Stopped by to see gourou in his workshop on my way home from the office tonight, so that I could pick up a "pibow", a laser-cut perspex case for the raspberry pi mini-computer. I'd seen a few things on twitter about the pibow, and thought it would be just the thing to keep the pi safe while the seven-year-old is playing around with it ( Read more... )

Feeling suprisingly upbeat today, I was up early (for me) and walked in to work, arriving just after ten past eight. I say "surprisingly upbeat" because I tend to feel a bit flat over the winter, but the sunshine today perked me up, even if it was cold. Got a lot of work done during the day and have been looking after the kids this evening while soul_rider ( Read more... )

If I am logged in to my Windows XP computer (at home) with the administrator account, why can't I access the "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents" folder? I can access all the other folders under "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users"...

Is there a Windows equivalent of chmod which I can use to figure out what's going on?

( Click for waffling )

Following my post on navigation the other day, I found this, which has to be one of the geekiest things I've seen in a long time.

Recent conversations with lucasdigital have re-sparked an interest in my "3001" roleplaying setting, I have been doing some thinking...

Might have to publish some ideas on the wikispace as and when I come up with them...

Well, Doctor Who was brilliant again :)

In the meantime, since I'm not posting any other meaningful content, take a look at this post linked from muskrat_john's LJ. Motivational poster for gamers :)

Please see this post on sheffield_gamer... we have a wiki now!

Total and annular solar eclipses, 2020-2040.

soul_rider, I'm planning on taking a lot of holidays to Australia in the 20s and 30s, alright?

In 2037 I can watch a total solar eclipse two days before my 60th birthday! How ace is that?

(See also 2000-2020 - linked from here - but besides Turkey next month, India/China in 2009 and the US in 2017 there's not ( Read more... )

( geek quiz tastic )