Author Archives: david

At this moment in time we were supposed to be nearing Gatwick en route a few days in Barbados. I’d arranged the trip to coincide with Rosies birthday and we’d both been really looking forward to a few days in … Continue reading →

I think you’d be hard pressed to find voters in the UK who disagree that political reform is needed. Finding voters who had clear ideas and workable suggestions on how to do it would be harder, but that’s where sites … Continue reading →

By default fuppes advertises it as ‘FUPPES xxx’ which isn’t especially friendly. Adding this to the config for the default device will allow you to give a more meaningful and friendly name. <description_values> <friendly_name>Friendly Server Name Here</friendly_name> </description_values>

The BBS2 has a large store of music, pictures and will eventually also have some video on it. There are plenty of ways of accessing it via a computer, but I wanted a solution that would allow other devices to … Continue reading →

It seems like a very long time ago now that Tess joined our family. The small bundle of fur has grown up into a great young lady and while we’d like to take all the credit, we’ve had help. Like … Continue reading →

After a lot of discussion, looking around and general wondering what to do, about 10 days ago I ordered a BBS2 from Tranquil PC. I chose to upgrade the memory to 2G and went for the 3+1 RAID option as … Continue reading →

Another long weekend away, this time with some of Rosies family. We drove 3 hours south and west, arriving just outside Stanraer in a small village called Glenluce. The castle is around 2 minutes drive from the village and sits … Continue reading →

This weekend we were both off, so we tried to book a sort getaway. Finding somewhere that appealled and ticked all of our boxes was no easy task and we left it a little late (again) – what’s new eh? … Continue reading →

Over the last week I’ve been working on another small django site. It’s mainly the usual stuff but one aspect that proved trickier than I expected was using the django maintained authentication system to control access to another service. The … Continue reading →

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. Edmund Burke The US PTO really does make some dramatically poor decisions. Of course, the patents have to be filed in the first place, so … Continue reading →

We went for lunch today at “The River House“. It’s a restaurant in Stirling that is part of the chain that owns and runs “The Doll’s House” in St Andrews. It was a great meal, with a nice atmosphere, superb … Continue reading →

After a long period of running out of time, the sight of the moon as we drove home this evening was enough to drive me to change the battery in the LNT module sitting atop my Meade LX90. It didn’t … Continue reading →

Those are the two words that I’d use to sum up the response of work to the family problems I’ve been dealing with for the last few weeks. It’s been an enormous relief and they have been as supportive as … Continue reading →

It’s amazing how some organisations can be so obstructive. Simple requests seem too hard and the staff just seem to be oblivious to any inconvenience or annoyance they are causing. Given how much of our money has been thrown at … Continue reading →

Maybe I shouldn’t have been surprised, but the central pharmacy for the main hospital in Perth was closed on New Years Day – because it was a bank holiday! Apparently none of the staff were suprised by this, but the … Continue reading →

Over the last few months I’ve been looking around for a small NAS box for the house. Originally I was thinking of going down the Drobo route, but the reviews of the DroboShare didn’t fill me with confidence and it’s … Continue reading →

Does anyone have any experiences with getting prints made from pictures on demand using any of the online services? I’m looking for a service that can accept orders via a website from a number of people, all with different addresses … Continue reading →

The weekend passed in a blur of cleaning and emptying as my house in England got ready for it’s new life as a rental property, but along the way we managed to take time out to go and see the … Continue reading →

This was the suggestion made by technical support for Tiscali when I spoke to them this afternoon to report a slowdown in our service. You need to turn off the firewall setting on your router. The initial explanation for the … Continue reading →