There is one thing that is guaranteed to get right up my nose when using computers. It’s how system locales and spell check dictionaries are named
I am english so therefore I try to use english system locales and dictionaries etc. English is english. It is not English_UK nor is it English_GB or whatever stupid name [...]
30 today.
I recently upgraded to the new Ubuntu 7.10 aka ‘Gutsy Gibbon’. In the past I have been severely bitten in the backside when doing net upgrades, so bearing this in mind I grabbed the Ubuntu iso together with the Kubuntu version.
A fresh Ubuntu install didn’t go much better as there was no net connection and [...]
Sometime in the late 1960’s there was talk of Manchester getting an underground passenger transport system. It is alleged that during the building of the Arndale centre in the very early 1970’s the train platforms were built deep underneath it to facilitate such an idea.
Several weeks ago, on one of my google image sessions, I [...]
