After my trip to Turkey, I feel that I should visit Rhodes, it may be my next destination or if I can work out how to do it properly an interesting way of arriving at Fethiye. Here are my notes on visiting Rhodes. …
Read moreBorder checks, finally
On the 30th April 2024, the UK introduced physical inspection for imported goods from the EU. This has been delayed five times due to an unpreparedness of the agencies and a fear of the economic consequences with price rises and shortages predicted. The EU have been conducting these checks since 1st Jan 2021. There is…
Read moreSolaris
Some resurgent interest in Solaris has made me check what I still have. Here as ever are my notes …
Read moreEU Citizen? Vote!
Some EU citizen’s residents in the UK will be able to vote in the upcoming #EuropeanParliament elections. The infographic below, shows which countries are offering to permit this, and how they mean to make this happen. Some will offer postal votes, some will organise polling stations in the UK and Estonia is offering internet voting….
Read moreDieppe
Maybe I’ll check this out?
Read morePlatform Socialism
James Muldoon has written a book, Platform Socialism: How to Reclaim our Digital Futures, reviewed here, and was invited by the “Different Class” programme to join a seminar discussing it. When I first heard of the book, and read reviews I wasn’t impressed. A lot of what he said has been said before however on…
Read moreGalaxy Fold 5
I decided I needed one of these, between the tablet and the phone and making Kindle easier to read. It’s thicker but otherwise smaller when folded than my A32. Buying it was a palaver, and I eventually bought it with a big discount at John Lewis. Here’s a hint, EE don’t want to sell phones,…
Read moreSick Leave/Pay
I want to write something on Sick Leave and Pay. Here are my notes …
Read moreInvoking a web server app
How to invoke a web server script, how hard is this? My notes …
Read moreBrexit and GDP
This isn’t going well. “The Office for Budget Responsibility on Wednesday said its long-running prediction is “broadly on track” to show a 15% fall in trade and a 4% reduction in the UK economy’s potential productivity compared to if the UK had stayed in the EU”. Here are some notes and links …
Read moreWeb Charts
How can I make dynamic charts on a web page? Here are my notes and links ….
Read moreMeasuring Political Donations
I have been to a couple of Campaign Lab “Hack Days” and picked up a project on measuring political donations. I decided to take an innovate, don’t invent approach. Here are my notes …
Read morePrediabetes diet!
What are the key components of the prediabetes diet? There is no specific diet for prediabetes, but there are some important modifications you can make to your diet. These include:
Read moreGoing shopping
I need some new clothes …
Read moreHaiku OS
Someone pointed me at this and I thought why not? I decided to have a go at installing it under Virtual Box. Here are my notes and links …
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