Microsoft tax.

Anyway, my most recent wonderfulism …

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