Much of the talk in terms of raising usage of OpenOffice.org deployment are around getting government to use OpenOffice.org more. This effort is good, but I wonder whether groups like small businesses may be a better fit.
There are a number of problems with the government over small business.
Procedure/legislation based product selection. Government have to provide justification […]
Can someone explain what the big problem is with Tesco? I noticed that a number of groups have now banded together to form a website called Tescopoly to rally against the giant retailer.
I’d like to post something here for all the people who don’t say much about Tesco. The trolley pushers who spend their money […]
I’m a fan of high quality ice cream, so visiting a cafe in Cirencester at the weekend and discovering Marshfield Farm Ice Cream was a treat.
Double cream ice cream with lots of delicious flavours. I’ve tried the strawberry which was creamy and rich. The range includes sorbet, some organic, fruit and chocolates.
It’s a bonus […]
Latest Ubuntu updates…
First off, some instability. Not good. Changed the boot parameters in GRUB to include NOAPIC NOLAPIC and it is far more stable. However, I cannot find any explanation of what these actually do.
Then the Zen Nomad Jukebox. No play. There is a piece of synchronisation software called Gnomad which is designed to work […]
So, following on from my article about first look at Ubuntu Linux, my free* Ubuntu CDs arrived.
The disc pack comprised of 2 discs - a Live CD and an Install CD.
So, I backed up my system and prepared to install.
I had an old drive in my PC that was unused, so I installed Ubuntu on […]
I won’t embarass you by posting your name here, but you drink in the Wheatsheaf in Swindon. Let’s just keep it at James.
You sent me a request for information, but put in a false email address. That’s often not a bad idea, but in this case, I can’t reply to you with the information you […]
Checking the National Rail website, the price of a journey from Swindon to London (to arrive at a time around 10:30) is just ridiculous:
£79. For a 160 mile journey. Somehow, Germanwings can operate flights from Stansted to Stuttgart (over 800 miles) for less.
There is a cheaper way. For some reason, Hungerford, which is about a […]
Had a visit to the Red Lion, Cricklade, which I’ve now added to my list of favourite Swindon pubs. Great beer in really top condition, and I think it’s listed in the Good Beer Guide.
I’m currently working on a plug-in to Juice to put the files in a better format for my Zen media player. I’ve decided to do it in Python, and compile it up with py2exe, the compiler.
As part of that, I decided to try switching from the standard IDLE environment to using PyDev, an eclipse Plugin. So […]
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