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Ah! So there you are

Monday, May 26th, 2008

For now the winter is past, the rains are over and gone; the flowers appear in the countryside; the time is coming when the birds will sing. Song of Songs Chapter2v11 I know it has been a long time and I am not usually given to quoting passages from the Bible. The words above ...

Puppy Power

Friday, February 1st, 2008

The latest edition of Linux Magazine has a review of Puppy Linux. This distro is project managed by a Scundog member (Rob gave a talk and demo at the last meeting). If you have recycled hardware this is the ideal operating system to install. It is good to see the ...

Small World - Big message

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Did you read my blog post of yesterday? Well yesterday afternoon my parents-in-law came to visit. Earlier that day they had been to Leeds Met University where they had delivered a very special bouquet. The university had commissioned them (as successful florists in this region) to produce a bouquet for ...

High water

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Yesterday I was working in Sheffield so was unable to attend our local Post Office closing (for the final time) at 1pm. I have lived in this community on and off for most of my life and the Post Office has always been there. Despite a campaign and alleged consultation ...