Random Acts
Posted on July 28th, 2007 by Brian
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This is the weblog of Brian Curd. A lot of it is written on the spur of the moment and any benefit you gain from it is worth exactly what you paid!
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Family Tree Maker
Posted on July 19th, 2007 by Brian
The Family Tree Maker website is offering a free download of the beta 2008 software. It’s a biggie at 170Mb, so don’t bother if you don’t have a decent connection.
I took a look at it this afternoon and looks to be a big improvement over the older version I have. The main difference seems to [...]
Vaio Problems
Posted on July 19th, 2007 by Brian
I was asked to take a look at a couple of Sony Vaio laptops the other day. Both had faults; one wouldn’t start at all and the other would run normally for a few minutes then shutdown without any warning.
I’ve always thought these were rather attractive machines and certainly had them ranked somewhere quite high [...]
HiRISE
Posted on July 15th, 2007 by Brian
Yesterday’s SAGAS Summer Meeting at the Vectis Observatory went very well and I think everyone had a good day.
For me the highlight was John Mason’s talk on Mars Exploration. As well as being a really good presenter he showed some of the stunning pictures captured by the HiRISE camera onboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) [...]
Great read….
Posted on July 5th, 2007 by Brian
