Archive for May, 2008

Fantabulosa

Saturday, May 31st, 2008 Posted in Humour, Photos, Politics, Religion, Tech Stuff, Thoughts | No Comments »

I watched Fantabulosa again this evening. Michael Sheen is astonishing as Kenny Williams. He lives and breaths the part. How he managed to flare his nostrils I have no idea. You ... Read more..

The other “next” Rolex

Saturday, May 31st, 2008 Posted in Watches | No Comments »

This is a white faced Explorer II Rolex. It features the same 3186 calibre as the GMT II and is therefore supremely accurate. On the downside the bezel is fixed. ... Read more..

Quick morning rant

Thursday, May 29th, 2008 Posted in Rants | No Comments »

To the arseholes who parked their huge removal van in my bus stop, on double yellow lines, and then sat in their cab smoking, despite there being a sign defining ... Read more..

Repair Joy part 2

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Tech Stuff | 1 Comment »

In another example of how wise it is to choose your brands carefully, I am pleased to announce that my lovely T43p ThinkPad has returned from the IBM repair shop ... Read more..

Slackware 12.1

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Tech Stuff | No Comments »

With the release of GNOME 2.22.1 by my Italian friends over at Gslacky, I took the plunge and upgraded to Slackware 12.1 on my bedroom Slackware box. The Slackware install proceeded ... Read more..

Rolex matrix

Monday, May 26th, 2008 Posted in Watches | 2 Comments »

I saw. I liked. I nicked. Read more..

Uptime update

Saturday, May 24th, 2008 Posted in Tech Stuff, Thoughts | No Comments »

The Slackware server just keeps on ticking. Thanks also to Scottish Power for not having had a power cut in the last 200 days. They're improving. davidw@SlackFTP:~$ uptime 11:29:28 up 196 days, ... Read more..

Repair Joy part 1

Saturday, May 24th, 2008 Posted in Tech Stuff | No Comments »

Good news. The lovely people at NetGear, have replaced my defective gigabit switch promptly, without fuss or question. I can now, once again, transfer files at superfast speed between my ... Read more..

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