Posted on April 12th, 2012 by Brian
It’s been quite a while since I reported on my golf…. For the last few weeks I have been playing pretty well and last week I managed to win the club Stableford. At last.. Since leaving North Wilts for the Island my golf has been nothing but a downhill battle, just recently though, I have [...]
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Posted on January 5th, 2012 by Brian
OK so I’m a few days late… take it or leave it Not much to report really, I just thought I’d better get a new post in and bring things up to date a little. No matter how I try I can’t seem to get my office/workspace clear of a seemingly ever growing pile of [...]
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Posted on November 30th, 2011 by Brian
I’ve been using the BBC page for a good few years now and visit it at least once each day. This morning when I visited I see they have implemented their threat of a new design. OK, so it’s the first day of general release for the new page but I am really surprised that [...]
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Posted on September 28th, 2011 by Brian
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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Posted on September 27th, 2011 by Brian
At the Cáfe Scientifique meeting last night we were treated to a discussion about what will happen when the oil runs out. During the discussion afterwards there was mention of a book, ‘Sustainable Energy – without the hot air‘ which I have just downloaded as a pdf file and scanned over. After just a quick [...]
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Posted on August 15th, 2011 by Brian
For anyone new to WordPress, WPtuts+ is hosting some really nice tutorial videos:- Quoting from the site: “Welcome to the WPtuts+ WP101 tutorial series, the perfect beginning spot for those just getting started with WordPress! It’s also a valuable resource for designers & developers who are teaching your clients & colleagues!” There will eventually be [...]
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Posted on June 23rd, 2011 by Brian
Although I have always been happy with FreeSat via my Humax box, the offer of a couple of Sky Sports channels for next to nothing on BT Vision was too good to refuse. A few months ago I added the BT system to my TV and have been happy with it since. The “Sky+ like” [...]
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Posted on June 5th, 2011 by Brian
I was given a Samsung SDN-520PH CCTV camera sometime ago – thanks Mark! . It was brand new and still in its box, it is just like the one below except that mine came with no lens. I thought it might come in handy at some point for a little astronomical experimentation. That hasn’t happened [...]
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Posted on March 7th, 2011 by Brian
Just installed WP 3.1 automatically and so far can see no problems. If you spot anything odd I’d be pleased to hear.
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Posted on March 7th, 2011 by Brian
Saturday saw my best round at Shanklin and Sandown GC since I moved to the Island. Even though it was a competition game (monthly Stableford – Whites) I managed to score 42 points (21 front and 21 back). It’s been coming for a month or so but at last I managed a “blob free” 18 [...]
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