Monthly Archives: May 2009

Someone Stole My Brompton

Apologies to anyone reading this on a free software planet. If you don’t live in the South UK then this is likely of zero interest. Skip it.

Travelling on the 17:03 First Great Western Train out of Gatwick heading to Reading, I got off at Farnborough North station without my bike. Someone had taken it …

Posted in Rant, Ubuntu | 12 Comments

OMG Ubuntu One

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(Insert misinformed, misguided vitriol here)

Sorted, time for coffee!

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Asus, The Fair Weather Friend

Dear Asus,

I write to you as a customer of your Eee PC line of computers.

I’d never really considered buying any of your hardware up until you released your Eee PC line of products. When I discovered that the Eee 701 was pre-loaded with (Xandros) Linux and came pre-configured with all the usual applications that …

Posted in Advocacy, Linux, Rant, Ubuntu | 53 Comments

Power Save Now – Ask Me How!

I’ve recently been testing some cool new software on Linux. It claims to be able to save more energy than the standard power saving utilities available on Linux, and in a way that doesn’t negatively impact system performance. The software is Linux-only right now, and runs on netbooks, laptops, desktops and servers. They have …

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Retro Gaming via the Internet

About 20 years ago (shudder) I would often spend a Sunday afternoon playing Spectrum and Amstrad games with my good mate Keith. There was a small selection of games we’d play pretty often including some of the Julian Gollup games – Rebelstar, Rebelstar Raiders, Laser Squad and so on.

Once in a while I’ll spark …

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