FreeBSD has this very useful little utility called glabel. when attaching a removable device adding a label to the device makes finding it and mounting it much easier, but what I’d like to be able to do is have the device mount point listed in ‘/etc/devfs.conf’ such that the permissions can be set automatically. I’ve [...]

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Somehow I managed to change nautilus to only display the contents of the folder - without the sidebar with the navigation options and information! How do I get back the sidebar? I’ve scanned the help and a quick google didn’t show how… Anyone know?

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No sooner have I managed to stop waking up too early following the holiday to the Pyrennes than it was time to pack the bag and head off on my travels again! This time Toronto was the destination. having a spare day on Friday a small group of us decided to head to Niagara Falls. [...]

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Staying at hotels all over the world I’ve seen all sorts of customer service. Mainly it’s average, not worthy of comment. Sometimes though one hotel stands out from the crowd. Such a hotel is the “Inn at the Ballpark” in Hosuton. If you ever plan of going to Houston, AVOID this hotel at all costs. [...]

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Traveling as much as I normally do, sleeping in strange beds doesn’t normally phase me, but for some reason the bed I used while on holiday didn’t allow me to sleep as well as I normally do. It was with much relief, therefore, that I climbed into my own bed last night! Bliss… A solid [...]

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Waiting for the bus to Tolouse and then home!

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This weeks home. Idyllic!

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Gloriously warm sunshine, light wind, great view - time for a relax in the sun before heading home!

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After a long walk, time for lunch!

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Summit of Pique de Entacada

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Holidays!

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How many hotels rooms have you stayed in recently? Have you looked at the phone system they use? I ask as more and more hotels are moving to newer systems that have a lot in common with office systems.
I ask as the hotel room I’m sitting in (Inn at the Ballpark Hotel, Houston) has a [...]

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While doing some research on telescopes I found that polar alignment gives better tracking. never having aligned my scope using this mounting technique I thought I’d give it a try last night. It was more fiddly than using the simple Alt/Azimuth mount, but once aligned correctly (took me 3 tries to get it aligned anywhere [...]

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Having finally managed to stop the nasty people from my bank calling me, now another company has started. Yep, the inetrnet bank Egg is now on my list of companies I’ll not do business with. Funnily enough I had contemplated having a savings acount with them a short while ago, but now I won’t do [...]

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