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A Good laugh - Sod Abroad by Michael Moran

nobody@vox.com(Berni) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:58:41 +0100

I happen to hear the Author on Southern Counties Radio this week. In response to the interviewer asking a long question if there was a serious point to the book Michael said something "of course not". They both laughed out loud. Michael has a wicked sense of humour....

I popped into the shops today for a copy. The book has 266 reasons why travel is not all it is cracked up to be. The format makes it easy to dip in and out. One to keep in the Loo perhaps...or read on your travels? Great fun.

It is in the UK bookshops and on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sod-Abroad-Youd-Leave-Comfort/dp/0719521408/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1213476950&sr=8-1

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Firefox 3 - 1 Million users on day 1

nobody@vox.com(Berni) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:22:49 +0100

Mozilla are targeting next Tuesday 17 June for the release of version 3.

Mozilla said "We broke the million mark for worldwide pledges to get Firefox 3 on Download Day thanks to all of your hard work! Kudos to the Firefox community. This is quite a feat."

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Debian 5.0 - Beta 2

nobody@vox.com(Berni) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:06:10 +0100

Beta 2 is out - the arm architecture is planned to be a full release. Arm is the processor in the Eee PC.

http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=debian

Installer is here http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/

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Evesham Technology Shame

nobody@vox.com(Berni) — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:10:43 +0000

It seems the new folks at Evesham have pulled a fast one by voiding all previous warranties. I know of at least one local charity now stranded with a broken machine and having to pay again to have it repaired. Yet Evesham are still out their with a working website taking orders from unsuspecting punters.

Behind all this is the Time group (again!)....shame on them for leaving a charity stranded.

More: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/167184

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Windows XP SP 3 Released

nobody@vox.com(Berni) — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:15:36 +0000

...here we go again. Its 350+megs too. Siggghhh.

I really hope the lessons of SP2 have been learnt...best to wait a long while before you let it near any serious systems.

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Etch Updated (bet you knew anyway?)

nobody@vox.com(Berni) — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:09:46 +0000

See http://www.debian.org/News/2008/20080217

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First posting

nobody@vox.com(Berni) — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:04:50 +0000

Ah well. I give in . After the nagging on my login screen - my first post.

To introduce myself. A regular guy...work is computers...pleasure is most things nature and Geology.

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