It turned out that Santa had brought my son some PC games and as his machine was basically in bits on Christmas Eve I started to put it all back together. Unfortunately I was a little too fortified with Christmas Cheer (Camel Valley Sparkling Wine) and...

Well the weather here in Cornwall over Christmas was pretty horrible - no flying during the holiday. Still I was able to build a new machine for my sister (even more demanding than J9) ,check out Laurie’s new box up at the airfield, and wreck my son’s...

I mentioned in my last post that I was rebuilding Laurie’s machine – a good friend and a flight trainer in Perranporth flying club. Laurie frequently does Radio Telephony exams as part of the private pilot’s license. This entails linking two machines...

I have just inadvertently installed Windows Vista on my wife, J9’s, machine. Now this is the machine that I have solemnly promised not to install any Beta version of anything or otherwise mess around with her ‘stuff’. She uses this box for all her Ebay...

After a brief chat with Hans Verbeeck I decided (well Hans suggested) that I mess around with some 'competitive' technology. We chose a small Linux distro (SLAX popcorn). Now the idea is to boot from a memory stick and get the exact same environment on...