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!
August is a good month for taking a look at the sky above you. There are three easily viewable events this year. Please remember though, NEVER look directly at the Sun. Direct observation either with or without optical aid is to be avoided unless correct filters are used. Instead project the Sun’s image through a [...]
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Filed under: Astronomy, Hobbies, Isle of Wight, Seasonal
The Ventnor Winter Garden has recently had quite a few decent gigs but this time, at least for me, it has played a blinder! On October 31st 2008 they have a triple bill “Classic Legends of Rock” concert featuring: The Groundhogs Wishbone Ash Focus For somebody who’s tastes are firmly seated in the 70s this [...]
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Filed under: Isle of Wight, Music
You know the feeeling, you wait for ages for a bus then two come along together! Well that’s exactly how I feel about WordPress! As I mentioned earlier, I hadn’t bothered with the last few upgrades and finally took the plunge with v2.5.1. Guess what? a few days later and along comes v2.6! Anyhow, it’s [...]
When I last tried posting to WordPress from this MacBook, everything appeared as one long sentence and I had to drop the WYSIWYG interface and edit the HTML source for the post in order to make the thing readable. Hardly the best way to blog. The spec for v2.5.1 suggestes that the problem has been [...]
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Filed under: Funny, Isle of Wight, Software, Techie
I have just upgraded this blog to WordPress 2.5.1 having not bothered for a few releases. All seems to have gone well but if you do spot anything strange, please let me know. There are a few new features which I’ll have a go at sometime and they also claim to have sorted out a [...]
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Filed under: Software, Techie
I had to go over to St Lawrence at the weekend and duly entered the address details into my (previously!) trusted Tomtom GPS only to be warned that I may be driving to an area where they drive on the right! Unless there is something I don’t know about the Southern part of the Island, [...]
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Filed under: Funny, Hardware, Isle of Wight, Software
