I just got back from an epic trip to the highlands of Scotland open canoeing with some mates. We were prepared for the sort of weather that an October in northern Scotland could throw at us (which the weather forecasts were also suggesting would happen) but on this occasion they got it wrong and we really lucked [...]
I was building a shared work laptop the other day, something that would be primarily used by me on building sites for system commissioning. As part of the install I had automatically installed Dropbox along with other useful utilities and then suddenly had the thought. “I won't be the only person using the laptop. All my stuff is on here in [...]
Just installed Windows 8? Looking for Notepad? Powershell? Windows+R still works, so you could just run the command. Ditto Windows+E to navigate the file system and find it, but in either case that's not really what you're after is it?. You want a menu of everything installed, right? You need the search interface. This brings up a [...]
We've been a tad busy at the Beale household recently. Mainly with the housebuild/planning permission episode (another story), deciding to buy a house instead, moving to that house (including the hilarity that ensues when moving from a smallholding with sheep, chickens and barn full of wood/tools/straw into an - admittedly relatively spacious - urban setting) and work taking [...]
There's been a fair bit of press recently on the privacy issues surrounding the UK's smart meter roll-out – currently in its foundation stage (figuring out how it's actually going to work) before the official start of the roll out in 2014 – some of it is balanced, some of it less so. The coverage [...]
I have not posted about peak oil for a long while, mainly because if people get it, they get it, and if they don’t, or won’t, then they are almost certainly not interested. Either way there’s no point constantly banging a drum. Well, this week a few articles surfaced that do warrant a further look.
Mention Quicksilver and the more techie OSX users out there will wax lyrical about its ease of use and its powerful features. They have a point! Windows has always been a bit rubbish when it comes to the CLI, even adding Powershell isn’t a huge improvement. So, enter stage left Launchy. Launchy is fantastic. It’s [...]
We recently visited Woodfest Wales. It was more Forestry than Woodcraft but still had lots of stalls selling handmade furniture as well as a huge 2nd hand tool area (I had to keep my wallet firmly in my pocket whilst there!). It was family friendly and had lots of interesting things going on so we had a lovely [...]
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It has been just over a year since we purchased with our pension – if you’re interested more details below - around 26 acres of marginal pasture (leaning towards wetland) and woodland in Wrexham, North Wales very near the borders with both Cheshire and Shropshire. For the first 6 months we didn’t do much there. We made [...]