Today was yet another tshirt delivery day.I simply adore the Despair.com blog tshirt, which I mentioned a few weeks ago, so much so that I ordered another 3. (This might be a serious character flaw on my part. I tend to obsess. An ex-girlfriend used to find this obsessiveness a little annoying at times ... )Of course Despair.com do keep coming up with new designs and this one … [Read more...] about More Despair.com Tshirts
Finding A Hotel In London With Free Wifi
As I'm heading over to London later this week, and I'm a bit disorganised, I only got round to booking a hotel this evening.I'm heading across for a mixture of business and pleasure, so my laptop will be an obligatory accessory.With that in mind I needed to find a hotel that offered wifi (or even wired) internet access. There are plenty of hotels in London with wifi, so that … [Read more...] about Finding A Hotel In London With Free Wifi
Jones Business Systems Rock
I don't get excited about office supplies. I would be very worried if anyone got even vaguely excited about office supplies. However an office supplies company that goes the extra mile and predicts my possible purchases deserves recognition.This morning Jones' sent me "Green Book", which is a subset of their product range that is based on either recycled or environmentally … [Read more...] about Jones Business Systems Rock
Ubuntu Upgrade – Relatively Painless
I upgraded my home desktop's Ubuntu install earlier today.It was a relatively painless exercise, though I was trying to do it unattended, which naturally enough didn't work due to a few custom configs I had.I'm used to Ubuntu upgrades wreaking havoc on my graphics settings, but this time everything seems to be working as before. It's interesting to see that the Ubuntu … [Read more...] about Ubuntu Upgrade – Relatively Painless
Upgrading and Spring Cleaning and Organising Myself
I was intending on putting off upgrading my desktop's install of Ubuntu until the new version had had a chance to settle a bit, but I decided I'd take the plunge regardless. I expect to run into issues with my graphics card - I have with every other upgrade since I started using it, but apart from that it *should* be ok.Since we now offer VPS hosting I really need to move a few … [Read more...] about Upgrading and Spring Cleaning and Organising Myself