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!
A week or so ago my trusty TomTom Go 500 finally gave up the ghost after almost 6 years of reliable service (see “A New Toy for 2006“). As the picture shows, it was a “sturdy” device and much deeper and heavier than the latest ones: Mine had got rather bashed about over the years [...]
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Filed under: Cars, Hardware, Home, Isle of Wight, Software, Techie
Some years ago I bought a couple of JVC car stereos during a visit to Tottenham Court Road. These were pretty remarkable at the time as they included MP3 CD players as well as the normal AM/FM radio facilities and, of course, the ability to play normal CDs. Both sets are still working well but [...]
The single thing which causes most problems for the WordPress users I know is uploading and positioning images in their posts. Hopefully I have found a solution which will make things quite a bit easier – it’s called “Freebie Images” and is a WP plugin – you can get it here. I just installed it [...]
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Filed under: Cars, Hobbies, Isle of Wight, Photography, Software, Techie
Yet again yesterday, there was another serious car crash on the Island – see details. I am beginning to wonder what on earth is the problem with driving over here? View Larger Map The incident mentioned was fatal for 2 local teenagers and others have been injured. This is not the first time there has [...]
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Filed under: Cars, Isle of Wight
Driving at this time of year, particularly in the dark, is not always easy. Back in about 1935, a gentleman named Percy Shaw (later OBE) invented and started manufacturing the first “Cat’s Eyes” which have saved many lives on the roads – but did you know that you can do your bit to make the [...]
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I haven’t added to the site for a while so I thought I’d better do an update… The garden house is now completed, I just need to connect the electricity up. That of course means finishing the rewire in the garage and pulling a shiny new armoured cable the length of the garden. Fortunately there [...]
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Filed under: Cars, Golf, Hobbies, Home, Isle of Wight
Back in December 2002, I bought a 1994 (M) Toyota Carina E GLi automatic estate car for £1750. It was a real bargain at the time, as apart from fairly high mileage (132,000), it was in great condition and all those miles, pretty much, were “up to temperature” motorway miles. Since then I have serviced [...]
