Jurgen, a member of the Hi-Tech Squad has found a good (and at times amusing) list of 10 commandments for new sidux (a flavor of Linux) users. Many of the items are just as applicable to any version of Linux!read more | digg story
Author: Gary
I’m a Mac, some UK special versions
Following the post on the Jap Mac advert there are a few UK ones which seem unique to the UK as I haven’t seen them on the Apple US site. Art Language MS Office Posse Magic Cool!
Jap version of I’m a Mac, I’m a PC
I’m a great fan of the Apple adverts commonly known as “I’m a Mac, I’m a PC” in which two actors play a Mac and PC and they discuss the relative merits of either platform… Being as they are adverts made by Apple the Mac tends to come out better… Anyway I just found some […]
Straw towers
For “fun and games” part of the youth meeting last night I ran a competition… Who can build the tallest drinking straw tower. The boys won but I think the girls had a better structure. Sorry about the poor quality, I took these on my mobile phone.
New Technology Blog
I’ve got together with a few friends of mine and we have started a technology blog called the Hi-Tech Squad. We are officially launching it this week but as with all web ventures it will take time to grow in popularity, reputation and content… Come visit us if you are interested.
15 interesting .us domain names still available
I have compiled a list of over 1700 dictionary word .us domains available (according to WHOIS) using the Del.icio.us format. This means that the domain is a word which ends in ‘us’ and that forms part of the word and domain name. Download list 15 of the most interesting are: idolatrous – ido.latro.us incautious – […]
Installing a graphics card on Gigabyte GA-6VXE
A friend of mine asked me to install an extra hard drive in his machine and reinstall the OS from scratch. The hard drive was easy enough and the Windows XP installation went easy. But… There is always a but… The graphics card driver wouldn’t register… It is a GeForce 4 440MX and I downloaded […]
Help me get a laptop
Laptop prices are falling all the time and I thought it was about time I got one… So I have started a campaign over at chipin.com to collect $538 (that’s US dollars) to buy the cheapest Dell laptop. If I have helped you in some way in a forum, by email or even in person […]
Took the Fiat to get fixed
Now that we have the minibus it was time to take our Fiat Punto for an overhaul. It has 150,000 KM on the clock and the engine is kind of covered in oil and the water from the radiator keeps boiling out into the engine bay, so I figured it was time for a mechanic […]
Helping a friend with his hosting
We had a good time at church last night, Adi our normal Wednesday night guest preacher brought a young, upcoming preacher to practice a little with us. He was very nervous but it was good to hear him. Today I have been doing mainly website related stuff, I am trying to get my new site […]