Category Archives: Positives
TV Drive
We had ntl’s TV Drive installed today. The STB is a Scientific Atlanta – Explorer 8300DVB Spec sheet (PDF). which so far hasn’t exhibited any major problems. There’s a FAQ available here which explains a lot but my personal first … Continue reading
Back To Work
Yesterday saw me ride a bike (new one) for the first time since the accident and I have to admit I was very nervous to start with. I decided to use it because I had a resumption medical in Bristol … Continue reading
Tidying
I tidied up the computer corner today. Now I know that a tidy desk is the sign of a disturbed mind but it had to be done! Honestly! It was so bad I couldn’t even see the printer 😉 At … Continue reading
Wronglish
Well from some word that just occurred to me while I was driving a train a couple of weeks ago, to a conversation on IRC during my break to lots of work by Shell and wronglish.com has been launched. I … Continue reading
Thumbnails
I saw thumbnails in action on another WordPress based site I now help to admin and wondered why mine didn’t have the option. A bit of digging and I found out it was all to do with libgd, so I … Continue reading
Covers Finally Complete!
A project I started working on last year is finally complete! The description is on my main site so I won’t duplicate it all here, just go there, download it and enjoy… though I apologise in advance for my voice … Continue reading
Cordless Drills and Broken Fences
I don’t use it much but by Dog is it useful when I need it! It was a Chrismas present from the dragon mother-in-law and it’s proven its worth many times now. Last night some twat (apologies for the language … Continue reading
Tailwinds
Don’t you just love ’em? Wind was quite calm going to work this morning, but blowing quite hard now (about 15mph). I’m glad it was behind me, gave me a nice boost coming home 😉