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Sitting at the DZ
Read more: Sitting at the DZ… waiting for the weather. Wind on the ground is 20 kts, which is a bit much. They do have a smaller canopy for me – 210 sq ft from 230 – and I’m in my own FS…
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Backups with Amanda
Read more: Backups with AmandaAh, now I get it: tapes are done for as a backup medium. They are just too small and slow. I couldn’t be bothered with Amanda, until I found this page, which is brief. It’s a bit boring…
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Ah yes, the wind tunnel
Read more: Ah yes, the wind tunnelBeth and I had a great time in the wind tunnel. I didn’t stick to my tunnel plan, instead focussing on formation skills. Just as well: I am an oaf with no worthwhile proprioception. I did manage some…
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Lucknam Park Hotel
Read more: Lucknam Park Hotel… is acceptable. Beth had a lovely spa day, apparently, and dinner was superb. I did think of my Cornish folk’s response to the “gourmet” Cornish sea bass I enjoyed. Whereas they wouldn’t usually serve less than a…
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OS X update 10.4.10 vs USB hard drives
Read more: OS X update 10.4.10 vs USB hard drivesApple seem to have got this one wrong. People have been reporting problems with: Audio WiFi USB mounting My annoyance has been my PVR-500r video recorder not mounting. I can bear the once that WiFi stopped working.
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CentOS
Read more: CentOSHaving been used for little but mass storage and updating my Road Angel via VMWare, my Workstation was in need of TLC. I consolidated my Windows programs onto Parallels on the Mac, disposing of VMWare and Beth’s old…
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KTM vs Marlborough Downs
Read more: KTM vs Marlborough DownsWoke at 04:30; left for a ride on my KTM 950 Supermoto at 05:30. Lambourne Downs, M4, Marlborough, Marlborough Downs, Wroughton, Barbury Castle. First day of summer?
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Why people loathe new housing developments
Read more: Why people loathe new housing developmentsThis week’s Economist includes an article discussing the tension between people wanting to live in large houses with gardens, agreeing that more should be built, and people’s desire that these should be built far away. The housing at…
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Starting to feel like Mad Max
Read more: Starting to feel like Mad MaxI took a look at the flooding in the Thames valley north of Faringdon. Here’s a short clip taken at Radcot. The good news is that the KTM deals brilliantly with both wading and gravel on the road.…