Month: August 2003

Travelling home on the tube last night, I came across what appeared to be the very first poster-spam I’ve ever seen – see what you think. This is the poster in situ, on a southbound Northern Line train: I know that’s not too clear – here’s the poster, with some perspective correction and serious colour… Continue reading Poster spam?

As I wasn’t particularly happy with the way Lycoris looked or ran, I decided to try some different distros. Next up was a copy of Red Hat, specifically Red Hat Linux 9. I’d already installed this on Lou’s computer (an old Dell XPS-T500 – PIII-500/640Mb) during a recent rebuild of her machine following the replacement… Continue reading Experimenting with Linux, part 2

Hmm. I’m currently installing different Linuces (correct plural? who knows – I’m following unices…) on an old computer which we’re going to give to Gayle and Hannah as a Christmas present (although it may be early). The computer has been put together from a collection of old bits and pieces left over from upgrades and… Continue reading Experimenting with Linux, part 1

A fairly quiet weekend. My current gaming addiction to Microsoft’s MechWarrior franchise continues apace – I’ve now played my way through the singleplayer campaigns of the 4-series games – Vengance, Black Knight and Mercenaries. The main reason (apart from the fact its bloody good fun) is to remind me of the different mechs before I… Continue reading Flugtag