A couple of days ago I finally got around to scanning the negatives of the photos I took of the lunar eclipse on 3rd March. I set up my film scanner and scanned the films in the same way as … Continue reading
We had a party this afternoon for my daughter’s birthday. After they had played at the local indoor playground for an hour and a half they had sandwiches, cocktail sausages, crisps etc. Later when we had been home for a … Continue reading
Carol from My View of “IT” has tagged me for the five reasons why I blog meme. I have posted about this before in “Why do I blog“, but not stopped to think of 5 actual reasons. So here goes: … Continue reading
This will only relate to Windows systems. The first two are the types of update that most people will consider. Operating system patches. I have Windows set to download the patches as they become available and notify me. I then … Continue reading
We had another unexpected bird in the garden this afternoon. We had a pheasant in the garden. Now, we live in an urban area and a pheasant isn’t exactly what you would class as a town bird, so I guess … Continue reading
I know my answer to this question, but I am not sure it is the correct way going forward as data quantity increases. I have the majority of my data located on a server computer with a RAID hard disc … Continue reading
I have spent some time over the past week working on a new layout for my blog. Some of the changes include: The header image has been replaced with a wider image. The RSS button has been increased in size … Continue reading
We went to the Dunstable Music Centre end of term concert yesterday morning. It was due to start at 10:00 and with this term’s excellent organisation it actually did. The changes between groups performing were very slick and quick, something … Continue reading
I have just realised that after over 18 months, I have never explained why my blog is called ‘Failure is the key to success’. One of the sayings of Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of the Japanese martial art of Aikido, … Continue reading
Back in June last year, I changed over to using Voice over Internet Protocol phone (VoIP) for all of my calls. This has worked really well and has allowed several free international calls. This was due to the way that … Continue reading
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