Archive for August, 2007

Your loss not mine

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

Well it looks like M$ has had autopatcher shutdown.
If M$ think I’m going to sit through all that update malarky when I do fresh winblows installs for people then old Billy boy has a another think coming.
The first thing I will now do is introduce the end user to a live Linux CD. “Like what [...]

All roads lead to Manchester

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

Well they do for me at the moment as I’m there 4 days a week for the next month or so. Being exposed to Piccadilly Gardens this often has still not made me like the current layout. Its evil.
On Tuesday of this week I was free in the afternoon so while I was in town [...]

Mural by KeLZo

Monday, August 20th, 2007

This arrived in my inbox this morning.

You can view more of this guys work at his site www.urbandamage.com

On the jukebox today and over the weekend:
The Stone Roses - the Stone Roses.
Happy Mondays - Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches.
Sex Pistols - Spunk.
30 years after getting my hands on a cassette version of the then Spunk [...]

Piccadilly gardens

Friday, August 17th, 2007

Am I the only one who thinks the newish Piccadilly gardens is an absolute disaster? All the trees and flower beds have been replaced by concrete and grass. I have tried my damned hardest to like it these past few years but I give up as the current layout is an eyesore [...]